V8V gets some TLC - picture heavy

[Steve*B]

With, of all people, my daughter suggesting that the Vantage was being neglected since the new arrival I decided to splash out to get it a full paint correction detail. To be fair the paint wasn't in particularly bad shape but the completed job, a total of 20 man hours, was even better than I expected with a depth of shine I hadn't previously witnessed even when I first took delivery, from new, over 4 years ago.

Well worth the outlay and I'd highly recommend the guys at Cambridge Autogleam who have a first class CV with regards to carrying out this work on Astons.





































You can check out their other work here http://cambridgeautogleam.com/default.aspx

Next to get the treatment will be the DBS

[George H]

Looks stunning, just like new. Think I'd be scared to drive it in case it got dirty again

[Jockman]

Thanks for the pics Steve - a lot of hard work going on there.

I would REALLY love to see the DBS being done too

[George H]

I almost forgot too - what does the big clear plastic block do? Never seen one of those for cleaning a car before

[KarlFranz]

Looks brilliant. Those guys did an awesome job and your car looks spectacular. Unfortunately, I think you inadvertently fireballed their website. I was in the middle of looking at some of their other jobs (such as the stunning Ferrari GTO) and their web server stopped responding! I guess it's time for them to buy more bandwidth!

Update: Site back up now.

Edited by KarlFranz on Monday 25th July 22:59

[KarlFranz]

George H said:

I almost forgot too - what does the big clear plastic block do? Never seen one of those for cleaning a car before

Looking at their website it would appear that this is a "super premium ‘Vintage’ wax upgrade is a 623g pot of wax costing around £1800".

[Steve*B]

George H said:

I almost forgot too - what does the big clear plastic block do? Never seen one of those for cleaning a car before

Google 'Zymol Vintage wax' George.....all will be revealed

[George H]

Steve*B said:

Google 'Zymol Vintage wax' George.....all will be revealed

Jesus... That's expensive stuff! Some for sale for £8300 per 1400g Certainly gave the car a nice finish though

[Steve*B]

George H said:

Jesus... That's expensive stuff! Some for sale for £8300 per 1400g Certainly gave the car a nice finish though

Indeed....and two coats of it applied. Once bought you can have 'free' refills for life apparently.

Quinny said:

Fantastic

What are the inserts either side of the rear number plate??

Having only a 5 digit plate I opted to have a shorter plate fitted front and rear which meant that I could quite legally fill the gaps either side with the north American inserts....more Aston, less plate At the time, the only way to fit these retrospectively was to remove the rear bumper (an expensive time consuming procedure) although I now believe that Aston have developed a tool that can reach the fixings whilst in situ.

[Steve*B]

A few more of the finished car

[Steve*B]

Quinny said:

Thanks Steve......looks like that'd work on mine too.....

I reckon it'd work Quinny as the 2x 'one' digits on the 6 digit plate can't be too much wider than on mine.

[JohnG1]

That is beautiful. Those chaps have done a spectacular job!

[Good Soil (Pete)]

One would have to question the 'Mercedes Parking' sign...Tutt Tutt Tutt....
:-)

[michael gould]

looks amazing.....money well spent

[bogie]

very nice...judging by how clean and shiny that engine looks, have you driven it yet? !

/wished mine still looked like that !

[lady topaz]

Hi Steve.
Car looks gorgeous.
Got your t shirt and poster from the Hever meet raffle.
Tony and I are at Whatley next Thurs and Fri if you and Nicki fancy a meet up and glass or two. If not we can post aforementioned.

Di

[Grant3]

Fabulous and spoilt for choice

[kamilb1998]

That looks amazing!

[mikey k]

Nice work!
I tend to do this once a year on mine.
Spring time ready for gettin it dirty again with the roof down.
Did they measure the paint & lacquer depth at all?
Did the polish the glass out as well?
Good to see them masking up the edges (thinnest paint & lacquer points) and removing the bonnet vents

[toohuge]

I love that car and the garage!!

Seriously though, the colour combination both interior and exterior are beautiful. I just wish more Astons were without black leather.

Chris