Anyone rotated their tires yet at home. I usually rotate my tires in the garage but was looking at the area between the jacks points and it is different than the wifes Roadster and my old Clubman. Usually I use a 2x4 between the jack points but not sure I can do that with the GP?

 

Simply put the jack under the front jack point and lift both front and rear tire of that side at the same time. Swap them and then do the other side. Loosen the lugs a little before getting the wheels off the ground. However, never get under the car with only a jack to hold the car...

 

I swap tires without using stands. I definitely don't dilly dally once the wheels have come off. It could really suck if your jack started leaking down while you had the wheels off but I take the chance. I swap wheels far too often to mess around with putting it up on stands every time. FWIW I swap tires to/from track tires about every other weekend.

I use a 2x4 not on the factory jacking points if I have to lift an entire side to put on stands. There is a spot that will support it no issues. Kinda hard to explain. The jack ends up going in perpendicular to the car pretty much right where the side mirror is. I've lifted it up at this point many many many times with a 2x4 and never had any issues. I believe it's where the subframe connects with the rest of the body. However, it's not a mini approved jacking point so YMMV and you could die and ruin your car and all that...

 

What K H D said!

 

Ok but how do you swap the tires from the left rear to the right side front and right rear to left front with only one side lifted at a time?

 

Many guys have directional tires, so that you can only rotate front to rear. If you have a good set of jackstands, you can jack up one side of the car (Driver side?), put stands under the front subframe and rear jack point, then jack up the rear on the opposite side. Be really careful that the jack stands don't start tipping when you jack up the other side.

By jacking up the rear on the opposite (passenger) side, you will be able to put the proper tires on the driver side. Get the car back on the ground (you now have the left rear tire on the right rear). Jack up the passenger side of the car, rotate front to rear, and you should have it.

Check to see if I have the proper rotation........

Have fun,
Mike

 

+2. Have been doing it exactly this way for years.

 

Like stated before directional tires can't go left to right. Even if no directional I don't bother. 95% of the rotation on a mini is do to the difference in front to back tire wear. Do it often though because you don't want a huge tread difference with low tread on the back. If you enjoy your car as much as I do just be comfortable replacing tires about every year. Part of ownership... But supposedly my current tires setup (Michelin pilot super sports) should have longer tread life. They grip extremely well so we will see.

 

Easiest way is to put it on jack stands. However, I always just rotate front to back.