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Neil1300r

5,487 posts

177 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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KarlFranz said:
Yes, Aston's customer service has been fantastic. I am very grateful and happy.
I know we all like to moan at AM but sometimes the little things make all the difference. Photos all the way down the production line is great.
KF it looks fantastic. Can't think what you will 'enhance' but look forward to the thread in the next few months

KarlFranz

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2,008 posts

269 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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Phil74891 said:
Love the wheels. I see it's the older style grille rather than the UK N430 version. Great colour too.
Not sure I know what you mean. The grille is the same as on the N430. My car will be getting the standard grille replaced with the genuine V12VS carbon fiber grille when it goes through "Q" though. wink

V8V Pete

2,496 posts

125 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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KarlFranz said:
My car will be getting the standard grille replaced with the genuine V12VS carbon fiber grille when it goes through "Q" though. wink
Is it having anything else done whilst it's at Q? Are you going for the yellow bits or not? Which is the first bit that will get pulled off and wrapped when it gets to the other side of the pond? The suspense would be killing me. I was bad enough waiting the 10 days whilst my pre-owned V8V was being prepped and this is on an entirely different level.

KarlFranz

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2,008 posts

269 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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V8V Pete said:
Is it having anything else done whilst it's at Q? Are you going for the yellow bits or not? Which is the first bit that will get pulled off and wrapped when it gets to the other side of the pond? The suspense would be killing me. I was bad enough waiting the 10 days whilst my pre-owned V8V was being prepped and this is on an entirely different level.
Just to be clear, I am Q.
smile

Speculatore

2,002 posts

234 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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KarlFranz said:
Just to be clear, I am Q.
smile
That explains a lot...



Jon1967x

7,175 posts

123 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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KarlFranz said:
My car will be getting the standard grille replaced with the genuine V12VS carbon fiber grille when it goes through "Q" though. wink
if you're thinking of going from this..



to this..



you need to talk to William about how many hours it took to do on his car! (You might already know but it was far from a 10 min job!)

KarlFranz

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269 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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The only reason it wasn't a 10-minute job for William was because he was changing the front bumper from the older style which requires new wheel well liners, undertray, and the new bumper itself. Changing the grille is a trivial task.

That said, taking apart and putting back together the bodywork on these cars does not scare me. It's actually pretty easy.

Edited by KarlFranz on Friday 25th July 15:42

Jon1967x

7,175 posts

123 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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KarlFranz said:
The only reason it wasn't a 10-minute job for William was because he was changing the front bumper from the older style which requires new wheel well liners, undertray, and the new bumper itself. Changing the grille is a trivial task.

That said, taking apart and putting back together the bodywork on these cars does not scare me. It's actually pretty easy.
When I was talking to him about it he mentioned a number of engine bay components had to be relocated as well - horns I think I was just one - you know what you're doing more than I do, thats for sure.

Jockman

17,912 posts

159 months

Saturday 26th July 2014
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Congrats KF.....'Q' will learn a lot from 'U' yes

W1111AM

942 posts

128 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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Jon1967x said:
KarlFranz said:
The only reason it wasn't a 10-minute job for William was because he was changing the front bumper from the older style which requires new wheel well liners, undertray, and the new bumper itself. Changing the grille is a trivial task.

That said, taking apart and putting back together the bodywork on these cars does not scare me. It's actually pretty easy.
When I was talking to him about it he mentioned a number of engine bay components had to be relocated as well - horns I think I was just one - you know what you're doing more than I do, thats for sure.
Hi Team, you are quite right both of you. Karl it is easy to do on the facelift models (although you still will want to move the horrible horns to another location). Just watch out for the mesh grille, I had to send 2 back. You might also want to change the lower grille to match (it's cheap to buy). Jon you are quite right - it was a big old job, including moving oil cooler back, new V8VS wheel arch liners, new bumper, new V12VS undertray with new cut-out to allow air over my old-style oil cooler (painted black inside so it did not show as shiny aluminium through lower mesh grille) ("aluminum" US style teacherlaugh), moved horns and other things too... Having just toured Switzerland (back yesterday), the photos taken of TeaSpn, the upgrade to V12Vs bumper, splitter, meshes and grille surround was all worth it and I would do it again smile

Karl, BTW, the stage pictures from Gaydon are awesome my friend, looking forward to seeing the Q action start before Thanks Giving wink

KarlFranz

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2,008 posts

269 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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Will, do you have the part number for the noctis black matching lower grille?

W1111AM

942 posts

128 months

Wednesday 6th August 2014
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KarlFranz said:
Will, do you have the part number for the noctis black matching lower grille?
AMU ED23-8156-BC (not sure of names, this is not the V12V honeycombe grille, but the V12Vs wire diamond grille version)

ds2000

2,681 posts

191 months

Friday 8th August 2014
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That looks fantastic. Love seeing the factory build photos smile

W1111AM

942 posts

128 months

Thursday 14th August 2014
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Has she sailed yet KF bounce ?

KarlFranz

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2,008 posts

269 months

Tuesday 19th August 2014
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W1111AM said:
Has she sailed yet KF bounce ?
The wait is agonizing. I went to the dealer on Saturday and out front sat a shiny black new GT - the first one they have received. So I had them check the status on mine and it said it was sitting at the distribution center and won't arrive to the dealership until September 22 which means it hasn't even set sail yet even though it was finished a couple of weeks ago.

Speculatore

2,002 posts

234 months

Tuesday 19th August 2014
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KarlFranz said:
W1111AM said:
Has she sailed yet KF bounce ?
The wait is agonizing. I went to the dealer on Saturday and out front sat a shiny black new GT - the first one they have received. So I had them check the status on mine and it said it was sitting at the distribution center and won't arrive to the dealership until September 22 which means it hasn't even set sail yet even though it was finished a couple of weeks ago.
Found it......


KarlFranz

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2,008 posts

269 months

Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Yup. There it is. The green one! biggrin

Speculatore

2,002 posts

234 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Typical.....You find a nice empty space in a car park and everyone comes and parks next to you!!!!!

W1111AM

942 posts

128 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Oh no, agonising wait... Keep kool Karl smile

W1111AM

942 posts

128 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Speculatore said:
KarlFranz said:
W1111AM said:
Has she sailed yet KF bounce ?
The wait is agonizing. I went to the dealer on Saturday and out front sat a shiny black new GT - the first one they have received. So I had them check the status on mine and it said it was sitting at the distribution center and won't arrive to the dealership until September 22 which means it hasn't even set sail yet even though it was finished a couple of weeks ago.
Found it......

Nice image Dave wink. IKEA carpark?