Nice, my only worry is the coding. Keep us updated please.

What tails do you currently have LED or Halogen?

Beats me. I have the LED headlights and fog lights. IIRC they are a hybrid. Part LED and part incandescent.

There should be no coding with the aftermarket UJ lights, it is plug & play. The extra module (black box) takes care of that.

do you mind sharing the link where you bought them?

Just do a search on ebay for Helix Union Jack LED Taillights For 14 15 16 17 18 19 Mini Cooper S-model Only. Fair warning, the price has increased by $50 since I bought mine. ECS, one of our sponsors, also sells the same set.

I would suggest waiting before buying any as there is a new option that should be available soon and more cost effective than what is available now.

Great! thanks for the tip.. :thumbsup:

Any hints about what you're talking about?

I bought the ECS ones and they didn't work like the OEM ones. The ECS ones lit up like the ones below... I'm already not happy with the output on the OEM ones, they should light up way more for safety reasons. These just made me to nervous.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...877294254b.jpg


My JCW is a 19 model and I already have the UJ lights, I just wanted the blackout versions guess they're aren't any actual OEM ones.

P.S. - I also bought a set from Ebay and those were the same result.

Yep, I agree. Wish the entire UJ lit up, only brighter, when braking.

Hope so, aftermarket plug and play seems to always have a “gotcha” moment 😏

Ive coded both the inner and outer union jack sections* to act as daytime running lights and always be on.
You could try experimenting with having one of the brake output sections to also light up one of the union jack sections

The two or three times i worked on this - My PoC/experiments start DunkMs postings as a baseline and work out from there

From the UK board thread - Might help in your proof of concept/experimenting in coding
https://www.minif56.com/threads/new-....79058/page-13

*I grabbed the mini UK by mulgari lights. Blacker finish is from a coating added inside the lens. Brightness is pretty good.....Currently working as the EU output for turn and brake

Wanted to update this as I've just figured out the fix for it. My car is a US spec LCI Mini Cooper (i.e. after Mar 2018) with halogen front and backs to help others identify. I have fitted the US market UJ tail lights. On top of DunkM's instructions at the top of this thread, in order to get the lights working correctly the following is also required

3065 - MAPPING_BLINKEN_2_H_L_OUTPUT - was set to "off" - change to bl_l
3065 - MAPPING_BLINKEN_2_H_R_OUTPUT - was set to "off" - change to bl_r

Now I have the indicators flashing when brakes are applied as they should and no errors at all. And they look seriously cool :-)

Do your lights have the separate brake and turn signals, or are they together like factory US-spec LCI cars?

Nope, they are together like US spec LCI cars - it is a US mini, with US UJ parts.

Is the general consensus to get the Euro version or the US version for the OEM UJ taillights? Coding is not an issue for me.

I would stick with the US spec, the UK is such a small bit of brake light.

I have the Helix Brand aftermarket lights. I guess they would be more like the Euro type since they have the yellow turn and narrow brake lights. I plan to code my rear fogs as brake lights anyway, so I'm not bothered by the brake light. Besides, I paid $265 for the pair vs the big bucks for OEM.

Union Jack not lighting up
 

I have a 2017 F55. Took the leap and installed the Union Jack lights today. Used the bimmercode app and instructions on the first page of the thread. Lights work for blinker and brake on the sideways T but the Union Jack won't light up. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...fa664f7bea.jpg
Only the bars are lit, Union Jack portion has no light

Getting the body of the union flag to light up as side light (DRLs) bugged me for a while.
Im using bimmercode to code.
Try this: I backed out of 'expert' mode - and in the main options for the BDC module i found an on/off option for DRLs for the rear.
I had it OFF the whole time. toggle to on, code, and the body of the UJ flag should now be DRL/side lit.

I tried the daytime running lights, still nothing. No running lights at all. Side Union Jack doesn't light up with brakes either.

Can you say exactly what settings were changed please. If all else fails you may have to restore a backup

Started from original coding, removed all upgrades. Reversing lamp left as bulb.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...d2082035e1.jpg
Should this daytime running lamp also be LED? I think it's for the front.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...5315992777.jpghttps://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...5c18e97a06.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...d361608f7e.jpg

DRLs in that case refers to the front, do have LED headlights?
Let me get a screen of my settings and post. I have the LED headlight package fyi