AMR Carbon Fibre Sills

[Manwhoneverwas]

I had been planning on fitting a set of V12 sills to my car this summer to replace the existing N400 sills.
When the AMR range of accessories was announced recently I liked the full Carbon Fibre V12 sills, so bought a set.

Although they are full Carbon Fibre, it is only the rib along the edge that is finished in an exposed Carbon Fibre weave, so the remainder of the sills have to be painted.
I decided to get them painted gloss black for a change.
They were difficult to fit according to the AM specialist who fitted them because they are so strong and very stiff.

The car is going back into the paint shop to continue the gloss Black paint along the bottom section of the rear bumper

Edited by Manwhoneverwas on Wednesday 13th September 20:23

[AdamV12V]

Very nice - can you please clarify though if you bought them from an AM dealer as AMR accessories - i.e. you bought just the sills from the AMR Aerokit, or that sourced a set of GT4 sills from another channel?

[dalecan]

IMHO they would look better painted in the same color scheme as the car with exposed carbon.

[Frances The Mute]

dalecan said:

IMHO they would look better painted in the same color scheme as the car with exposed carbon.

Agreed. They look unfinished in the picture of the overall car.

[telum01]

I've had them on my grey car for a couple years now. When I got mine, they came directly from Prodrive. Now that they're part of the AMR Aero Kit, they're considered AMR parts (as opposed to *actual* Aston Martin Racing parts), but I've been told they're still the exact same parts despite the "rebranding" of them.

The carbon fiber does blend a bit with my paint color in pics, so here's a better way to see the sills:
http://www.astonmartin.com/en/racing/race-cars/van...

[Manwhoneverwas]

AdamV12V said:

Very nice - can you please clarify though if you bought them from an AM dealer as AMR accessories - i.e. you bought just the sills from the AMR Aerokit, or that sourced a set of GT4 sills from another channel?

I bought them directly from Aston Martin Racing / Prodrive.

[AdamV12V]

Manwhoneverwas said:

AdamV12V said:

Very nice - can you please clarify though if you bought them from an AM dealer as AMR accessories - i.e. you bought just the sills from the AMR Aerokit, or that sourced a set of GT4 sills from another channel?

I bought them directly from Aston Martin Racing / Prodrive.

Thanks - I'm really tempted to just add the GT4 sills myself instead of the whole aerokit. Would you mind letting me know how much they were? Drop me a PM please if you don't want to post on here.

Cheers

[Manwhoneverwas]

AdamV12V said:

Thanks - I'm really tempted to just add the GT4 sills myself instead of the whole aerokit. Would you mind letting me know how much they were? Drop me a PM please if you don't want to post on here.

Cheers

You have an email with details

[kbooker]

Sorry but not with that colour, looks like you've cut some tinworm out, pieced in a new panel and now needs painting....on a black car they would work

[morty1961]

kbooker said:

Sorry but not with that colour, looks like you've cut some tinworm out, pieced in a new panel and now needs painting....on a black car they would work

Totally agree Kev