I purchased a 2011 Mini Cooper(Base) and the tire changing kit was not in the car. The dealer says he will get me one. It is not a Mini dealer, but a small dealer who specializes in Volvos. I have been dealing with him for many years and trust him with Volvo stuff, but Minis are a different animal. His plan is to get one from another Mini.

My question, Is the spare tire changing kit for a Base model the same as an S model? I ask because the S model seems way more popular than the Base Model and he may try and get one from an S thinking they are the same.

I do have a space saver spare and not the run flat tires.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

The 2011 S would have run-flat tires. So there would be no tire-changing kit. At least, if it's like the 2012 models, that is the case.

In 2012, I believe only the 15s were available with non-run-flat tires. That's what I have. You can check my gallery for pics of how the tire is mounted under the car and what I did to take it off the car and put it back on.

 

Oops, sorry! It's not in my gallery, it's in my picture albums.

Here: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...pare-tire.html

 

Slave To Felines,

Thanks for the info and pics.

I was thinking the S had run flats, but I was having trouble finding the exact information. It seems that some parts are hard to find, it may be that I just do not know the proper terminology.

Again thanks for the info.

raday

 

An MCS comes with a tool kit, but its missing a few things the MC tool kit comes with.

Here's a picture of the MC tool kit (from 07):



This is the tool kit from our JCW:



Its changed a bit from the 07, it does come with the hub cap remover.

 

BTW, I would not trust the stock jack. I tried using it, and it failed, damaging the side skirt.

That reminds me, I need to pick up a scissors jack some time soon...

 

What failed?

I was just practicing with it, to get the JCW up on jack stands, if I want to change wheels or pads at the track. (i've got a proper floor jack for home.)

Did you hook the top into the jacking puck properly, I can only imagine damaging the skirt by it falling off the jack.

 

Thanks to all, the pics will help greatly! Now I just have to wait for him to come up with one.

I will take care if I have to use it.

Thanks again.
raday

 

On the first attempt, the bottom of the jack moved outwards relative to the car, so the top of it moved inwards toward the car. To the point where the top parts of it were gouging the plastic rocker cover.

On two subsequent attempts, the bottom pad would not stay in place and slid along the ground, again putting more gouges in the rocker cover.

The folks at Stevens Creek said that "it wasn't a defect", but they replaced the rocker cover out of good-will for me.

Here's the thread describing my experience: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...tock-jack.html

 

I never had that problem. I wonder if my garage floor is less slippery, or I just made sure that the load was perpendicular on the foot. The foot hinges, so you can get it to the right angle.

 

This was in a parking lot, on an asphalt surface. It may have done better on a concrete pad, but the above behavior is not good in a "roadside emergency" jack.

 

Yikes!

To think I rotated my tires front to back, one side at a time, using the stock jack on the front block & a Subaru jack on the back. This while cleaning the one wheel out.

I also wondered if my chock was just missing, looks like it didn't come with one (S w/ run flats).

The car was stable enough, no slips, no rocking etc. maybe I just got lucky