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Custom Glass Switches

Posted on April 18, 2025May 3, 2025 by Paul

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…

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DB9 Upgraded rear Brakes (updated)

Posted on August 20, 2024September 3, 2024 by Paul

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…

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Aston Martin Headlight Bulb Comparison

Posted on February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 by Paul

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…

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DB9S Carbon Edition

Posted on February 11, 2024February 11, 2024 by Paul

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….

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Aston Martin Striker Plate Cover

Posted on August 14, 2023February 14, 2024 by Paul
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Aston Martin Alloy Seat Controls

Posted on March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 by Paul

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…

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Aston Martin Magnetic Charging Port

Posted on January 4, 2023April 7, 2023 by Paul

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…

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Upgraded DB9 Dashboard

Posted on January 3, 2023February 5, 2023 by Paul

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…

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Upgraded Aston Martin Headlights

Posted on January 2, 2023April 18, 2025 by Paul

Upgraded Aston Martin Headlights. Upgraded I found the stock DB9 headlights to be pretty awful, they consist of a dipped beam HID projector and a full beam halogen projector, in addition at the front of the lights are a blue sidelight with the orange indicator bulb behind it. The DB9 is a fairly fast car…

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DB9S modified Bootlid

Posted on December 3, 2022February 5, 2023 by Paul

DB9S modified Bootlid. One of the first modifications I did was to make the bootlid more like a DBS. with an integrated spoiler. I bought the car with an aftermarket stick on spolier which to my eyes did not look good so I got it blended in and repainted to look more like a DBS….

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Recent Comments

  • Paul on Upgraded Aston Martin Headlights: “Hi Chris, I’ve sent you an email. Paul” May 16, 21:07
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  • Chris. Hawkesworth on Upgraded Aston Martin Headlights: “Hi Paul, I have recently obtained a 2004 V12 DB9 The headlights are unbelievably poor and for a performance car…” May 16, 20:39
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