So what have you done with your Aston today? (Vol. 2)

[Phil74891]

New tyres and repainted satin black wheels on the V12VS. Seven years old so were ready for a refresh.

[raceboy]

Sat in it to put the clock forward, then realised there was no need as having not driven in since last October I never put it back.

[baconsarney]

Nothing.

Big guilt trip though because it’s absolutely filthy

[N7GTX]

Felonious said:

Removed the rear driver's side tail light, which has annoyingly decided to gather so much condensation that it was running down the inside of the lens. Have drilled 4x 4mm holes on the top left and top right, and one lower right. I'll leave it to thoroughly dry for a week before applying gore tex patches over the holes and refitting it. Fingers crossed!

If you can remove the bulb holder, use a hairdryer on the lens and gently warm the outside. The moist air will go out of the bulb holder space. Takes a good few minutes but will prevent corrosion setting in. Hopefully.

[Felonious]

N7GTX said:

Felonious said:

Removed the rear driver's side tail light, which has annoyingly decided to gather so much condensation that it was running down the inside of the lens. Have drilled 4x 4mm holes on the top left and top right, and one lower right. I'll leave it to thoroughly dry for a week before applying gore tex patches over the holes and refitting it. Fingers crossed!

If you can remove the bulb holder, use a hairdryer on the lens and gently warm the outside. The moist air will go out of the bulb holder space. Takes a good few minutes but will prevent corrosion setting in. Hopefully.

Good tip, thank you. I'll investigate.

[Astontony]

As mentioned about a week ago I had a racing pack PPF added to my car plus the kick plates PPF'd (the door sills with the Vanquish hand made in England) protected from shoes when entering or exiting.
The gent Robert who owns SD Detailng took this lovely black and white photo and sent it through FB. I have to say I love the look of thois car, there isnt a bad angle IMO.
Hope it comes out ok.

[Felonious]

Felonious said:

N7GTX said:

Felonious said:

Removed the rear driver's side tail light, which has annoyingly decided to gather so much condensation that it was running down the inside of the lens. Have drilled 4x 4mm holes on the top left and top right, and one lower right. I'll leave it to thoroughly dry for a week before applying gore tex patches over the holes and refitting it. Fingers crossed!

If you can remove the bulb holder, use a hairdryer on the lens and gently warm the outside. The moist air will go out of the bulb holder space. Takes a good few minutes but will prevent corrosion setting in. Hopefully.

Good tip, thank you. I'll investigate.

Duly investigated, but couldn't remove the bulb holder. Had I less of a propensity for forcing and breaking things I may have persisted. Instead, I took the opposite approach and stuck a vacuum cleaner nozzle over the holes and sucked warm air through for 30 seconds or so, several times over a few days. Which seems to have done the job, assisted by spending a couple of nights in the airing cupboard and days on a shelf above a radiator. Need to get the gore tex patches stuck on (ordered from Millets), get the thing bolted back in and hopefully the problem will be solved. I might also top up the sealant around the edges; whilst it looks ok, it clearly isn't.

[Felonious]

Astontony said:

As mentioned about a week ago I had a racing pack PPF added to my car plus the kick plates PPF'd (the door sills with the Vanquish hand made in England) protected from shoes when entering or exiting.
The gent Robert who owns SD Detailng took this lovely black and white photo and sent it through FB. I have to say I love the look of thois car, there isnt a bad angle IMO.
Hope it comes out ok.

Bloody gorgeous. The Vanq is a truly stunning car.

[N7GTX]

Today repaired a weeping auto transmission pipe and fitted a re-cored supercharger intercooler radiator. So that's a new oil cooler, aircon condenser and intercooler radiator in the last few weeks.

Just waiting on a new oil pressure transducer from AM as the oil pressure gauge reads just under 2 bar (30psi) when started from cold. A check with an oil pressure gauge showed it reading 5.2 bar (75psi).

[cayman-black]

Phil74891 said:

New tyres and repainted satin black wheels on the V12VS. Seven years old so were ready for a refresh.

Looks as good as ever!

[Mr.Tremlini]

The V12 Way said:

Nice move with the white calipers, I`m liking that, your new 12 is looking mint!

