Last year I got a 2007 V8 Vantage which I have named Lord Byron. The color is almond green, and it’s a manual transmission.

Here’s what it looked like when I bought it



Now here’s what it looks like after:

BC Racing coilovers + Swift springs (Thanks Richard at Redpants!)
Apex EC-7 in Anthracite (thanks Stuart at Velocity AP!)
Rear: 18x11 ET 52
Front: 18x9.5 ET 38

Tires: Michelin’s Pilot Super Sport XL
Rear: 295/35
Front: 255/40





(those first two photos actually show the rears with 5mm spacers, but I removed them because I didn’t think necessary fit better without them in following photos)








Last two photos show the ECPS V12S style grille but I am planning to go to a 6-bar slatted grille, some more plans for the car for exhaust and tune but I have to let my wallet recover first

 

Interesting, I've been thinking of that V12S style grill for my V8, but when I saw it on your car, I though 'no, it loses some of the classic Aston look'. I think the 6-bar grille will look better on the car

 

I went back and forth, but when I saw how aggressive it already looked with the new wheels, I felt it didn’t need the v12s grille. I definitely want to make it more aggressive than the factory look, which with all the chrome and the wheel design really doesn’t bring that out enough, but I want to keep it balanced, too.

With a V12 hood I think the v12s grille would look great, but I don’t plan to go that route so it looks slightly out of place to me. Still looks good but I think the 6 slat grille will be the sweet spot for this car

 

Any noticeable ride quality improvements going down to 18inch wheels? Looks great!

 

Looks fantastic !! If you plan on keeping the grill, maybe you can black out the chrome window trim to match it.
Also, I'll dm you a link to a whatapp group of Aston owners down in S.Florida if you are interested. It has a good mix of Aston folks and they are looking to do some Aston specific meets soon.

 

Can’t comment on that as I did the BC Racing coilovers at the same time. I wanted to maintain as close to stock comfort as possible and I did achieve that, I think the comfort level is very close if not the same. Not sure how much the lighter tire/wheel combo has to do with that

have to be more careful on speed bumps though as it’s quite low

 

thanks! Already did the chrome delete, even though I’m going to a 6 bar chrome grille I think the black accents will still work well (and I have the stock 8 bar grille converted to a 4 bar grille painted black as a backup if I want to go black again)

yeah would love to be a part of the group and see some nice local cars, PM me the details