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The Pits
3,847 posts
110 months
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Yes but on something as common as a DBS 007 plates are allowed surely?  Yeti, did you get my mail yet?
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Grant3
2,858 posts
125 months
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Congrats on getting the only Aston in the range that is demonically possessed - a bit of a beast to say the least 
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AdamV8V
438 posts
26 months
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Fantastic car Steve, congrats. And I think the plate looks great, both in terms of placement and character spacing. Don't let George rain on your parade. I've heard those V12s are an animal in the wet as it is  As per previous thread, may be worth keeping the 'legal' set (V12 VS? - can't quite make out the last character on my phone) in the boot, should Plod take exception. Enjoy!
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StringfellowHawk
10 posts
13 months
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Very very cool and one of the best colours ever for that model
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yeti
7,160 posts
145 months
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Steve R7 said: I also got round to fitting some `stone guards` which should help in keeping the rear arches clear of chips etc. Hmm, I could do wih those, front and rear!! Are they an Aston part? Would be very useful with my big fat tyres which destroyed half of the forum's cars in Wales apparently!
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yvr
182 posts
16 months
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yeti said: Hmm, I could do wih those, front and rear!! Are they an Aston part? Would be very useful with my big fat tyres which destroyed half of the forum's cars in Wales apparently! The stone guards are an Aston part. Curiously priced individually rather than as a set. Fronts only. They help greatly and are quite unobtrusive.
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Steve R7
Original Poster
38 posts
16 months
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yeti said: Hmm, I could do wih those, front and rear!! Are they an Aston part? Would be very useful with my big fat tyres which destroyed half of the forum's cars in Wales apparently! Yes, they were standard Aston stone guards for the V8 Vantage which I think fitted neatly on to the V12V.Two of the four fixing are existing screw positions and you have to drill two new fixing holes(8mm).
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yvr
182 posts
16 months
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Fit the DB9 too. Dealer mounted mine & found the mounting points had been peppered with rocks over the years & required a bit of tricky fitting.
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Zod
23,490 posts
128 months
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Any pictures of the stone guards, please?
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yeti
7,160 posts
145 months
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yvr said: Fit the DB9 too. Dealer mounted mine & found the mounting points had been peppered with rocks over the years & required a bit of tricky fitting. Great news, thanks for the info chaps! Shame there are no rears, guess those behind you aren't assumed to be important... Nothing personal I'm sure RobGT
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mikey k
6,730 posts
86 months
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yvr said: Fit the DB9 too. Dealer mounted mine & found the mounting points had been peppered with rocks over the years & required a bit of tricky fitting. No they don't - the DB ones are different I know because I bought the wrong ones first time 
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Aston Annie
265 posts
46 months
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Extremely late on parade! That looks lovely Steve. The Quantum looks great and the carbon louvres sit really well against it. Enjoy 
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yvr
182 posts
16 months
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Zod said: Any pictures of the stone guards, please? 
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mikey k
6,730 posts
86 months
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yvr said: Zod said: Any pictures of the stone guards, please? That's a generic picture Aston use and is actually a DB9. The V12V/S sill & lower wing is very different so the DB ones don't fit a Vantage and vica versa  Triangle 005 by mikey k V8VR, on Flickr
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Steve R7
Original Poster
38 posts
16 months
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Zod said: Any pictures of the stone guards, please?  The leading edge seems to be the same profile as V8 Vantage so the stone guards fitted ok. Yeti I should ask dealer about DB9 guards as I think they will be different from mine but no more obtrusive.
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NigelStn
124 posts
37 months
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Steve R7 said: Yes, they were standard Aston stone guards for the V8 Vantage which I think fitted neatly on to the V12V.Two of the four fixing are existing screw positions and you have to drill two new fixing holes(8mm). I've just bought some V8V stoneguards off ebay, but without fixings. Please could you let me have an idea of what the fixings look like. Thanks
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KarlFranz
1,069 posts
140 months
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NigelStn said: I've just bought some V8V stoneguards off ebay, but without fixings.
Please could you let me have an idea of what the fixings look like.
Thanks All the mounting hardware that you need is reused from the ones that are already on the car except for one screw (per side) which you will have to replace with a longer version.
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NigelStn
124 posts
37 months
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KarlFranz said: All the mounting hardware that you need is reused from the ones that are already on the car except for one screw (per side) which you will have to replace with a longer version. I bought the stone guards without hardware  , but the price was good
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KarlFranz
1,069 posts
140 months
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NigelStn said: I bought the stone guards without hardware , but the price was good I think you may be missing my point. The stone guards do not come with any mounting hardware, even if you buy them from the dealer. The mounting hardware is the already on your car because it uses the same fasteners that are used to hold the wheel well liners and the leading edge of the sills in place. You remove them from your car, mount the stone guards and put the same hardware back on to hold them in place. One screw is a bit too short to go through the guard and the wheel liner and will need to be replaced with a longer one. AM will sell you that screw separately, but a trip to the hardware store will get you what you need.
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Tony V12V
1,378 posts
22 months
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KarlFranz said: I think you may be missing my point. The stone guards do not come with any mounting hardware, even if you buy them from the dealer. The mounting hardware is the already on your car because it uses the same fasteners that are used to hold the wheel well liners and the leading edge of the sills in place. You remove them from your car, mount the stone guards and put the same hardware back on to hold them in place. One screw is a bit too short to go through the guard and the wheel liner and will need to be replaced with a longer one. AM will sell you that screw separately, but a trip to the hardware store will get you what you need. Not correct in the UK. As you rightly say the kit uses SOME existing points and does require a longer screw but does require a plastic inset/ plasnut fitting (supplied with my kit at least) to be put into the inner arch liner AFTER you have drilled the hole in a suitable position.
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