Dave, I have to laugh even more at your smartass responses ever since you changed your country to "Turkmenistan"

 

You taught me well, Pete!

 

 

Sometimes, that's the ONLY response there can be and the ONLY response that is deserved.
Next season, I'm moving to the Arctic Riviera.

 

That's interesting that the jack point in the front is essentially the 2nd "tab," whereas there is only one "tab" in the rear. Is the support/jack supposed to lift the car from the "tab" itself? Or are they meant for lateral support to keep the car from sliding off the support? Or is it merely to mark the spot?

I'll be jacking up my new S for the first time this spring, when the weather gets better. I figure it's better to ask the stupid questions now, rather than do it improperly. I don't understand all the ridicule for the other folks asking

 

Everyone should know how to jack up their own car. What happens when you get a flat? I mean its one of the most basic things as far as cars go...

 

Ten years of ownership, many times on jackstands and every time on the frame rails. Never have crushed any of those lines you so eloquently describe. Frame rails have never been crushed nor have them been dented.

It appears this is the "stuff legend" around here. The car will explode... The frame rails will bend or worse yet crush. The car will break in half... But it highly recommended to place jackstands in such a way that the sides of the car can be bent as shown in the pictures here as well as in other threads in this forum where folks have placed the jackstands in such a way that sheetmetal is damaged.

OH well - you guys are the experts. I'll stick to my frame rails.
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So just because it has never happened to you means it isn't possible? Pretty sure Honda knows just a bit more about this car than you.

 

I totally agree with you. That's why I think the questions should be met with helpful answers, rather than ridicule

 

I just thought I would add this to qualify my worry as a new owner of an S2000 not wanting to mess things up. Here's what the owner's manual says about the jacking points:



Based on this image, I would probably do exactly what the OP did, had I not learned from his mistake. I haven't yet invested in a service manual, perhaps the incomplete owner's manual combined with the mix of good and bad information online is evidence that I need to.

 

keep working on your own car OP. You will make mistakes. Hell, my first car i was changing the trans oil for the first time and stripped just about every bolt i touched...thank goodness it was just an 84 mazda GLC. then nearly broke my ankles with a compressed strut spring that suddenly let go.

now 20 years later i don't F up too often- i've made most of my mistakes on previous cars.

experience IS the best teacher.

darcy