My partner and I have both taken the Mini plunge together and ordered 2x 2015 hardtops! I'm trying to find things to do while we wait for delivery, and it occurred to me that we'll be carrying one another's spare keys, which look identical to one another. I had the idea to pick up some touch-up paint and color they keyfobs the same color as our cars so we can tell them apart. I'd like to find some pure black or white versions that I can prime and paint, but all I can find online is the three OEM colored versions. I guess those will work fine, but I'd prefer something easier to paint over. If there are even Chinese knockoffs or anything I can buy (like from aliexpress) I'd be happy.

In case it's not clear, I want to paint the green/black thing below to be the body color of our Minis.


Thanks!

 

The car will come with black key caps.

I haven't seen black replacements. Maybe your dealer can help!

 

I wanted to keep the original black caps in case I mess something up. I'll ask at the dealer. Surely there are extras. If not, I suppose there's nothing wrong with trying to sand down the colored ones they sell...

 

Maybe you get someone to sell their black ones if they have changed it out with the color ones?

 

Nice call. I'll check the trades board.

 

the black ones have a bit of a texture though since it's just bare plastic. you may need to buy one of the accessory ones or sand down a black one.