How to mirror a group of logos and not make them backwards?

Question

I'm designing the vinyl wrap for a competition race car at my university, but I'm a bit new to using Illustrator. I've finished one side, complete with the graphic design and sponsor logos. The other side is supposed to look the exact same and just be a mirror image, but of course when I reflect everything vertically the sponsor logos get flipped too, making them backwards and unreadable. Is there a way I can flip everything around, but keep the logos readable? Or will I have to do this all by hand?

If this is confusing, here's a poor MS paint drawing of what I'm trying to explain, hopefully it helps:

Thanks for any and all help!

Monika Gause · Accepted Answer

You will have to flip parts of the design and other parts you just duplicate and move.

Of course this is a manual approach.

edit: alternatively you could first flip the complete design, then select the logos and use Object > Transform > Transform Each to flip them back. But likely you will have to adjust them after that.

cmgap · Answer

You can put the text on a separate layer from the blue corner element. Then only flip the blue... you can lock the text layer to be sure that it won't flip when you transform.

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