Parts from astonmartinbits.com

[Damianos]

Hi all,

I've used astonmartinbits.com in the past to purchase a few non-critical items for my 4.7 Vantage (e.g. door and boot gas struts and other cosmetic parts), and i'm very happy with the level of service and overall experience so far, but i always had the (admittedly very small) concern at the back of my head whether the items were genuine Aston Martin parts.

I'm now looking to purchase a service kit for my 4.7 V8, so would like to investigate a bit further, as this is obviously a more critical item.

Would really appreciate any feedback on this.

Many thanks,

Damien

[Big Ry]

As far as I'm aware they are and always have been genuine AML parts from this supplier. To be fair, I'd be shocked to find out to the contrary.

More to the point, they better be genuine parts for what they charge

[AstonV]

Everything I’ve ever purchased is genuine. The AM market is way to small to be worthwhile selling counterfeit merchandise. It wouldn’t be worth it for them to ruin their reputation.

Who I wouldn’t trust is Amazon, they sell plenty of counterfeit products.

[MarkM3Evoplus]

They normally say when a part isn't OEM

[SHIFTY]

Air filter should be stamped at the bottom with Aston Martin and oil filter will have the AM logo on it.

Any non AM product such as Blue-print (which most indies use) are not allowed to use AM logo or name.

I use Blue-print air filters which are identical to the genuine AM product but £24 for two, oil filter direct from AM dealer to be safe.

[ilikeAstons]

www.redpants.lol Richard supplies full kits. And his service is exceptional!

[Green9]

Recently bought a part from this company and it was faulty but certainly genuine AM.

They replaced it but it was frustrating as I had the part fitted and then removed again which cost £150 plus my time and miles in getting to the AM garage. Also - there were no apologies for supplying a faulty part.

They also don’t have a contact number which I find very frustrating - everything has to be done by emails.

[JohnG1]

Green9 said:

Recently bought a part from this company and it was faulty but certainly genuine AM.

They replaced it but it was frustrating as I had the part fitted and then removed again which cost £150 plus my time and miles in getting to the AM garage. Also - there were no apologies for supplying a faulty part.

They also don’t have a contact number which I find very frustrating - everything has to be done by emails.

Isn't the chap who runs astonmartinbits deaf?

[AstonV]

Every time I contact them by email they respond in a timely manner. I have never had a problem with them.

[KevinBird]

I’ve used them and they were fine but also try HWM who will give some discount and deliver to you. Bamford Rose use them for parts
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[bogie]

Always found AMBits responsive and good service, genuine parts boxed as new with p/n etc.

[TR-Spider]

bogie said:

Always found AMBits responsive and good service, genuine parts boxed as new with p/n etc.

same here.

[Damianos]

That's great, many thanks to all for your responses. Will also have a look to the other suppliers mentioned above as well, but i'm pretty happy with AMbits so far so probably will end up getting the kit from them.

[SHIFTY]

Maybe worth calling Nicholas Mee, just ordered 4 throttle body gaskets and they were £12 with delivery wherby AM bits were £27 for the same items.

Gaskets were supplied by Nicholas Mee in genuine AM bags with part codes so cannot explain how AM bits are twice the price.

Edited by SHIFTY on Tuesday 8th September 09:38

[guyspat]

AMbits have been great for my Virage. For the service kit another alternative is Repants.lol who have very competitive pricing. Note that Redpants uses a non-OEM o-ring for the Throttle Bodies which seems fairly common as the price difference is significant.