:cough: Ummmm Blimey, I do believe it IS next week and I am still waiting for you to post photos of your newest UJ goodies! Indulge me!

 

OK, OK, I didn't get as many pix as I wanted, but I have a few:

First, Blimey's bling:

His custom Blimey stripes, by Aesthetic Creations


Blimey's new security system, Boddington the Bulldog:


And some other notable UJ-ification:

Xiek


A Knockout GP:


And the fantasmic SprogII:


I saw someone's cabrio with awesome UJ flags down the side in a video of the parade - but somehow I missed seeing that car!!!!

I have some super secret ideas already for MOTD6.... start filling the penny jar...

 

The Union Jack door handles are my favorite!!

 

Hey Blimey, at the Dragon I meant to show you Gromit's newest UJ, but kept forgetting.



It's little hard to do Union Jack-ification if red/white/blue doesn't match your car's colors, so I had several of these made up. I found homes for two of them while at MOTD, and still have one left for another Hot Orange MINI. I have since come up with a better version, but don't have a prototype yet. When I get it, I'll post pics.

 

Mishka - very nice!

You are leading the way in hot-orange jackification!

 

Mishka,
That's really cool. Where did you have those made?
(I have a reason for asking. You'll see when I post the Union-Jackification of Pepper.)

 

Thanks Blimey! Absolutely LOVE your new stripes and security system. I finally did my build yesterday and should go to production next week. Started off simple with just a UJ roof. I had been debating back and forth though about doing a MINI like SprogII though but decided it was too much. Thanks for sharing the photos! I think I saw pics of the cabrio with the UJ wavy flag on his sides that you were talking of. It looked sweet!

 

Just a quick pic of my new UJ addition:

 

Chuck- hard to tell from the photo - are those the Cockpit Specialties faces? Are they the black/gray UJ ones, or are they orange custom? Look good no matter what!

I'm gonna do a set soon - I have cockpit chrono pak - so I'm still trying to figure out what to do for the chrono guages... May get a decal printed just to cover the "outer" face on it and leave the guages silver...

 

Blimey Cockpit specialties now offers the Chrono Pack treatment. I have the Grey /Black Union Jack gauges on the way!

 

REALLY!?!?!

All I've seen are the speedo/tach faces for when you have cockpit chrono - but I haven't seen any pix of faces for the actual chrono cluster.... where can I see these???

 

Well I am not sure to be honest. I made a small deal on shipping for mine so I agreed to take pics of the ones I am getting and send them to him.
Daniel

 

Yeah, sorry about the quality of the picture. I'm not much of a photographer. I got mine from Outmotoring. They are the gray/black UJ.
I was actually really surprised how easy they were to install. I also learned that with your dash pieces out you can detail them nicely as well as secure any loose wires from the Dice install. I Velcro'd my Dice unit on to the aluminum dash structure. Taking out the dash pieces was so easy that I think it will be come part of my detailing routine. Makes it much easier to put Nero on and Epic the painted parts.
Oh and I just noticed that the picture was before I re-zero'd the tach and speedo - no worries though they are alright now.

 

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You mean these? Ok hard to see, but they are there...
and NOT FUN to change let me tell you....

 

Heh, Heh, Heh...

Yeah, I wimped out on my door handles and sold them to someone else... Didn't like the way they contrasted with the Cool Blue...
AND knew they would be a bear to install...

Jason - it was a treat to see Xiek at MOTD!

 

Always a treat to meet the people behind the cars and screenames..

Did you have someone hold it up to the car and you stand back.. with all the other UJ on the car... May not have been so bad....

At least I will have something pretty unique then... :D

 

... and they are still sitting on my workbench waiting for someone to come along with the proper attitude to install them. I've heard/read that are are not fun to put on so I need the right frame of mind before attempting. I also need a window of opportunity which will require a back-up car should things take longer than the allotted weekend.

Xiek - I think they look great. Do you have a better side-shot you can share?

 

Be on the lookout for Outmotoring's version of the UJ gauges soon as well... I should be getting a set just as soon as they go to production and I'll definitely shoot pics, as usual.

 

Matt - I got my UJ faces from Outmotoring. Had them in the dark for the first time this morning. They really seem brighter than the stock faces. Perhaps I'm just seeing things.

 

Any word on when outmotoring will have the small speedo faces for those of us with nav or chrono pak?

 

PM AAron at Outmototing - I know he was looking into it but I don't have any ETA, sorry...

 

...gorgeous

 

here you go.



the second pic is where I drilled another hole into the door to have better access to the bolt that holds the handle on..

if you flip up the rubber, there is one, but not a straight enough line... even the one I drilled was hard.. there is not a straight line due to the window up/down track, and door lock.

IF You change them, I suggest getting a set of allan keys that have the ball end....

When I first drilled the hole, I thought it was behind the door panel.. but it was the weather stripping line that I was seeing, not the panel cover line... he he oops...

the cap that is there, is what the lube shops uses to cover the holes they drill to install KROWN undercoating.

 

I think this mod will require absolutely no alcohol and perhaps a blood pressure med.
Does look excellent though Xiek - inspiring!

 

quick question... anyone ever seen the silver jack up close and personal? im thinkin about it for my royal grey...

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