Understated, please.
Go bold, or go home. A splash of yellow always looks good with blue.

 

They were fitted to an early R8. After cross referencing they were an option also on the Audi S8 D3. The RS steel 2-piece rotors are indeed 365mm.

I've decided to go for the 'grey' color. It's more classy then anything else. Since there isn't a specific color code available I'll have them sprayed in "BMW Ferric Grau"

 

sets me to think....

 

I do love how classy the blue/grey combo is, but agree that it needs a splash of color to "pop"

 

I dekitted the front-calipers today which will end-up on the rear-axle after fitting the rear 360mm discs at a later stage.

The 6-pot have been both made ready for their spray-job and together with the 4-pot front's will get a splash of "Ferric Grau" on Tuesday since I received the white decals from Tunerdecals last week.

 

This is such a wild project. I love it! Thanks for keeping us posted

 

It's been over a month since my last update. I've been away for holidays in Europe during July. With me getting back in town a couple of days ago, one of the first things I did was picking up the painted brake-calipers from the body shop I dropped them off late June.

Boy did these guys a great job on spraying the calipers in the right color!

I've fitted today the front-right side and below a picture during bleeding, after driving the first mile or so (bedding-in the pads; you can see the full surface has not yet been touched) and after getting back home (full surface contact). On the left side I still have the steel OEM rotor fitted so driving has to be done cautiously in case improper brake balance plays up.

Can't therefore yet tell the difference but the looks is surely a success!

Next up: fitting the Left-front and modding of the rear brakes. To Be Continued..

 

wow looks fantastic. The aston martin decal, the font is a bit too thick from the OEM I think

 

Well spotted

They offer sizes varying from 4" to 5.25" on http://tunerdecals.com/Aston_Martin_Caliper_Decal I ordered the 4" which are slightly longer in size then the OEM length.

 

That looks fabulous! Bet it will stop on a dime consistently, too!

 

Got the ceramics fitted for a while now and love them more and more. With year round ambient temperatures well into the 80F's they seem to continue to perform brilliantly with continuous spirited driving.

One thing I had to fix still was the brake-cooling. I didn't want to cut into any of the body-panels to allow air ducting pulled thru bumpers etc. What I did instead was this:

- I bought a L + R air scoop originated from the VW Phaeton V10 TDI [part no's: 3DO.615.447E and 3DO.615.448E]
- I bought sheets of black Acrylic to build custom-channels and a 'NACA' duct.

The ducts fit perfectly in terms of form onto the DB9's hub-knuckle (see below picture's green arrow (1st picture shows it fitted to an Audi backplate) however it scoops the air from inside the wheel well high-up and not underneath the base of the car. To allow cool fresh air fed to the scoop I build custom air channels which are fitted with little SST M4 bolts to the wheel well. They blend in nicely and are not visible from outside the car.

Apart from an effective and steady brake cooling they also keep the rims free from dust!

Next up: rear cooling ducts to do the same on the rear axle. An easier job since there is no steering involved.

 

Your ingenuity never ceases to amaze me! How in the world did you figure out those parts from a Phaeton of all things would fit?!

In the last pic with the L-shaped duct installed - are you sure there won't be any rubbing? Looks like it protrudes a bit close to the tire. And is the bracket far enough into the wheel well? From the pic it looks like the duct is going to be putting air right into the tire tread.

I have RSC's brake cooling ducts on my V8V, they have NACA ducts in the undertray that route air to the brakes via the inside of the wheel wells. I've never had any heat-related braking issues so I'm assuming they work lol.

Love your projects!

 

Superb project and looks great in grey, I have just changed the caliper colour on mine and went a bit more bold.

I love brakes, think I have a brake fetish!

 

I had the Phaeton ducts fitted on my Audi previously so it was just by chance that I tried them on the DB9 with success.

I'm still running my standard 19" and amazingly enough I have around 2" at minimal free-play at full steerlock. The height of the duct is 1" at max so it clears just nicely. When driving straight the holes line-up nicely 'behind' the tire/rim-end providing full airflow to the scoop which extends behind the tire as well (see sample pic - not my car).

Can you share some more on this? pictures? The air filter boxes on the DB9 take so much space / blovk the route that a proper 'internal' solution isn't an option unfortunately.

 

So do I..

Love the yellow on the black rims! I decided the grey but may upgrade to yellow in future still.. You happen to know the color code used on yours?