Detailed explanation of spacers for those considering.
#1 It's not just for looks, you will feel the difference while driving. The car is more composed with a wider track.
#2 Have new studs pressed into the hubs. It's expensive, but worth it to maintain the factory look and factory lug nuts.
#3 Get the front mud flaps. Yes, Aston Martin has factory front mud flaps for the Vantage.
You should still replace your rear flare stone guard vinyl every 2 or 3 years, but the mud flaps will limit pits to the vinyl without allowing chips elsewhere.
Pictures are from a 2011 V8V, 50,000 miles AFTER installing the spacers, 500 miles after replacing the rear flare stone guard vinyl.
Spacers are 20 mm rear, 15 mm front with 17.5 mm longer studs (2.5 mm shorter in back, 2.5 mm longer in front)

 

how much did it cost to press in the new studs ?

 

I made my own after being F&**ked around by suppliers .... I’m in South Africa, SA does not have an after market agent for Aston so it’s PCD is not common
i went to 24mm on rear and 11 on front, the car looks fantastic! Almost looks as if it been lowered, I have not noticed any handling improvements

but it looks sexy
i made it from 7075 Ali, so spacers bolt onto car and wheel bolts onto spacer, using same wheel nuts ( what a nightmare to get nuts with this thread locally) the spacers use the center boss so no chance of any misaligned fit, cost apart from my time was around 20 Dollars I’m a real cheapskate

 

Greg, Your home built spacers look fantastic and you saved the cost of pressing new studs, which is almost $700.
You should offer it as a kit to Stuart at Velocity. I'm pretty sure he would be interested... :-)

 

Thanks Hybrid for the nod of approval.

i have made a few parts for guys (hobby) door sill inserts and so on, the problem is that I travel a lot at short notice and that would affect delivery and could become a frustration.
For those that are wanting to do it there is an even cheaper way with little cash outlay .. the rear needs 23mm to have the tyre flat with body and the front 11mm using standards rubber, this can be achieved leaving same studs, any machine shop can turn up the wheel spacer with the locating boss ( center hole) and PCD, then in a lathe turn of the rotation wheel collar on the nuts ( this claws back 5.5 turns, perfect for front, rear the wheel itself needs to have the wheel nut holes reamed 5 mm deeper this will then get sufficient turns on the nut, there is more than enough wheel materials to do this so don’t be concerned.

most cars don’t have the collar so it’s no biggie and I can’t see more that 100 Dollars in work and the spacers don’t have to be 7075 it can be just normal steel or aluminum saving a fortune.

i will take a side view pic of my car from the rear showing the body tyre relationship.....I had only worked this out afterwards when doing it for a mate with a Vantage and could have saved myself a lot of work.

 

Some close up shots, excuse the garage it’s undergoing renovations ..