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

[skhannes]

[quote=DB24

went out to dinner and found a nice end parking spot Might need to paint those silver front plate clips out black now seeing this.


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Funny you mention those front plate clips. First thing I did to my DB11 was make them more invisible. They really do show unnecessarily.

[DB24]

Davil said:

The first wash. A time of bonding. A time to discover all the little details. I love this car.

Also, check out my whopping bonnet. It is huge.

Are those wheels the same as the DB11 wheels... The forged ones that originated on the AMR? on that topic is there a wheel weights thread kicking about?

[Davil]

DB24 said:

Are those wheels the same as the DB11 wheels... The forged ones that originated on the AMR? on that topic is there a wheel weights thread kicking about?

They are the optional forged lightweight 20” wheels with diamond cut finish. I really love them.
I think they were also on the DB11 AMR. I think about 3.5kg lighter than standard per wheel.

[dbs2000]

AdamV12V said:

Talking of dream garages, just (almost) finished ours at the end of last week. Bought and moved into a new house at the end of Jan which is also a long refurb project for us, planning permission through now so the house starts next month, but the garage didn't need any planning as just a repair. It needed a whole new roof inside and out however as the inside roof was full as asbestos and external roof was rotten and falling down.

Pulled down the old roof, re-laid it with twice as many and extra thick heavy duty joists to protect against falling trees above (we surrounded by ancient woodland on all sides), new plastered garage ceiling and fitted it with 6000k LED profile lighting to my design. Painted ceiling and walls, garage electric roller shutter doors to be painted black as soon as I get a break in the rain, but the insides are done.

[IMG]https://thumbsnap.com//l/K51mkTrC.jpg[/thumb] [IMG]https://thumbsnap.com/l/gLDvmhfR.jpg[/thumb]

That looks absolutely superb. I've got a good few week(end)s on mine to get it ready for the plasterer. I know full well once the electrics are in and all working I'll be dragged off to build the garden decking, so I've got a small chance that the garage will be finished before Autumn.

We had the same, the tiles were all gone, huge asbestos sheets, so I did the same. Whole roof off, new water barrier, new wood, new tiles and then solar. I don't ever want to lift 400 tiles onto a roof by myself ever again

Out if interest, what LEDs did you go for? I've fit panels in the center of the roof but I want to put strips down the walls. I've been looking at COB Leds for that.

[Fitz666]

Booked the Vantage in for a service at Martins Aston Services near Glasgow.

[AdamV12V]

dbs2000 said:

AdamV12V said:

Talking of dream garages, just (almost) finished ours at the end of last week. Bought and moved into a new house at the end of Jan which is also a long refurb project for us, planning permission through now so the house starts next month, but the garage didn't need any planning as just a repair. It needed a whole new roof inside and out however as the inside roof was full as asbestos and external roof was rotten and falling down.

Pulled down the old roof, re-laid it with twice as many and extra thick heavy duty joists to protect against falling trees above (we surrounded by ancient woodland on all sides), new plastered garage ceiling and fitted it with 6000k LED profile lighting to my design. Painted ceiling and walls, garage electric roller shutter doors to be painted black as soon as I get a break in the rain, but the insides are done.

That looks absolutely superb. I've got a good few week(end)s on mine to get it ready for the plasterer. I know full well once the electrics are in and all working I'll be dragged off to build the garden decking, so I've got a small chance that the garage will be finished before Autumn.

We had the same, the tiles were all gone, huge asbestos sheets, so I did the same. Whole roof off, new water barrier, new wood, new tiles and then solar. I don't ever want to lift 400 tiles onto a roof by myself ever again

Out if interest, what LEDs did you go for? I've fit panels in the center of the roof but I want to put strips down the walls. I've been looking at COB Leds for that.

Thanks. I bought the LED strips and profiles from https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/. They were one of the few places that did a 6000k white COB strip which was essential for me as I wanted to create that detailers garage pure white light that reflects off the cars and makes the cars look great but also allows me to polish them indoors if it is raining. So having narrowed it down to that retailer I bought their plaster in profiles too for ease and guarantee of fitting.

There is 5x 2m LED plaster in profiles on each side, all 48v and 6000k, so 20m in total.

These are the COB strips I bought:
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/shop/led-strip-li...

These are the plaster in profiles I bought:
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/shop/led-profiles...

I bought the drivers however on Amazon as like most LED specalist shops they were over-charing for them by some margin! Bought 2x 150W Meanwell chargers for significantly less than they charged for just one! To be fair I could have bought them even cheaper direct from an electrical wholesaler in Europe but it was a long delivery time and Amazon Prime was next day.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08NWCPD5F/ref...

All in all the lighting cost about £500 which I was happy with.

I designed it all on sketchup first and gave a printed sheet out to the electrician who cut the slots in the plaster board and fitted the profiles and strips. I assisted with the measurements and angles to ensure he got it spot on as I wanted it.

[BiggaJ]

LPH said:

I approve of your garage and the colour of your V12V.

I also have a green car - and not driven this for months either......

Hmmmm ... stunning. Love the Stratos and in green.

[AdamV12V]

BiggaJ said:

LPH said:

I approve of your garage and the colour of your V12V.

I also have a green car - and not driven this for months either......

