Interior/Exterior The Union Jack-ification Thread
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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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...
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/
http://www.toddsmods.com/
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:
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:
I sure wish they had this for my '04 (only available for +'07) at MiniMania.
http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/G2.../InvDetail.cfm
http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/G2.../InvDetail.cfm
Hmm...see if they'll give you a measurement on it - it just might fit!
I sure wish they had this for my '04 (only available for +'07) at MiniMania.
http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/G2.../InvDetail.cfm

http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/G2.../InvDetail.cfm

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
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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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 ****...
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 ****...
Last edited by BlimeyCabrio; Feb 28, 2008 at 08:43 PM.
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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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...
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...
Last edited by BlimeyCabrio; Feb 28, 2008 at 08:42 PM.





