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Had the car at the shop last week for yearly maintenance and also put on a set of 21” CEC C882 Forged wheels (21x9 front, 21x10.5 rear with Toyo T1R 255/30 and 295/25’s, and some nice Aston valve caps). The wheels are finished in a brushed clear finish. I couldn’t be happier with them and they also fit the the “OEM Plus” theme I’m going with for the car. They have some similarities to the factory DBS 20” wheels, but the brushed finish definitely has an added pop along with the 1” in diameter. Also has them ceramic coated by a local friend. Dealing with CEC was a great experience, I highly recommend checking them out to anyone looking for a new set of wheels! The Toyo T1Rs also feel great on the car.
The only other change I had done was to remove the bulbs from the front and rear side markers. I had installed whitish blue LED’s in them as the incandescent factory bulbs didn’t look right with the smoked clear side markers, but the LED’s didn’t look right either and were cheap looking. I’m happy I removed the bulbs altogether, cleans up the look of the car (keep in mind everywhere outside the US didn’t have markers at all. No error messages get displayed with the bulbs removed either).
Over the winter I re-dyed the under hood insulation as it was starting to look a little tired, and also sourced some rubber caps for the nuts that hold on the windshield wipers as they look unfinished without caps in my opinion (when I bought the car I thought for sure they were just simply missing but turns out they don’t come with caps from the factory).
The outside of the car is now complete minus upgrading to the 2012+ windshield wiper arms (and if my tail lights ever go bad I may go the Divinatech route). For the inside I’m looking to add some glass switches and an OEM carbon ski slope without the Nav cutout (I never use the nav unit and hate looking at the cutout, also have no interest in installing carplay as I can use my phone for nav and have the bovee for music) along with a carbon gauge cluster surround and carbon door sills. Also want to throw one of the ECPS carbon slam panel covers on at some point.
Enough rambling and onto some photos:
Modifications: Engine/Suspension
Velocity AP ECU Tune
Velocity AP High Flow 200 Cell Catalytic Converters
Velocity AP Headers with Black Ceramic Coating
Velocity AP X-Pipe
RedPants Air Box Deletes & Filters
CCCharger Remote Control Muffler Valve Switch
Divinatech Oil Cap
Velocity AP Lowering Springs
H&R 11mm Spacers on Rear
Interior
OEM Trunk Mat
Polished Chrome Seat Switch Covers
RedPants LED Interior & Trunk Lights
Bovee 1000
Exterior
21” CEC C882 Forged Wheels in Brushed Clear 21x9 Front and 21x10.5 Rear
Toyo T1R 255/30/21 and 295/25/21 Tires
OEM Aston Martin Valve Stems
LED License Plate Lights
Stealth Turn Signal Lights
LED High Beam Bulbs
Side Marker Bulb Delete
Scrape Armor Skid Plates
VCollection Carbon Tail Light Trim
Tinted Windows
Clear light smoked front and rear side markers
Dark Smoked diffuser reflectors
Very nice. How much does the ride quality suffer with the low aspect ratio tires? I would think the ride might be substantially harsher. Your car sure does look beautiful though.
Very nice. How much does the ride quality suffer with the low aspect ratio tires? I would think the ride might be substantially harsher. Your car sure does look beautiful though.
Thanks!! While I haven’t driven too far with it as of yet, it has not made much of a noticeable difference. When the Suspension button isn’t pressed in the DBS it really has a soft comfortable ride. Also the aspect ratio only went down one size in front and rear. Sure it has to be a little stiffer but I haven’t noticed a difference yet.
Interesting. As I said the car is beautiful. I traded a 997 turbo on a 2011 DBS volante a couple of months ago, and as I consider any mods, I might like to pick your brain from time to time if you don't mind.
Interesting. As I said the car is beautiful. I traded a 997 turbo on a 2011 DBS volante a couple of months ago, and as I consider any mods, I might like to pick your brain from time to time if you don't mind.