Hmmmm ... stunning. Love the Stratos and in green.

Agreed thats Fab, if i was ever to build a kit car it would be a Stratos kit for sure in in that shade of green. If its an original car then apologies for suggesting a kit, and even bigger kudos and hats off!

[LPH]

AdamV12V said:

Agreed thats Fab, if i was ever to build a kit car it would be a Stratos kit for sure in in that shade of green. If its an original car then apologies for suggesting a kit, and even bigger kudos and hats off!

If only! It is but a replica

[dbs2000]

AdamV12V said:

Thanks. I bought the LED strips and profiles from https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/. They were one of the few places that did a 6000k white COB strip which was essential for me as I wanted to create that detailers garage pure white light that reflects off the cars and makes the cars look great but also allows me to polish them indoors if it is raining. So having narrowed it down to that retailer I bought their plaster in profiles too for ease and guarantee of fitting.

There is 5x 2m LED plaster in profiles on each side, all 48v and 6000k, so 20m in total.

These are the COB strips I bought:
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/shop/led-strip-li...

These are the plaster in profiles I bought:
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/shop/led-profiles...

I bought the drivers however on Amazon as like most LED specalist shops they were over-charing for them by some margin! Bought 2x 150W Meanwell chargers for significantly less than they charged for just one! To be fair I could have bought them even cheaper direct from an electrical wholesaler in Europe but it was a long delivery time and Amazon Prime was next day.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08NWCPD5F/ref...

All in all the lighting cost about £500 which I was happy with.

I designed it all on sketchup first and gave a printed sheet out to the electrician who cut the slots in the plaster board and fitted the profiles and strips. I assisted with the measurements and angles to ensure he got it spot on as I wanted it.

Thanks for the details. That looks similar to what I'm speccing up, although I only need about 12m of strips. Did you use waggoo clips on the drivers? (Possibly unknown if your electrician did it.). I used Live Home3d to design my garage. It was a bit of a learning process but it spat out some pretty nice renders, to the point where the Mrs is completely onboard with it all, even the car lift

[caiss4]

I didn't do anything with the Aston but I did modify the garage doors to reduce the squeaky bum factor when entering or exiting

[AMV8Stuart]

Great drive out today, 330 mile round trip to Tewkesbury to spend some hard earned at the very wonderful Aston Installations. Had the AMI2 upgraded to AMI3 together with front and rear cameras, not a cheap thing (nothing is on an Aston) but cheaper and quicker than main dealer and it just works, properly integrated technology.

Whilst there I grew longer arms to reach the bottom of my pockets and went for an alcantara steering wheel as well 😀

If anyone wants anything done on their cars, Aston Installations are the team to do it. Not only a very friendly bunch, but very knowledgeable and happy to have you in the workshop whilst they work on your car.

[LTP]

caiss4 said:

I didn't do anything with the Aston but I did modify the garage doors to reduce the squeaky bum factor when entering or exiting

I'd be carpeting that left hand wall. More gentle on paint than particle board

[caiss4]

LTP said:

I'd be carpeting that left hand wall. More gentle on paint than particle board

I moved that board to make the 'modifications' but I take your point. I'll probably just get rid of the boards

[caiss4]

AMV8Stuart said:

Great drive out today, 330 mile round trip to Tewkesbury to spend some hard earned at the very wonderful Aston Installations. Had the AMI2 upgraded to AMI3 together with front and rear cameras, not a cheap thing (nothing is on an Aston) but cheaper and quicker than main dealer and it just works, properly integrated technology.

Whilst there I grew longer arms to reach the bottom of my pockets and went for an alcantara steering wheel as well ??

If anyone wants anything done on their cars, Aston Installations are the team to do it. Not only a very friendly bunch, but very knowledgeable and happy to have you in the workshop whilst they work on your car.

I'd echo that. Had the CarPlay plus front/rear cameras upgrade done last year to my 2011 N420 (someone else is now enjoying that as it's showing as sold by McGurk's). Just need the CarPlay for the replacement......

[ds666]

Our annual Vanquish day out . Around 20 cars up in Yorkshire . Great couple of days .

[Davil]

caiss4 said:

I didn't do anything with the Aston but I did modify the garage doors to reduce the squeaky bum factor when entering or exiting

That is so scary! Can you replace those old doors with a roll up door? Looks like it would give some more space.

[caiss4]

Davil said:

That is so scary! Can you replace those old doors with a roll up door? Looks like it would give some more space.

I could but firstly there are two garages and secondly I don't think roller doors would be in keeping with the rest of the property which is a converted barn. The mods have given me an extra 30mm which makes it manageable!

[MMarkM]

caiss4 said:

I didn't do anything with the Aston but I did modify the garage doors to reduce the squeaky bum factor when entering or exiting

You're either a window cleaner or have a ladder fetish,, that's a lot of ladders!

[Nigel_O]

caiss4 said:

I didn't do anything with the Aston but I did modify the garage doors to reduce the squeaky bum factor when entering or exiting

I have a similar issue. About 10mm clearance on the near side of the car as I squeeze through the door opening.

However, to prevent touching the wall, I’ve installed a stainless steel ‘guide rail’ on the floor. I just nudge the tyre against the rail and I know that I then have decent clearance. You can just see it in this photo…