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
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…
Upgraded Aston Martin Headlights
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…
DB9S modified Bootlid
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….
DB9 Modified Steering Wheel
DB9 Modified Steering Wheel. I found the stock Aston Martin steering wheel to be uncomfortable (mine was stock except for the Alcantara covering) so I went for a custom wheel, this was modified from a stock wheel to be more to my taste, its’s more similar in shape to the One-77 wheel (the ultimate VH…
Updated Aston Martin Sunvisors
Updated Aston Martin Sunvisors. The earlier DB9 and Vantages had a very basic sunvisor with a mirror that is not covered, I found this to be quite distracting (and unpleasant!) to be looking at myself in the mirror every time I had the (admittedly not overly useful) sun visors down. I decided to upgrade to…
Aston Martin DBS Inlet Manifold Upgrade
Aston Martin DBS Inlet Manifold Upgrade, the DBS manifolds have an enlarged plenum and improved flow characteristics perfect for a DB9 HP Upgrade, they produce more power at the top end but a little less low end torque. In my opinion they also look better than the stock DB9 manifolds. Removing the manifolds is not the…
Aston Martin Custom Glass Switches
Aston Martin Custom Glass Switches, These are now available to purchase 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…
Aston Martin DB9 Rear Window Control
Aston Martin DB9 Rear Window Control, on early DB9 Volantes (before MY2009) it was not possible to raise or lower the rear quarterlights independently of the roof, from 2009 onwards once the roof was lowered a flick of the roof switch would raise the rear quarterlights. The Volante looks better, more finished, with the rear…