Armourfend

[lady topaz]

Aston tend to call this Armourshield, are we talking the same product. TVR its always Armourfend. I am curious what a dealer might charge for this. I know what the manufacturer charges for a full kit and fitting.

Would you trust your p&j to the maker or would you stick to your dealer to get fitted?

Thanks

Di

[Terminator]

I had Ventureshield fitted, before I picked the car up from my dealer. Cost was around £1500 for the full kit, which includes full bonnet, wings, headlights and front.

Well worth it, IMO.

[famoussas]

Depends on the dealer I guess. We were offered full frontal coverage on the Rapide for £1000. Had it done independently done elsewhere before hand but well worth the money (if they do a good job).

[355f]

Had mine done dorectly by armourfend , leading edge of bonnet, full rear quarters, full front bumper £600 all in

[mikey k]

There are 5 or 6 different brand names for the same thing.
Dont let the dealer do it.
Get it done properly by a professional detailer.
The paint surface needs to super clean and ideally claybarred to get the best adhesion.
Mine has it on and I suspect it was done by the dealer as there are specks of dirt under it and some of the tight curves have lifted a bit.
It has done a great job though and I will renew it when it starts to lok tatty.

[famoussas]

Depending on where you're based I can recommend Nathan at Cambridge Autogleam. He is a member on here and works with someone who offers fully bespoke venture shield installation. Not cheap but you get what you pay for. Another option at least..

http://cambridgeautogleam.co.uk/

[Murph7355]

Paintshield (company). Good guys.

Still can't do the bonnet of a V8 in one piece though, and not even God can make the joins properly invisible...I'd rather have stone chips than a line across the bonnet.

[blackice1]

mikey k said:

There are 5 or 6 different brand names for the same thing.
Dont let the dealer do it.
Get it done properly by a professional detailer.
The paint surface needs to super clean and ideally claybarred to get the best adhesion.
Mine has it on and I suspect it was done by the dealer as there are specks of dirt under it and some of the tight curves have lifted a bit.
It has done a great job though and I will renew it when it starts to lok tatty.

All the dealers i know would sub-con this out to Professional's anyway as there staff are trained on Aston Martins and not amourfend.
So dont expect it was done by a dealer , more like a cheapr sub-contractor.
Yes the dealer shouldnt of allowed it or was it like it before they got it.

So anyone wanting this work done , by all means go to a dealer but i would ask some questions on who is doing it , as said it is all in the prep , and to many people are cost driven these days , instead of quality.

[mikey k]

Exactly - though I missed the bit about subbing it out.

[355f]

armourfend ltd in essex did mine, and as always was an excellent job