How can I lift my car off the ground and place her on 4 jack stands safely? Also best "Safe" way to lower her back down?

 

I've seen ralper's ramp method. I think that's very clever and safe for your car. PM him for info. on making the ramps.
Here's the link to the thread: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...threadid=125216

-Johnny

 

You could check in your owner's manual. There is a little pic in there.

 

Drive the front tires up onto some 2x10 blocks. This will give you enough front clearance to reach the front jacking point. Set the parking brake and jack up the front. Place your jack stands at the front-side jacking points (just behind the front tires) and lower the front onto the stands. Jack up the rear by the diff and place your jack stands just infront of the rear tires. Lower the rear onto the stands. Bring it all down in the reverse order.

 

I assume you want to lift an S2000, not your "rare" M5...

I lift from the side. The rocker just behind the front wheels. A few pumps and the entire side, front and rear are off the ground.

I place a jackstand under the front and rear suspension mounting points. Lower the car onto the jack stands, and visually check to make sure the car is settled properly onto the stands.

Repeat for the other side. Then inspect one more time, and give the car a little push. Getting it down is just the inverse.

Quick, easy, safe, no need for 2x4 ramps.

 

i'm not a big fan of the side to side method...

front to back is easy if you invest in a the appropriate jack. i have one made by AC. do a search on the web for AC and the model # of DK13HLQ. the price just went up at a couple of places, but it's a great jack, capable of lifting our very heavy suv (landcruiser), and also able to reach both central jack points. the lift on it is 29" and the clearance is only 3" at the pad and 4" at 16". i used to have serveral jacks for different purposes, this one takes care of them all. it's rated at almost 1.5 tons.

 

Yes. I want to lift my S2K, not the M5.

Thanks all for the replies! Great board!

 

curious as to why...

I was reluctant to use the side jack method at first because I was unaware it was a safe and appropriate jack point. Ever since, though, I haven't bothered with trying to jack the *very* hard to get to front center jack point.

Even if you have an uber dollar very low saddle height and extra long length jack, you still need to get down on your hands and knees, drop your head to the ground and peer back there to make sure you are hitting the right spot. Then of course you need to make sure you don't ding up your front lip, and heaven forbid that you have any extra front dam on the car...

 

Do a search. There are picture's direct from the Service Manual posted that show where the lift points and jack stand points are. You might be surprised, as the jack stand point sits more inboard then some might think. As was mentioned the front sits too low for most floor jacks to clear, so lay out a coupe boards parallel with the car and drive up. The jack will then clear the front to the center lift point, which is also back aways. The rear is not difficult to get to (it's the differential).

 

If I really want maximum room underneath the car, I have to jack the front-center and put the jack stands under the front-side jack points. Then I jack the rear(differential) higher than the front, put the jack stands under the rear-side jack points, then jack the front-center again and raise the front jack stands. This isn't really necessary unless I plan on being under the car quite a bit and want the maximum clearance under the car. It won't work (for me, at least) in the reverse order because jacking the rear first will put the front bumper closer to the ground, making it hard to get the jack under the front bumper.