Show us your Waterfall

[divetheworld]

W1111AM said:

Nice work on the close up pictures Is this an AM standard part?
Your waterfall is very nice, the machined swirls give an engineering/old school classic car feeling. Is this the same finish on MikeyK's Waterfall below?

Apparently, they don't do Microspin anymore. I've been told that I wont be able to get a replacement if it breaks....Too scarce
MikeyK's looks a bit like the Nexus pattern not Microspin. As far as I can see, this is a list of the Sat Nav surrounds that have been made.

Carbon fibre
Piano black
Dragon 88
Mahogany
Walnut
Bamboo
Double apex alloy
Microspin alloy
Prism alloy
Gun metal
Nexus alloy
Tamo ash

Can we tick these off when they've been shown on the thread? That woul dbe cool, pics of all of them.

Edited by divetheworld on Thursday 10th July 11:28

[Y100]

W1111AM said:

Watching, smiling, as the double entendra takes shape, loving the replies, more Waterfalls please guys!
Has anyone made their own finishes?
Yes you're quite right trying to steer a non BR feed
Will

Here's the full c-f slope I asked for and 'Q' agreed to fit to Vesuvius,,,expensive, of course but just look at it.

[W1111AM]

Y100 said:

Here's the full c-f slope I asked for and 'Q' agreed to fit to Vesuvius,,,expensive, of course but just look at it.

Looks VERY nice Bob

I want my car Waterfall finished in a new sexy finish and for this to be the same all the way down the Centre panels. A problem I know about already is in applying new decoration around my MY07 radio panel; this will be hard because the heater knobs have back-lit graphic details above (that back-light up at night) and the radio/CD buttons are colour-coded too. Your later radio panel were designed to be a fixed/consistent panel, allowing interchangeable decorative surrounds to be fitted easily.

[Jon1967x]

W1111AM said:

Looks VERY nice Bob

I want my car Waterfall finished in a new sexy finish and for this to be the same all the way down the Centre panels. A problem I know about already is in applying new decoration around my MY07 radio panel; this will be hard because the heater knobs have back-lit graphic details above (that back-light up at night) and the radio/CD buttons are colour-coded too. Your later radio panel were designed to be a fixed/consistent panel, allowing interchangeable decorative surrounds to be fitted easily.

I've piano black and that gives the "all the same" look - possibly a bit boring?

[W1111AM]

Jon1967x said:

W1111AM said:

Looks VERY nice Bob

I want my car Waterfall finished in a new sexy finish and for this to be the same all the way down the Centre panels. A problem I know about already is in applying new decoration around my MY07 radio panel; this will be hard because the heater knobs have back-lit graphic details above (that back-light up at night) and the radio/CD buttons are colour-coded too. Your later radio panel were designed to be a fixed/consistent panel, allowing interchangeable decorative surrounds to be fitted easily.

I've piano black and that gives the "all the same" look - possibly a bit boring?

Hi Jon, thanks for joining in, Piano Black is an elegant finish. Does the Piano black cause you sky/sun reflections? I wondered what the reflective surfaces feels like in bright sunny weather?

[Jon1967x]

W1111AM said:

Hi Jon, thanks for joining in, Piano Black is an elegant finish. Does the Piano black cause you sky/sun reflections? I wondered what the reflective surfaces feels like in bright sunny weather?

In practice, outside, I don't notice the mirror finish but I took this photo for someone else in my garage and wondered what the hell had happened! It's to easy to scratch though. I would have thought a more tactile finish was better. Be lovely if you could have an alcantara finished one - just the problem with the console bit

edit: had a google and there's a bmw with the kind of look but it doesn't suite that car - but leather dash, alcantara central trim (where the piano black or other trims would be), alcantara steering wheel - might work better than it sounds

Edited by Jon1967x on Thursday 10th July 17:37

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Here's the all gloss burl version. I know, too much of a stuffy mens' club look for most, but it is unique.

[W1111AM]

Jon1967x said:

W1111AM said:

Hi Jon, thanks for joining in, Piano Black is an elegant finish. Does the Piano black cause you sky/sun reflections? I wondered what the reflective surfaces feels like in bright sunny weather?

In practice, outside, I don't notice the mirror finish but I took this photo for someone else in my garage and wondered what the hell had happened! It's to easy to scratch though. I would have thought a more tactile finish was better. Be lovely if you could have an alcantara finished one - just the problem with the console bit

edit: had a google and there's a bmw with the kind of look but it doesn't suite that car - but leather dash, alcantara central trim (where the piano black or other trims would be), alcantara steering wheel - might work better than it sounds

Edited by Jon1967x on Thursday 10th July 17:37

That reflection is utterly amazing - crazy!! I like though that the gloss does affect you when driving
It does look great

[W1111AM]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Here's the all gloss burl version. I know, too much of a stuffy mens' club look for most, but it is unique.

Thanks for the post, interesting matching wood effect gear knob and top door panels!! Great to show us all the diversity in the AM mark, good job!!

[DB9VolanteDriver]

W1111AM said:

Thanks for the post, interesting matching wood effect gear knob and top door panels!! Great to show us all the diversity in the AM mark, good job!!

Just to be clear, it's not a 'wood effect', it is the real deal.

[W1111AM]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

W1111AM said:

Thanks for the post, interesting matching wood effect gear knob and top door panels!! Great to show us all the diversity in the AM mark, good job!!

Just to be clear, it's not a 'wood effect', it is the real deal.

Real wood on everything we can that looks like wood?

[avinalarf]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

Here's the all gloss burl version. I know, too much of a stuffy mens' club look for most, but it is unique.

That's very good and looks classy.
Goes particularly well with the colour of the interior.

[Ken Figenus]

Here's my piano black waterfall - cracked

Does anyone know anything more about this issue or have suffered this crack by the sat nav?

Cheers

Ken

[W1111AM]

Ken Figenus said:

Here's my piano black waterfall - cracked

Does anyone know anything more about this issue or have suffered this crack by the sat nav?

Cheers

Ken

. Unserviceable - what happened to make it crack, someone has tried to lift it out of the dash I recon?

[Ken Figenus]

I am told this is a known problem. Has anyone heard of this happening before?

Its currently a bit of an issue as dealer sees no problem in selling me a car with a cracked dashboard - its just 'cosmetic'

[W1111AM]

Ken Figenus said:

I am told this is a known problem. Has anyone heard of this happening before?

Its currently a bit of an issue as dealer sees no problem in selling me a car with a cracked dashboard - its just 'cosmetic'

The dealer will skwirm on this post-sale I think, best to make these items part if the purchase deal. The dealer is obliged from my understanding to "turn out" a well presented used-car to comply with AM franchisee guidelines. If they continue to say no, I think you should complain to the sales manager or dealer principal.

Does anyone know why these crack there, weakness or heat related issue ?

[hashluck]

Is it an Aston dealer? Some of them really do not seem to know their target market. How can that be considered acceptable? Walk away.

[NBTBRV8]

Ken Figenus said:

Here's my piano black waterfall - cracked

Does anyone know anything more about this issue or have suffered this crack by the sat nav?

Cheers

Ken

I would suggest that it has gotten too hot in the sun. Wood veneer cracks like this, usually from an edge.

[W1111AM]

NBTBRV8 said:

Ken Figenus said:

Here's my piano black waterfall - cracked

Does anyone know anything more about this issue or have suffered this crack by the sat nav?

Cheers

Ken

I would suggest that it has gotten too hot in the sun. Wood veneer cracks like this, usually from an edge.

I agree

[Billieray]