Been jacking up my S from the middle for some time now and never an issue. Same goes for the dozen or so other S2000's I've worked on over the years.

The key issue to watch for is to make sure the wheels on your jack are rolling freely when you jack up the other side. If they aren't, you are going to pull the side that is already up on the jack stands off of them.

 

+1, this is what I do, although there's a fair amount of delta between how far up the front and back go. Not like my old modded Datsun 510, I swear both ends came up almost the same mount. Anyhow, it works.

 

This! Can't believe nobody else mentioned this. There are front and rear jack points for a reason.

 

Because getting access to the front jack point is a PITA. Either you have a super expensive low profile long reach jack or you have to drive up on a ramp of some sort to get enough clearance.

 

Exactly. We are only side jacking to get access to the front center jackpoint (to save time compared to driving up on wood blocks).

I also often work on more than one car at a time. So clothes might already be dirty from the other car, don't want to drive S onto blocks with dirty clothes...

 

Had the same problem with the FRS.

Solution: lift 1 corner about 1 inch (not even far enough to get the wheel off the ground) with the spare tire jack, then any floor jack will reach in there.

I did that until I got a proper long-reach, low-profile floor jack from Harbor Freight for less than 50 bucks.

 

What LP jack can you get from HF for $50? The only one that seems like it might reach the front center jack point on the S is their largest LP (and my measurements say it won't, at least not with a factory lip), and it ain't $50.

 

Another option is to get one of the Harbor Freight low profile long extension jacks. I use it and jack the entire front up from the center jack point, then the entire rear from the diff.

They are on sale right now (also use the 20% coupon): ​​​​​​​2 ton Low Profile/Long Reach Steel Heavy Duty Floor Jack with Rapid Pump®

 

jacks are excluded from coupon... just fyi

 

I use that jack - I like it. It does reach the central jack points on my stock 02. Barely.