I know it sounds dumb but something like this



Also what is a reasonable service manual option for simple moderate DYI

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Bentley manual on Amazon for $75 bucks FTW, and there a 4 jack points at about the same place as that diagram. They are very obvious once you look as they are identical rectangular pads that have no other function. They are the only points on the car.

 

edit: HRM beat me to it, but to reiterate,

Pretty much only on those plastic pucks under the side skirts. But, you can use a 1foot section of 2x4 and place that just behind the front puck to give you a jack surface allowing jack stands to go onto the pucks. You can find the balance between front and rear to get the entire side up at once.

If you're putting it on jack stands, put one side up on lowest, then do the other, then come back to the first and raise it a couple notches at a time. Basically go up evenly so that the car doesn't fall off.

For a service manual, I have the one by Bentley Publishers. It is very good. But the Haynes manual should be nearly as good for less.

 

Thanks you are both groovie.

are there no central jack points such as an engine mount or rear support?

 

There are, but they are too far under the car to be of any use when jacking it up.

 

On the R52, if you have a low-profile jack you can get to a good rear support and jack up the entire back end at once. Look under the car where the cabrio-only crossbrace goes across the exhaust pipe:

 

cheers scott that is one end anyways. My spyder is too low in the front so I drive it up on a few boards and then jack and stand from there.

Thanks