Darkness Rules !!

[Ed50]

paddy328 said:

little norman will always have a special place in my heart.

I should jolly well hope so……………….I've stood Alf down now as he was up for ripping ya knackers off……….

I've washed and waxed him to night btw after yesterdays run to Hever…………bloody rain.

Edited by Ed50 on Monday 29th June 23:13

[66MK]

DocW said:

Yes I thought the Dragon88 gold would look good on the jet black of the n430. the interior of the car has a darkness theme with black control knobs, dials and I had glass switches installed.

Love it, time to go shopping I think!

Did you change the badge out yourself? I assume it's glued on, bit nervous of heating it up too much and then sticking the new one on on the p1zz! Might pay a small man to do it for me!

Really nice interior too.

[Phil74891]

paddy328 said:

Ed50 said:

Phil,

Thats one stunning looking motor car…….

I just love those Yellow by contrast callipers, it sets it off beautifully imo……..

Right enough complements know on ya bike my boy…...

Phil's car is one my all time favourite cars that I've worked on. Proper stunner.

Thanks Ed and Paddy. It gets an awful lot of positive attention. Ed have you tried yours without fuse 15? With your roof off it will probably be slightly above average.......

Off to Italy on Saturday. Will post a separate trip thread.

[avinalarf]

Phil74891 said:

Been away - Nero Daytona

Looking good Phil.
What colour and finish are the wheels ?

[Phil74891]

avinalarf said:

Phil74891 said:

Been away - Nero Daytona

Looking good Phil.
What colour and finish are the wheels ?

Standard AM lightweight wheels in satin black:

[avinalarf]

Phil74891 said:

avinalarf said:

Phil74891 said:

Been away - Nero Daytona

Looking good Phil.
What colour and finish are the wheels ?

Standard AM lightweight wheels in satin black:

Thanks Phil,trying to work out what if anything to have on my DB9 wheels,was thinking graphite but yours look good.
Just realised you've had all the trim colour coded ,was that a wrap ?
Who did it ?

Edited by avinalarf on Tuesday 30th June 15:04

[Phil74891]

avinalarf said:

Thanks Phil,trying to work out what if anything to have on my DB9 wheels,was thinking graphite but yours look good.
Just realised you've had all the trim colour coded ,was that a wrap ?
Who did it ?

Edited by avinalarf on Tuesday 30th June 15:04

I like the satin black wheels. If I get tired of them I'll get them painted Ferrari Grigio Ferro, also the grille - my favourite shade of 'graphite'.

If you google '458 Nero Daytona' images you'll see the shade.

That's the beauty of the lightweight wheels. Easy and relatively cost effective to change the colour.

The car is model year 2015 and came with the trim as part of the dealer spec. I much prefer it to the chrome I had on my V8S.

I know people on here have had their's wrapped successfully.

[avinalarf]

Phil74891 said:

I like the satin black wheels. If I get tired of them I'll get them painted Ferrari Grigio Ferro, also the grille - my favourite shade of 'graphite'.

If you google '458 Nero Daytona' images you'll see the shade.

That's the beauty of the lightweight wheels. Easy and relatively cost effective to change the colour.

The car is model year 2015 and came with the trim as part of the dealer spec. I much prefer it to the chrome I had on my V8S.

I know people on here have had their's wrapped successfully.

Those lightweight wheels look smashing in black.
Thing is you have the yellow calipers and they define the wheels, I have silver calipers that I like ,but on a black car the black wheels can get " lost " that's why I've been dithering.

[Phil74891]

avinalarf said:

Those lightweight wheels look smashing in black.
Thing is you have the yellow calipers and they define the wheels, I have silver calipers that I like ,but on a black car the black wheels can get " lost " that's why I've been dithering.

Graphite is the safer bet I'd say. Black will go out of fashion some time soon. Maybe get them done in white and start a new trend? Would look really ste, but you may become famous for starting a new trend?

[avinalarf]

Phil74891 said:

avinalarf said:

Those lightweight wheels look smashing in black.
Thing is you have the yellow calipers and they define the wheels, I have silver calipers that I like ,but on a black car the black wheels can get " lost " that's why I've been dithering.

Graphite is the safer bet I'd say. Black will go out of fashion some time soon. Maybe get them done in white and start a new trend? Would look really ste, but you may become famous for starting a new trend?

Funny you should say that.....seen white minilites on a mini and Porsche and they look ok ,well sort of.
Problem is George might send around a hit squad to take me out.
Anyway thanks for the info.

[davek_964]

avinalarf said:

Those lightweight wheels look smashing in black.
Thing is you have the yellow calipers and they define the wheels, I have silver calipers that I like ,but on a black car the black wheels can get " lost " that's why I've been dithering.

Funny - I've been thinking the opposite. I reckon black wheels on my black car would give a real stealth look and might actually make the silver calipers a feature that stand out rather than 'not red or yellow' which is how I tend to think of them now.

[avinalarf]

davek_964 said:

Funny - I've been thinking the opposite. I reckon black wheels on my black car would give a real stealth look and might actually make the silver calipers a feature that stand out rather than 'not red or yellow' which is how I tend to think of them now.

For clarity...... I like my silver calipers and prefer them to other colours but I do accept your point.
However Phil's car has the yellow trim to his bonnet grill so in his case it ties in nicely.
There is a school of thought that thinks the black wheels on a black car veers away from the understated appearance of an Aston and looks a bit boy racer.
However as usual your car your choice.