Touch up for interior door handle

[gpb1]

Does anyone have recommendations for touch-up paints for the interior door handle arms on a 2007MY DB9? I know the one I've bought has one small chip on the passenger side, and want to do my best to cover it up if not make it invisible.

Thanks

[Murph7355]

Someone posted this up a while back. I have some foggy recollection that a Peugeot colour was a match but have no idea why!

I also believe new handles aren't as pricey as you'd expect. But that again is a hazy recollection

[BingoBob]

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My passenger handle is in a state. I can only assume that the DPO had a wife with many diamond encrusted rings.

Edited by BingoBob on Tuesday 12th June 12:42

[BingoBob]

Hmm, looks like it might be pricey part after all:

https://www.astonmartintechinfo.com/DocumentUplods...

[X7LDA]

It's the worst for being hit/chipped with the seatbelt! Meteorite Silver is very close...

[NigelStn]

X7LDA said:

It's the worst for being hit/chipped with the seatbelt! Meteorite Silver is very close...

Meteorite Silver isn't close to mine as they are black

[Gibberish]

Though you don’t say which colour your door handles are, I’m betting they’re the same colour as mine; ‘mauve’ and yes, mine are chipped too… on the passenger side.

[gpb1]

They are silver/grey, vaguely metallic, with one white chip on the passenger side

Edited by gpb1 on Tuesday 12th June 13:19

[johnnyBv8]

gpb1 said:

They are silver/grey, vaguely metallic, with one white chip on the passenger side

I touched mine in with tungsten silver, as I had some anyway - it's not a perfect match, but makes the chips far less noticeable (there were 3 largish ones). Mine are a dark grey colour - sound the same as gbp's.

On a related note, any ideas for touching in scuffs on the sill kick panels? They look to be an anodised finish...almost have a purple hue to them. I did vaguely wonder about getting them resprayed in black with a hardwearing finish.

My car is in pretty clean condition but I just have these few niggly things to sort - I've only had it a couple of weeks though. Last night I got some new plates as the ones on it had the GB logo which made them asymmetrical. I have issues, I know.

[gpb1]

johnnyBv8 said:

Last night I got some new plates as the ones on it had the GB logo which made them asymmetrical. I have issues, I know.

I'm just looking at ordering mine - and am not putting any fancy logos or flags on them for exactly the same reason. I don't see it as an "issue", just attention to detail

[bogie]

my drivers side is heavily chipped after 6 years ....but i thought they were a relatively cheap part just to buy a new one ? or upgrade to carbon or some other exotic finish

[BingoBob]

Are we still talking about door handles? Or sills?

I don't mind, just best not to mix those up when it comes to ordering.

[tonyhall38]

any good body shop will remove , repair and re spray your interior door handles/rest....had mine done cost me £50.00 for the pair...although i suspect more heavily damaged ones will be more expensive...

[gpb1]

tonyhall38 said:

any good body shop will remove , repair and re spray your interior door handles/rest....had mine done cost me £50.00 for the pair...although i suspect more heavily damaged ones will be more expensive...

hadn't even considered that - sounds like a plan!

[michael gould]

I use this company for my touch up paint.....cost is less than £10

www.carpaintwizard.co.uk

[Murph7355]

Do they put blue door handles in DB9s? Is that to match the windscreen badge

[DaveWn]

As far as the sill is concerned I also had the "lilac coloured option" which I always thought looked wrong in the car( though this i phone pic looks like I chose the lilac leather seat option aswell - they are Black!)


This is probably a big no no in the Aston world, but even with my very limited DIY skills I managed to Wrap the sills in 3m carbon vinyl.my previous wrapping experience extended only to Mrs W s Xmas presents ( & I reckon all men are bad at this!!)



This has the advantage of looking a whole lot better & protecting the sills from scratching etc.for about £15.( Times are tough you know! )

With my new found "expertise" I find myself eyeing the door handles, but am worried this carbon wrapping business is the slippery slope to the Max Power world !!!

Dave

[gpb1]

I have actually already wrapped everything that was fake wood in my 4Motion but I don't think I'll be going down that route in the DB9.
It is suprisingly easy though, and even easier to reverse.