You say stoneguards....

[Norfolk n'chance]

..... I say mudflaps.

Has anyone got a picture they can post (or take one for it to be posted) of the 'stoneguards' in situ? I am keen to see them before I buy a pair and haven't had time to get to the dealers.

Would be very grateful, ta.

[joe6886]

I can get you a pic tomorrow off my dads if you can wait. If your trying to decide whether to get them or not i'd definatly advise getting them, my dads first V8 was absolutly covered in stone chips on the rear arches after only a few thousand miles. So bad Aston even resprayed the whole car in the end.

[Norfolk n'chance]

joe6886 said:

I can get you a pic tomorrow off my dads if you can wait. If your trying to decide whether to get them or not i'd definatly advise getting them, my dads first V8 was absolutly covered in stone chips on the rear arches after only a few thousand miles. So bad Aston even resprayed the whole car in the end.

Crikey, must have been bad, what colour what was it? I can wait until tomorrow, no problem. Thanks Joe.

[joe6886]

Yeah it was, Aston said they won't be doing any more after the hassle with his. It was dark blue, not sure on the official colour. I'll get some tomorrow and put them up, they are barely noticable unless your really looking for them.

[bimmmmer]

Norfolk n'chance said:

..... I say mudflaps.
Has anyone got a picture they can post (or take one for it to be posted) of the 'stoneguards' in situ? I am keen to see them before I buy a pair and haven't had time to get to the dealers.
Would be very grateful, ta.

I remember reading a thread on the AMOC (www.amoc.org) forum about this matter, somebody had posted some images.

Search "Stone Guards - Yes or No???" under the New Era.

[Ian67]

I haven't seen a car with stone guards, but I also haven't seen many used cars without at least some stone chips on the rear arches, so I asked for them to be fitted to mine. From what I remember of the thread on AMOC, the consensus seemed to be that they were a good idea.

[nda]

I had a clear film on the sills of my Vanquish - it worked extremely well and was extremely hard to see.

[Ian67]

The protective film on most of the Vantages that I saw protected the sills but didn't go up far enough to protect the rear arches fully, unlike on some of the DB9s that I saw. I don't know if this is standard for all Vantages or if it varies according to dealer or customer choice.

[sadlerj]

DO IT, the best £50 I have ever spent, you can see how well they work in mucky weather, cr^p does not come over the standard plastic protection film. Once in place you will not notice them.. I have not sorted a website to host my pikkies on, but you can just about make out the mudflaps on the pikkes Shady took of my car recently, on this post www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=2&f=70&t=350053&h=0

I just called my dealer and they posted them to me direct from the supplier and I fitted them in 20 mins, newer cars the holes are already there, on the older cars you have to drill the wheel lining, but it is easy..

Edited by sadlerj on Tuesday 27th February 09:32

[joe6886]

You can get them to put the plastic film up the arches further, another thing that my dad got done on his after the saga with the other one. This is'nt noticable either unless your looking for it. Will have some decent pics up tongiht.

[joe6886]

Here you go, not the greatest pics but you get the idea.







Side pic shows they are'nt really noticeable.

Hope that helps.

[Norfolk n'chance]

Top work Joe, thankyou, you even went out in the rain for us!

They'll be even less noticable on my tungsten car I imagine.

Thanks again.

[frostie]

Norfolk n'chance said:

Top work Joe, thankyou, you even went out in the rain for us!

They'll be even less noticable on my tungsten car I imagine.

Thanks again.

Have them on my Tungsten car which I picked up at the weekend and you don't notice them at all. I wasn't sure about fitting them as no car in the showroom had them but dealer convinced me that they are worth it and fitted for nothing.

Frostie

[Norfolk n'chance]

frostie said:

Norfolk n'chance said:

Top work Joe, thankyou, you even went out in the rain for us!

They'll be even less noticable on my tungsten car I imagine.

Thanks again.

Have them on my Tungsten car which I picked up at the weekend and you don't notice them at all. I wasn't sure about fitting them as no car in the showroom had them but dealer convinced me that they are worth it and fitted for nothing.

Frostie

Thanks Frostie, I'm off to the dealers on Saturday.