So you thought DB9/Vantage/Rapide lights were bad...
So you thought DB9/Vantage/Rapide lights were bad...
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Simpo Two

Original Poster:

90,860 posts

287 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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Look at the inside of a Vanquish 2 rear light!

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https://astonowners.com/Articles-maintaining/13113...

Insanity... you almost have to check it's not April 1st.

markiii

4,171 posts

216 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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whats wrong with a bulb?


embdenb

151 posts

125 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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3500.00 pounds to replace. $4600 dollars US. That’s insane.

8Tech

2,164 posts

220 months

Monday 10th November 2025
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I think its the base ship beacon for 3iAtlas Mr Spock!

EVR

2,082 posts

82 months

Tuesday 11th November 2025
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Madness.

AdamV12V

5,306 posts

199 months

Tuesday 11th November 2025
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yeah, that is getting very silly now.

Sure it looks stunning from the outside, but surely its a huge step backwards in terms of being Green over a far less complex design.

Why cant we have removable LED bulbs with the chips on board the same as we have in house lights, and much more conventional designs. Im sure they could be made small enough so they could still have a beautiful housing to make the design attractive, whilst still being serviceable and thus reducing waste.

Greathey

144 posts

78 months

Wednesday 12th November 2025
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Simpo Two

Original Poster:

90,860 posts

287 months

Wednesday 12th November 2025
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Greathey said:
It's actually slightly putting me off getting a Vanquish, because I've had lots of problems with one of the rear lights on my DB9 and to contemplate the same fiasco with something costing £3,500 isn't appealing.

And it's not 'green' because each of those light units has about half of China's annual output of rare earth minerals inside it!

DB9VolanteDriver

2,642 posts

198 months

Thursday 13th November 2025
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That’s my light. Couldn’t be fixed even after a couple different attempts by competent techs. Finally gave up and bought a new one…$8000 with duties. Imagine getting tapped in the rear end and having to replace the bumper cover and both rear lights. Your insurance company won’t believe it and pretty soon will price Vanq collision premiums to match.