When The Aston Martin DB9 was launched in 2004 it was met with almost universal acclaim, with only a few negative comments, one recurring comment was that the switchgear looked very cheap and nasty. In 2012 Aston Martin introduced “Glass switches”, these looked much better than the original plastic switches. The original Heated screen switches…
Category: Upgrades
DB9 Upgraded rear Brakes (updated)
DB9 Upgraded rear Brakes (updated), when I upgraded my Front Brakes to 410mm Two piece discs and DBS 6 Pot callipers I also upgraded the rears to maintain the braking balance. The stock rear brakes are 330mm diameter single piece discs with a 4 pot Caliper and separate handbrake caliper. The issue with upgrading the…
Aston Martin Headlight Bulb Comparison
Aston Martin Headlight Bulb Comparison, comparing DB9 headlights on dipped and full beam with different bulbs, shields and against a modern DB9S Bi-LED conversion. I’ve showed photos of the output in my garage and measure the output in Lux at about 9m distance, Lux is a useful measure of headlight output unlike the useless Lumens…
DB9S Carbon Edition
DB9S Carbon Edition. I bought my DB9 with various Carbon parts such as the interior, many parts are made from Carbon Fibre (Waterfall, door caps, door pulls etc.) and when my side mirrors were vandalised I replaced them with DB9 GT carbon mirrors. at this point I decided to update various other parts to match….
DB9 Carpet Finisher
DB9 Carpet Finisher, for some reason I can’t fathom some DB9s came with front carpet finishers and some don’t. As far as I can tell these right angled finishers bolt down just inside of the seat rails. Mine 2006 DB9 did not have these finishers and the carpet had already ripped on the passenger side….
Aston Martin DB9 Vanquish S rear box
Aston Martin DB9 Vanquish S rear box, I was going to modify the silencer on the DB9 to produce a better louder sound when the valves are open but not changing the sound in quiet mode, however I came across abettre option, using a Vanquish S exhaust backbox instead. My exhaust is decatted (secondary cats…
Aston Martin Alloy Seat Controls
Aston Martin Alloy Seat Controls, Most DB9s came with black plastic seat controls, either with or without memory and they look fairly cheap and low quality in such a high quality car, later cars came with Alloy controls which looked much better but the wiring is completely different. My car (2006 DB9 Volante) came with…
Aston Martin Magnetic Charging Port
Aston Martin Magnetic Charging Port, most Aston Martins are not used as daily drivers and modern cars have manu systems running even when the ignition is off so its a good idea to leave rarely used cars on a trickle charger. The DB9 and Vantages have charging points as standard from the factory, however they…
Upgraded DB9 Dashboard
Upgraded DB9 Dashboard. The DB9 launched with an Alloy Instrument display which looked really good at the time, but personally I feel it has dated so I changed to the black dash from the DBS. The original DB9 launched with Yellow text in the Digital display In late 2005 the text was changed to cool…
Aston Martin DBS/DB9 Android Auto
Aston Martin DBS/DB9 Android Auto. The stock Aston Martin DB9/DBS/Vantage Satellite Navigation had poor reviews when the car was first launched in 2004, now nearly 20 years later it is very dated and difficult to use. The Audio system although it sounds good is fiddly to use and can only use AM/FM radio or CDs….