Well this is embarrassing but...

[curtisr]

From the What did you do to your 924s today? file comes something that may be helpful to others. After reading and watching youtube how-to videos regarding the removal of the torsion bar housing and spring plates, I noticed that many seemed to be concerned about how they were going to hold everything in place when it came to lowering the aforementioned stuff. Universally, the advice was -- if using a lift -- to lower the car before 'dropping' these bits. My wish was to be able to keep the car high on the lift (I'm tall) to make it easy to work on the car and then be able to see what's going on when lowering things. I saw various solutions to keep things from falling and since they were not all successful, I wondered if there might be a better way. Enter an S-hook cargo strap. I used the trough between the hatch and body to make it easy to lower the assemblies involved from any height. The results? It went well. For those who wonder what the fuss is, I offer the words of Brian Regan: I’m just trying to go through life without looking stupid [and] it’s not working out too well.

[walfreyydo]

I just used 2 jacks (one on each side) to raise and lower the rear suspension (placed under the torsion bar tube) and then jack stands to support once lowered...

Used this method on two occasions: when I redid all the rear suspension bushings and converted to coilovers, and later when I needed to rebuild the torque tube and do the clutch/RMS