Head lamp upgrade

[steve lyden brow]

I have just bought a 2001 DB7 Vantage Volante and take delivery in two weeks time. Is there any reason to think that the car would benefit from a headlamp or bulb upgrade ?
If so, does anyone have any suggestions ? Thanks
SLB

[hazzardv8]

Steve,
i think as Clarkson said(not about Aston Martin in this case);
the headlights produce a glow like small pools of urine
Certainly mine do especially in the wet.
Bulbs are the only realistic upgrade
John

[steve lyden brow]

Hello John,

The dealer who supplied my DB7 Vantage Volante tells me that it is impossible to upgrade either the bulbs or the lamps in a DB7. It does seem far-fetched, but since he specialises in DB7's ( Aston Sales of Kensington ) it kinda make it hard to argue.
What do you think ?
Cheers,
Steve.

[jhoneyball]

Roos Engineering does a xenon upgrade for the Vanquish -- maybe it can be fitted to the DB7 Vantage?

www.roosengineering.ch/htmlengl_/offers_for_sale/parts_roos/xenon.html

[mikial]

AM personal seem reluctant to offer advice in this department. To me it seems scandalous in the first place to equip any high performance car with inferior illumination , Porsche have addressed the situation eventually along with many other manufacturers. There are many aftermarket producers of HID , all thats needed is to identify the bulbs your particular car has fitted, ie V8V ( 2005) has HID as dipped beam but main beam consists of H9 65 watt Halogens.

Try this wwww.priracing.com then go to PIAA for bulbs.