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Old May 16, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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Nice ****!

But I'm sure you hear that a lot!
Thanks. I polish it a lot!
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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I just put Union Jack license plate screw covers on the MINI. Hey, gotta start somewhere!
Subtle and cool

Where'd you get'em?
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BlimeyCabrio
Subtle and cool

Where'd you get'em?
Moss MINI. They have valve stem covers, too.
 

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Old May 17, 2007 | 06:53 AM
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My Jacks

Here is what we had done to my Wife's Cooper, thanks to Aesthetic Creations when we were at MOTD.

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Old May 17, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by LynnEl
I just put Union Jack license plate screw covers on the MINI. Hey, gotta start somewhere!
where did you get those from?

J
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 06:14 AM
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Looking for an oval small union jack?. Any ideas
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Ex-Pat Brit
Looking for an oval small union jack?. Any ideas
what is the application?

a printer could probably print that easily on a vinyl sticker
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:34 AM
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a badge for the grille
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 08:07 AM
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Paul, I love all your UJ's. The car is awesome! I especially like the "eyes" so I will look at them. You are not crazy, just having a ball and lovin it all.

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Old May 24, 2007 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Ex-Pat Brit
a badge for the grille
my printer (the guy that does all my work) said that vinyl on a magnet would be pretty easy... or should be... if you have the magnetic holder from outmotoring or something, or do you want a one use, metal one...

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Old May 24, 2007 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Ex-Pat Brit
a badge for the grille
Hmmm. I don't recall seeing any small oval grille badges. If you google for MG and Triumph parts you'll find some shops that cater to that crowd - some of them have extensive grille badge and body badge selections - might want to try that...
 
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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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Todd might be able to help as well. He's helping me with modifying one of his decals so it will fit on the side of my motorcycle helmet. It's just a larger version of what he sells. I'm sure he could do the same in an oval shape.

http://www.toddsmods.com/
 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 05:47 AM
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This is my extremely modest start of the Union Jackification of my MINI.

I bought the Union Jack decals from Bimian. They allow you to select whatever colors you want. I liked my MINI's overall color scheme: pepper white with black (I blacked out the grille slats) with minor red accents. So I ordered the Union Jack in red and dark grey, rather than red with royal blue. Plus, with the Bimian decals, the rest of the Union Jack is the the color of the mirror caps. So the part that is normally pure white in a Union Jack mirror cap, is Pepper White on my car. I rather like the color combo. It's just a little different. Plus the red really pops.

Here she is:

and here is a close up of the mirror caps:
 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 06:00 AM
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I sure wish they had this for my '04 (only available for +'07) at MiniMania.
http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/G2.../InvDetail.cfm

 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 07:09 AM
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This is my extremely modest start of the Union Jackification of my MINI...
Looks very nice! Ya know, once you go Union Jack, you never go back.
 
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Old May 30, 2007 | 09:53 AM
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Hmm...see if they'll give you a measurement on it - it just might fit!


Originally Posted by SheaJeff
I sure wish they had this for my '04 (only available for +'07) at MiniMania.
http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/G2.../InvDetail.cfm

 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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I have a chili red with uj roof. does anyone here have a chili red w/ uj roof AND uj mirror covers.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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I have an EB with union jack mirrors, door handles, valve stems, wheel caps, front grille, rear view mirror, floor mats, and custom UJ/Can Flag roof decal, oh and a badge on the rear with UJ/checker flag... I think that is all for now.. lol
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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i was thinking about either mirror caps or door handles...maybe both. and i would like to see pics before i buy. and i love your uj spirit, xiek!
 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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Chuck (minimaybee) has the handles and caps on his CR - but it's a convertible, so no roof flag...

 
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mrs.mini
i was thinking about either mirror caps or door handles...maybe both. and i would like to see pics before i buy. and i love your uj spirit, xiek!

Well blimey beat me to the pic.. but the door handles were not fun to replace on my 04 cooper.. not sure if different on new models.. took me and a licenced tech, just over 2 hours... would go faster if you have the ball end allan keys on the short end.. I did drill 2 access holes in my door... to make it go faster.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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OK - it's been pretty quiet in this thread lately - so here are some recent additions:

IMPROVED Blimey Stripes, from Aesthetic Creations:


Blue/Red/White shift and brake boots to match:


Coming soon - polished ebrake handle with UJ, and custom UJ Whalen shift ****...
 

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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BlimeyCabrio
OK - it's been pretty quiet in this thread lately - so here are some recent additions:

Blue/Red/White shift and brake boots to match:


Coming soon - polished ebrake handle with UJ, and custom UJ Whalen shift ****...
and here I was trying to figure out how to do a UJ on the boots... I have UJ 1/4 panels now, no pics just yet...
 
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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It's amazing how the bright blue of the stripe makes the CB look downright gray!
 
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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Yeah - Cool Blue is a bizarre color - and it looks radically different in different lighting - blue to gray to purple...

Jason - here are some better pics of the boots...




Redline boot quality rocks! I thought long and hard about that blue - but I like it. A nice side effect is that the dark blue seats don't even really look blue beside it... Though now I wish I could do something about the seat stitching... It's always something...
 

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