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I purchased some after market wheels for my Aston, but less for the look of the stock wheels, than the desire to push out the tires and put some wider rubber on there.
I'd post in the for sale portion of the forum and see if you get any takers.
Perhaps also reach out to RedPants to see if Ruch can list them on consignment for a percentage of the sale.
Same with me. Since I purchased my car, I've tried few different set of Aston OEM wheels, even bought brand new Zagato wheels, but finally settled with 20inch DB9 wheels that is perfect for me, didn't want to go with aftermarket ones.. As many mentioned, Astons look great with oem wheels, you just have to find the right ones for your taste.
Same with me. Since I purchased my car, I've tried few different set of Aston OEM wheels, even bought brand new Zagato wheels, but finally settled with 20inch DB9 wheels that is perfect for me, didn't want to go with aftermarket ones.. As many mentioned, Astons look great with oem wheels, you just have to find the right ones for your taste.
In my opinion, since few if any manufacturers actually make their own wheels, most stock wheels are aftermarket to begin with. Granted they have been selected or even designed by Aston. At the end of the day it boils down to personal choice based on aesthetics, size, fitment and weight. I saved a good bit of weight. One possible draw back to non stock wheels is impact on resale. Many buyers will want stock wheels. Go too radical and you limit potential buyers. To resell my car I may have to remove the lowering springs and wheels. And the headers, cats, tune etc. But since it's my daily, I plan on driving it into the ground. And then tracking it once I get a newer generation Vantage.
I think it's the "imperfect storm" of a few factors. As mentioned by another member above the type of person that purchases an Aston Martin isn't typically the type to modify cars. Another factor is that Aston Martin makes some good looking factory wheels when compared to other auto manufacturers. The third factor is that nowadays these older Aston's are trading for below $50k (what a steal!) so a set of say $10,000 HRE's would make up almost 20% of the car's value so it's a big pill to swallow. Nonetheless there are outliers that make the plunge & often times to gorgeous results.
