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Replacing the Front Suspension Upper Control Arm in an Aston Martin DB9 (8/11/2018) - Creak – Creak.  Squeak-Squeak.  When I’ve been driving my DB9 in cooler weather (less than 60°F or 15°C) whenever I would drive over a speed bump, curb or significant bump I would hear a creaking, squeaking noise coming from the front end.  It would happen any time the suspension would have to flex significantly.   While faint …

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Replacing the Brake Pads in an Aston Martin DB9 or Vantage (7/14/2018) - The Brakes are arguably the most important part of your DB9.  Our lives depend on them working properly.   Inspecting their condition periodically is necessary to catch a developing condition before it degrades braking performance. If you’ve inspected your Brakes in your DB9 (read my article about this) and discovered that you only need to change …

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Inspecting the Brakes in an Aston Martin DB9 or Vantage (6/28/2018) - Regularly inspecting the brakes on your DB9 should be part of your routine service, same as changing the oil.  I would suggest it’s a bad idea to “Forget about them until something breaks”.  In fact, this is so important it’s part of the official Aston Martin 1 year and 2 year service regimes.   We all …

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Reinstalling the Leather Door Cap End Cap in an Aston Martin DB9 (6/13/2018) - Plunk.  Awww Crap! Yet another tale of woe begins with my DB9.  One day when I rolled into the garage and parked, I opened my door, and then heard a faint “Plunk”.  Anyone that’s owned a British Car before knows that you need to get out and look around for what’s fallen off.  Sitting right …

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