Discussion
Thank you all for your comments, and compliments.
I do plan on making the car "my own", and agree with @V8VPete really—the car is for me and me only. I'm not going to be modifying the car beyond what many would find acceptable; OEM parts for 99% I imagine, but I'm not saving the car for its next owner—this isn't a Patek Philippe watch, nor a car I've bought with a big balloon bubble payment and am flipping in 2 years
Enjoying my Aston journey so far, and also this fantastic forum.
I do plan on making the car "my own", and agree with @V8VPete really—the car is for me and me only. I'm not going to be modifying the car beyond what many would find acceptable; OEM parts for 99% I imagine, but I'm not saving the car for its next owner—this isn't a Patek Philippe watch, nor a car I've bought with a big balloon bubble payment and am flipping in 2 years
Enjoying my Aston journey so far, and also this fantastic forum.
So, it's 200-cell cats and a remap for me tomorrow. Can't wait!
I'm debating the N420 rear diffuser, carbon mirror caps, a front splitter.. .then which sills? The GT4 sills @telum has are rather nice.
Does anyone have any recommendations for wheels with a tungsten car? One option is lowering and spacing my current wheels via DAE.
Finally, does anyone have a set of red lights that that'd sell to me for a nominal sum whilst I sort out my clear rear lights? I will be expanding on my write up with a drying procedure etc but I know this has been done to death.
Video of exhaust mods to follow later in the week.
I'm debating the N420 rear diffuser, carbon mirror caps, a front splitter.. .then which sills? The GT4 sills @telum has are rather nice.
Does anyone have any recommendations for wheels with a tungsten car? One option is lowering and spacing my current wheels via DAE.
Finally, does anyone have a set of red lights that that'd sell to me for a nominal sum whilst I sort out my clear rear lights? I will be expanding on my write up with a drying procedure etc but I know this has been done to death.
Video of exhaust mods to follow later in the week.
OK, so the Bamford Rose exhaust is great. Brought my 4.3L car to life. Mike and Adrian also went over the car with a fine toothcomb, and reattached a handbrake spring at the rear, which has removed the final [major] squeaking noise. Car feels really planted now—looking forward to new tyres and geo setup in the near future.
Bought another set of clear rears—it's subjective I know but I do think they suit Tungsten cars (and others) very well. I do like red mind you.
Still undecided about spacers and bodywork mods. I do like the V12 sills... but then should I do splitter, diffuser, and bonnet? Sometimes I like the no-sills look, other times I like the V12 lines.
I also made myself a mount for the gopro at the front, so in addition to the rear quarter I now have a nice view down the road ahead.
Video
Bought another set of clear rears—it's subjective I know but I do think they suit Tungsten cars (and others) very well. I do like red mind you.
Still undecided about spacers and bodywork mods. I do like the V12 sills... but then should I do splitter, diffuser, and bonnet? Sometimes I like the no-sills look, other times I like the V12 lines.
I also made myself a mount for the gopro at the front, so in addition to the rear quarter I now have a nice view down the road ahead.
Video
For those interested, I'm going to post (probably quite a lot!) on my Tumblr blog.
Hi all , got my 2011 Vantage V8 S about six weeks ago ,so have been reading all about what mods people have done , so here's what I've done & booked in to be done , front & rear camera s ,iPhone linked to sat nav screen, black grill , side indicators black & dechromed & booked in at bamfordrose for full exhaust,active suspension, twin plate clutch, . So ithink I will be keeping this car when it's all done
Dal65 said:
Hi all , got my 2011 Vantage V8 S about six weeks ago ,so have been reading all about what mods people have done , so here's what I've done & booked in to be done , front & rear camera s ,iPhone linked to sat nav screen, black grill , side indicators black & dechromed & booked in at bamfordrose for full exhaust,active suspension, twin plate clutch, . So ithink I will be keeping this car when it's all done
I think you'll enjoy that when it's all done Dal65. Please let us know how the active suspension is compared to standard V8S setup - I know what all the other stuff is like Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff