So what have you done with your Aston today? (Vol. 2)
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Simonamvr said:
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Hi any issues , iI should be aware of taking the Aston on the NC500 in September, did you do the Applecross pass.
Sorry missed this earlier. Hi any issues , iI should be aware of taking the Aston on the NC500 in September, did you do the Applecross pass.
Three issues:
- we climbed Ben Hope when we were up there and the road leading to it near Tongue is more farm track than road so lots of nasty front splitter aero bits crunching noises. No visible damage though so I think it was just the rubbers.....
- £700 in fuel for 1,500 miles. When you sit in third and fourth for a few days the consumption increases rather a lot.
- These cars are so intoxicating when at full chat and so rapidly accelerate in third from 40mph to Xmph you really have to watch the needle. If you drive to the road and conditions which I usually do the you quickly find that these roads are so fast and flowing you could end up on the front page of the Daily Record very easily!
I switched my license plate lamps to a full-LED solution.
I already had LEDs bulb in them, but they lasted not much, to much vibrations and drama I believe.
Those, like other users here, were bought from this eBay ad, Marcus has been a proper gentleman.
The results are very good, bear in mind this picture has been taken on midday, in a garage with windows.
Where these lights ehm, shine, is actually fitting. Taking out an putting back the original ones, has always been a pain. Those are way more flexible. I hope to never have to deal with them again though.
The original ones were a Land Rover part (number XFC500040), I think they were over-engineered to avoid water ingress in case of river fording and such; there was also some sort of breather on them (in green on the pic) to let moisture out I believe.
I already had LEDs bulb in them, but they lasted not much, to much vibrations and drama I believe.
Those, like other users here, were bought from this eBay ad, Marcus has been a proper gentleman.
The results are very good, bear in mind this picture has been taken on midday, in a garage with windows.
Where these lights ehm, shine, is actually fitting. Taking out an putting back the original ones, has always been a pain. Those are way more flexible. I hope to never have to deal with them again though.
The original ones were a Land Rover part (number XFC500040), I think they were over-engineered to avoid water ingress in case of river fording and such; there was also some sort of breather on them (in green on the pic) to let moisture out I believe.
Edited by EVR on Saturday 8th August 09:04
cling film....
Changed the battery in my 2006 Vantage. After reading about how difficult this was I was all geared up for spending the whole afternoon on it. As it happened, it took about 30mins tops to remove the old battery and fit a new one. To save a lot of bending and manipulation of trim panels I just cut out a small notch on the edge of the side trim panel with a Stanley knife and then the sliding brackets came out easily.
m.barnes said:
Where did you get these from, they look good!
Thanks, they do. As far as I can tell from Harry Metcalfe's DBX review, they look just like what AM is using there.Got them from a fellow owner in the UK, here:
https://www.ebay.it/itm/Aston-Martin-Vantage-DB9-D...
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