[The V12 Way]

Mr.Tremlini said:

Nice move with the white calipers, I`m liking that, your new 12 is looking mint!

Thanks MrT, getting the way i want it

[CAPP0]

Felonious said:

Felonious said:

N7GTX said:

Felonious said:

Removed the rear driver's side tail light, which has annoyingly decided to gather so much condensation that it was running down the inside of the lens. Have drilled 4x 4mm holes on the top left and top right, and one lower right. I'll leave it to thoroughly dry for a week before applying gore tex patches over the holes and refitting it. Fingers crossed!

If you can remove the bulb holder, use a hairdryer on the lens and gently warm the outside. The moist air will go out of the bulb holder space. Takes a good few minutes but will prevent corrosion setting in. Hopefully.

Good tip, thank you. I'll investigate.

Duly investigated, but couldn't remove the bulb holder. Had I less of a propensity for forcing and breaking things I may have persisted. Instead, I took the opposite approach and stuck a vacuum cleaner nozzle over the holes and sucked warm air through for 30 seconds or so, several times over a few days. Which seems to have done the job, assisted by spending a couple of nights in the airing cupboard and days on a shelf above a radiator. Need to get the gore tex patches stuck on (ordered from Millets), get the thing bolted back in and hopefully the problem will be solved. I might also top up the sealant around the edges; whilst it looks ok, it clearly isn't.

Interested to know how this goes as I need to do one of mine soon. I think I read somewhere that drilling holes is *not* the thing to do, but the goretex patches sound like a good idea.

I think there is a guide somewhere as to how to completely remove the lens and re-seal it? Have to put the whole unit in the oven to soften the old adhesive iirc?

[EVR]

The V12 Way said:

Just collected the car from AM Bristol after MOT and service, and having the calipers painted white and the forged carbon ski slope and centre console done, all coming together, Larini back box (no flaps) going on tomorrow.

Missed that one, the white calipers are very original and extremely cool and fitting with the overall look. Love the interior too, this raw carbon is growing on me.

[ReformedPistonhead]

EVR said:

The V12 Way said:

Just collected the car from AM Bristol after MOT and service, and having the calipers painted white and the forged carbon ski slope and centre console done, all coming together, Larini back box (no flaps) going on tomorrow.

Missed that one, the white calipers are very original and extremely cool and fitting with the overall look. Love the interior too, this raw carbon is growing on me.

May I ask how much the calliper repainting was? I did ask about getting mine done (scintilla car was going to go lime green or yellow) but I got a price of many £000 was told it was cheaper to buy new callipers so didn't proceed.

[N7GTX]

Today we passed the MOT test.

[baconsarney]

N7GTX said:

Today we passed the MOT test.

Iain have you done the NC500 ?

Congrats on the MOT

[JonnyCJ]

ReformedPistonhead said:

May I ask how much the calliper repainting was? I did ask about getting mine done (scintilla car was going to go lime green or yellow) but I got a price of many £000 was told it was cheaper to buy new callipers so didn't proceed.

Have a look at my caliper rebuild thread. Easy enough to strip down and then a local powder coater shouldn't charge much to blast and paint. New Frentech pistons and seals will be £200 for front and rear (V8V), so if you don't mind a bit of spattering you can get it done for approx £300.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Old Chimer]

3 months and 22 days after getting it, I finally got to drive it beyond the end of our driveway

[The V12 Way]

ReformedPistonhead said:

EVR said:

The V12 Way said:

Just collected the car from AM Bristol after MOT and service, and having the calipers painted white and the forged carbon ski slope and centre console done, all coming together, Larini back box (no flaps) going on tomorrow.

Missed that one, the white calipers are very original and extremely cool and fitting with the overall look. Love the interior too, this raw carbon is growing on me.

May I ask how much the calliper repainting was? I did ask about getting mine done (scintilla car was going to go lime green or yellow) but I got a price of many £000 was told it was cheaper to buy new callipers so didn't proceed.

Hi, Aston Martin Bristol did mine but had a siezed nipple (oooh matron) so was £420-00 including VAT and fitting so not too bad