Aston Martin DB7 Vantage V12 2002
Discussion
I am coming to the UK on Tuesday, I would like to obtain a transmission filter and gaskets, What make of tranny does the DB7 2002 use , is there a specific brand of trans oil to use? I guess I would also want to obtain a few other items, such as an air filter, plugs, fuel filter etc. Where is the best place to start?
I also need gas struts for the boot/trunk. Aftermarket units should be available.
One other thing I forgot to ask does the 2002 use cam belts or cam chains?
Thanks, anyone fancy a ride in the Caribbean?
I also need gas struts for the boot/trunk. Aftermarket units should be available.
One other thing I forgot to ask does the 2002 use cam belts or cam chains?
Thanks, anyone fancy a ride in the Caribbean?
Thanks everyone for the input, I will follow through on all of your suggestions. I hope I can match the length and lift weight of the struts, as I have a US company that makes a wide range in SS for peanuts, I used them for marine applications. It’s a shame I cannot recover the car from customs until after I leave for the UK, so I could go over it a bit more in detail.
I live on Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands just south of the Bahama's. Yes, its balmy having an Aston on the island but I paid just $22,500 for it, with a very extensive CarFax report and a documented 21,000 miles on the clock, the last owner having kept the car in an A/C controlled garage for 13 years. I purchased a 12000 btu mini split a/c unit for the intended garage before I left the US! The car is finished in cream leather piped green with green accents. I fell in love with it at first sight, the looks to me are classic the smell of the leather old guard, it has character and I will use it at every opportunity. I figured that in the future if I cannot fix it, if all else failed, the parts are probably valued at more than the car back in the US, but it would be a crime to break it! I have a fully equipped workshop to include a two post 11,000 lb lift, and a good friend who is the service manager at the local Jaguar agents. They have even been known to borrow tools from me in the past. My biggest fear would be the electronics, I do not know how much data is available on the OBDII port that is proprietary. The hood is in great shape, as is the car. I am probably going to give up my island motorcycle as it would compete with the Aston for use!
I have a second home in Georgia where I keep a Lamborghini Gallardo SP2, black over black with red stitching. There are plenty of great roads in northern Georgia, which you never grow tired of on a motorcycle or fast car.
Chiltern Aston seem to have my car down to a T with the exception of mine being LHD, price upon application; does that mean I stole mine?
I now just await the shock of what outrageous import duty they will want to charge me, hopefully I will get a customs officer who sees the 2002 more than what I really have.
As to the ride to the island from the US, I have only used a private charter Lear once and that was twelve years ago when I emigrated here!
I live on Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands just south of the Bahama's. Yes, its balmy having an Aston on the island but I paid just $22,500 for it, with a very extensive CarFax report and a documented 21,000 miles on the clock, the last owner having kept the car in an A/C controlled garage for 13 years. I purchased a 12000 btu mini split a/c unit for the intended garage before I left the US! The car is finished in cream leather piped green with green accents. I fell in love with it at first sight, the looks to me are classic the smell of the leather old guard, it has character and I will use it at every opportunity. I figured that in the future if I cannot fix it, if all else failed, the parts are probably valued at more than the car back in the US, but it would be a crime to break it! I have a fully equipped workshop to include a two post 11,000 lb lift, and a good friend who is the service manager at the local Jaguar agents. They have even been known to borrow tools from me in the past. My biggest fear would be the electronics, I do not know how much data is available on the OBDII port that is proprietary. The hood is in great shape, as is the car. I am probably going to give up my island motorcycle as it would compete with the Aston for use!
I have a second home in Georgia where I keep a Lamborghini Gallardo SP2, black over black with red stitching. There are plenty of great roads in northern Georgia, which you never grow tired of on a motorcycle or fast car.
Chiltern Aston seem to have my car down to a T with the exception of mine being LHD, price upon application; does that mean I stole mine?
I now just await the shock of what outrageous import duty they will want to charge me, hopefully I will get a customs officer who sees the 2002 more than what I really have.
As to the ride to the island from the US, I have only used a private charter Lear once and that was twelve years ago when I emigrated here!
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