my friend is a fellow MINI driver, and an excellent product designer. When he got his MINI, he was not impressed with the cheap quality of grille badge options out on the market, so he decided to do something about it. He designed and engineered some really high-quality, amazing looking three-dimensional grille badges that really look awesome on our MINIs. I've been consulting with him, doing long-term beta-testing with products and more.
His business is just getting off the ground as I type this. In fact his first order of finished parts are just arriving. But he encourages you to go to his site and look around. I am not sure if ordering online is working or not yet, so if you did want to place an order and cannot, just email him.
His name is Don Kang, and he's a really nice, approachable guy. I'm telling all my MINI friends, and if you like what you see, I urge you to please pass this on to all your MINI friends, as well.
Don is going to try to join me at Eurocar 2010 for the annual MG club's Father's day car show. I'll make sure that he brings lots of grille badges to show off in person!
Here's his web site: http://www.gobadges.com/
This is a photo of 3 different badge options on his MINI. They come in different sizes and styles.
JONNIEOH
CNY MINI Ramblers
2004 MINI Cooper S Electric Blue/Black Roof, with some mods.
Web site: http://web.mac.com/jonnieoh/My_MINI_Cooper_S/Home.html