Those are “Series II” RX-8s, so they should be the same as my friend’s car. Thanks for posting. I will probably use the reinforced body points noted there. There seemed to be so many bad recommendations in those threads that I ignored what seems to be the best posts.
I sincerely appreciate your professional perspective. Some people are saying that the control arms can be bent when you use them to support the car. I’d like to avoid that if at all possible. The control arms are strong but I think their strength is mostly in compression. The issue for me is whether they have sufficiently strong bending strength if it put the support on them from below. That said, I might just use the anchor for the lower control arms if it fits neatly into the jack stand.
And I agree with you about the “fussy” jack stands I linked to. I would appreciate a jack stand that went around the pinch weld but that set seems unnecessarily complicated.
I like the extra height and using a documented jacking point. I don’t mind pumping the floor jack handle a few more times to get it. Plus, this is a low-to-the-ground RX-8. My jack will hit the central jack points in the front and back after approximately two pumps. There’s not a lot of work to get there.
Thanks everyone.