So what have you done with your Aston today?

[Quarterly]

leerandle said:

However, using a mac and trying to upload pictures on here is a nightmare (Unless anyone knows an easy way ??)

I use tinypic.com to upload photos which works for me.

[Ken Figenus]

GingerMunky said:

Had my discs and pads changed all round at Newtown Motors. I supplied the discs, they supplied the front, rear and hand brake pads, all fitted for less than £900. All the squeaking gone, happy days!

Shinny

Now that is a good price all in Mark! What breed pads did you put on?

[Ken Figenus]

V8V Pete said:

Is that Tour de France Blue? Looks lovely in the sun.

It may be Midnight Blue as it looks suspiciously like my car's colour. Cool decals for the weekend monsieur!

[V8V Pete]

leerandle said:

However, using a mac and trying to upload pictures on here is a nightmare (Unless anyone knows an easy way ??)

No problem at all uploading pictures on a Mac here. At what stage are you struggling?

Save file to desktop, adjust size to less than 2MB (using "Preview") then upload using the "Upload an image (beta)" link on here. Works fine - example …...

[GingerMunky]

Ken Figenus said:

Now that is a good price all in Mark! What breed pads did you put on?

Pagid, they are awesome. Maybe come to their Motorsport evening in July I'll introduce you to my mate who owns the dealerships.

[Ken Figenus]

GingerMunky said:

Pagid, they are awesome. Maybe come to their Motorsport evening in July I'll introduce you to my mate who owns the dealerships.

Yes am down for that one and remember them from my TVR days. See you there.

[Voguely]

V8V Pete said:

Voguely said:

Did some Le Mans prep...

Is that Tour de France Blue? Looks lovely in the sun.

Midnight blue. Usually very dark, but comes to life in bright sun :-)

[M800BEN]

Hi guys,
I've always been into my BMWs and this is my first Aston. Its just had a load of work done to it recently including a full respray in white. Managed to locate some really nice carbon parts in the UK and a set of 2014 Aston Vanquish Wheels to finish her off. What do you guys think?
















Are there any good meets local to Milton Keynes coming up soon? Would be nice to meet some members as I'm new to the Aston scene

[kippax]

IMO it would look fantastic if it wasn't for the black bonnet.

M800BEN said:

Hi guys,
I've always been into my BMWs and this is my first Aston. Its just had a load of work done to it recently including a full respray in white. Managed to locate some really nice carbon parts in the UK and a set of 2014 Aston Vanquish Wheels to finish her off. What do you guys think?
















Are there any good meets local to Milton Keynes coming up soon? Would be nice to meet some members as I'm new to the Aston scene

[GingerMunky]

M800BEN said:

Hi guys,
I've always been into my BMWs and this is my first Aston. Its just had a load of work done to it recently including a full respray in white. Managed to locate some really nice carbon parts in the UK and a set of 2014 Aston Vanquish Wheels to finish her off. What do you guys think?



Are there any good meets local to Milton Keynes coming up soon? Would be nice to meet some members as I'm new to the Aston scene

Looks fantastic mate. Good to have some variety in Astons. I'm afraid mine if boring grey, feels like it needs to be spiced up

[ds2000]

Its different, I like it. Not sure if the wheels look a little too large but that's just my opinion

[Phil74891]

If you got bored with the carbon bonnet, you could easily paint that white, leaving the vents to match the other carbon bits.

[George29]

I think someone forgot to paint your bonnet?

Personally I think it's horrible, and pretty much the opposite of what an Aston should be (classy and understated), but thankfully I don't have to drive it.

[avinalarf]

George29 said:

I think someone forgot to paint your bonnet?

Personally I think it's horrible, and pretty much the opposite of what an Aston should be (classy and understated), but thankfully I don't have to drive it.

You're mellowing George.
I was looking forward to you posting with much more vitriol, come on matey you can do better than this.
Looks like our friend Mr Gould is taking over your mantle for extreme criticism.
I will not comment adversely other than to say "less is more".
To the OP,welcome to the forum and enjoy your car.

[M800BEN]

Thanks for some of the nice comments i did think it would be a required taste

I was unsure on painting the bonnet seemed such a shame covering it up but i can always paint it at a later date

[avinalarf]

M800BEN said:

Thanks for some of the nice comments i did think it would be a required taste

I was unsure on painting the bonnet seemed such a shame covering it up but i can always paint it at a later date

You're a good bloke Ben,generous in your acceptance of a little joshing on your choice of mods.

[Ken Figenus]

I'd love to see it in the flesh as I love a bit of carbon fibre.

Your camera is really squashing the car though! Looks short wheelbase!

Now you need to strip back the tailgate as I believe they are carbonfibre underneath ;-)

[Voguely]

ds2000 said:

Its different, I like it. Not sure if the wheels look a little too large but that's just my opinion

+1. Also, the rears look from the pics to be extruding from the arches. Isn't that an MOT fail?

[Impasse]

Finally managed to get my car booked in for a service and MOT now that the new windscreen is in. Unfortunately that's not for another two weeks so it'll stay in the garage until then.

[divetheworld]

M800BEN said:

Hi guys,
I've always been into my BMWs and this is my first Aston. Its just had a load of work done to it recently including a full respray in white. Managed to locate some really nice carbon parts in the UK and a set of 2014 Aston Vanquish Wheels to finish her off. What do you guys think?

Are there any good meets local to Milton Keynes coming up soon? Would be nice to meet some members as I'm new to the Aston scene

OK, you asked for opinion.......
I have seen those bonnets and I bet to myself they would look beautiful, but wouldn't put it on an Aston. Now I've seen it on yours and first impression was that you'd effing ruined a nice car.
Then I kept looking, it's fascinating. Still kept looking, and now I want to see it in the flesh. It's got something, I'm glad you've done it. Quite brave.
Astons are not meant to be brash and chavvy, that doesnt mean they cant be unique. So if you do something as individual as this, you need to do it with flair and style. I don't think you've nailed that quite yet.
Might I suggest that you don't stop there, that you make the feature blend. Perhaps you have lost the lines of the car and one suggestion is you wrap the roof in gloss black/or other complimentary dark colour. The carbon starts with the Oya splitter all the way to the diffuser on the back apart from the roof.
http://darsltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014...
Perhaps black the rear panel like the V12Vs aswell to match the theme with the carbon light inserts.
The calipers are a departure from the colour scheme too.

Otherwise, I think it'll be awesome!

Edited by divetheworld on Tuesday 9th June 20:02