how to jack-up MY09 Boxster ?

Hi, I have a 2009 Boxster (base) that I purchased a few months ago. Here in Michigan, I am getting ready to store the vehicle for the winter, I'd like to do an oil change on it. I purchased the LNEngineering Oil Adapter kit. I have searched on YouTube and Google, trying to find some direction/video on how to jack up the vehicle and put it on jack stands. I found a video on YouTube, but it is for a 986 model. My 987 seems to have some plastic cover/protectors that need to be removed so that I can find the jack points and also where the oil filter is located. Any advice / suggestion is greatly appreciated. Tom Hudson Corunna, MI

I use lift bars. I can get an entire side up on stands with one jack point. 5 minutes and the car is up on 4 stands. Some people also use Jackpoint jack stands which allow you to use a standard jack under each of the 4 standard jack points. If you don't use a solution like those you are left using at least one "non-factory approved" jack point to get the 4th stand in. You don't need to remove any plastic to get to the jack points nor the oil filter, all are visible and accessible. You will need a special oil filter wrench to take off the plastic cover that houses the actual oil filter.

Many love the Jack point stands, when you see how they work you cant believe how great and simple they are, but like all great things they are not cheap.

Lift bars make life so much easier. Also, the suspension is pretty tight on these cars, so you can usually jack up from the front jacking point and get the rear high enough to slide a jack stand under the rear jack point. But if you're just doing an oil change, you can also just jack it up from the rear jacking points and slide ramps under the rear tires to hold the whole rear end high enough to crawl under.

I too highly recommend buying 2 jackpoint stands.Much more safe and easy to use than anything else on the market.The suspension is so firm on the boxster/cayman the whole one side of the car can be lifted by only one jackpoint.Just visit jacks website and askhim any ? U might have.I also use a ramp to gain extra height to do oil change as there,s not much room to work under for oil change.

Most excellent - thank-you for the advice. I was not aware of the Lift Bars or Jack-Points, I will be getting one or the other soon.

Eh, they help, but you really don't need them. Pretty easy to safely jack up a 987.2 with just a jack and four stands. Just jack at the rear jack point and put a jack stand under the front jack point on the same side (the whole side of the car will come up as you jack.) Repeat this on the other side of the car: now the front's in the air. Now, if you look under the rear of the car you'll see two big flat diagonal pieces under the suspension, one on each side. They run from the center rear of the transmission diagonally out to near the rear jack point. Place a jack under one of these, towards the back of the car and underneath where the cast piece that's part of the rear suspension attaches. Then jack up and you should be able to get stands under the rear jack points. Easy peasy. If you only need the front or rear in the air you only have to do one of these steps.

Welcome to the family! For oil change - any Boxster can be lifted very easily from the rear, in one move. Then you put two stands at two rear jack points to support the car. Don't leave it on the jack when you are under. Make sure front wheels are properly blocked See this video at 4:10. Guy talks a lot, but once you get the idea it only takes a few seconds if you have a good jack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDA-qI5HsIU

+1 For these instructions, but I just use the rear jack point to lift the car then place jack stand at the front jacking point. For the rear I place a jack stand under the diagonal bar right under where the cast piece attaches to the diagonal. The weight is then distributed. Did my shift cables recently and the car sat stable and level.

That works too. The only reason I prefer using the four jack points is they're all the same height, so if I set all my stands the same I know the car is perfectly level (which is only super important if you're doing stuff like the transaxle oil.) The other tip I forgot to mention is to use a hockey puck on your jack. Works great and prevents marking anything up.