What’s the best looking car ever made? Options

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I don’t care what you say. It’s the Aston Martin Vantage. Or the Vanquish. Or the DB9. Or the DBS. Doesn’t matter, they all look the same.




Regardless of incorrect opinions, I want to hear what you guys think is the most beautiful sheet metal ever.

[richee3]

Get your forum posts while it’s up! I keep seeing it come up and go back down before posting, so I’ll throw a bit of a pointless post up.

Took advantage of a Black Friday sale to get some new wheels. I wanted HRE P101’s but bravely decided against paying for them. Instead I ended up with a set of Apex wheels. Admittedly I’ve never heard of them before this but they seem to be a popular choice in a few other communities and everyone says good things about them. Apex has done their research on the cars they make wheels for, including the Vantage, so these are made pretty specifically to fit. I’ll get some new tires in the spring and get these mounted then but I don’t particularly want to store more stuff longer than I have to. Small garage problems.

I also put in an order for a new clutch since the factory clutch is the known weak point of the car. The new clutch and flywheel are significantly lighter than the standard setup which should free up quite a bit of rotational mass and make the engine much more responsive. However, in order to replace it, you do have to drop nearly the entire exhaust, including the driver side exhaust manifold. The manifolds on this car, just like everything else, weigh a ton and are known to be very poor for exhaust flow. Naturally, I had to order a new set of headers since I’m already doing the work to replace them. Then of course what’s the point of putting a good set of headers on the car if the factory (incredibly heavy) cats are left on the car? Might as well order a set of 200 cell sport cats too…
My wallet hates me at the moment.
I’m not doing to dyno the car and will instead take Velocity AP’s word for it but these few upgrades should bump the car up to just over 400 bhp but more importantly, they will make it a more responsive car which I feel is the one area the car needs help in.

I’ll have it ready to hit the road in the spring and will have more pictures posted, assuming the forum comes back up before then.