Just thought ill give you a clue on my fto project

mikehfto · Post by **mikehfto** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:31 am

I ve made these db9 aston vents were the idecators used to be . They have been lead welded and filled. Last of all polished stainless steel bar and stainless mesh.
The indecators are from ferrari

Post by **vipfto** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:26 am

ohh nice

Post by **dstocks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:00 am

Thats a damb nice job. Are the vents hand made or off something else

mikehfto · Post by **mikehfto** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:11 am

They are hand made , ive just made an aston style front bumper, db7 bumper and two fto s cut and made deeper, and ive even got the metal slated grill in place

harry90 · Post by **harry90** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:55 am

I saw this on the uk site. Looks real good.

Eltnot · Post by **Eltnot** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:10 am

harry90 wrote:I saw this on the uk site. Looks real good.

Same, thought it looked familiar. Very nice so far, look forward to seeing how this develops.

DRM34R · Post by **DRM34R** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:26 am

wow lookin good!
cant wait to see it finished...

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:38 am

looks great, well done

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:10 am

That does look good ... Nice job ...

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:12 am

i don't know why this only got 1 page of comments.. looks wicked!

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:57 am

mike .. Could you explain how you did this?

How did you get the recessed part where the SS Mesh is mounted? Did you have to weld something in there? or is it bolted in? what did you use for the recessed bit? looks almost like plastic from the inside .. almost like the pod for the foglights so I'm a bit confused about it.

Also, do you have any pictures of the finished product?

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:33 am

wow, that looks pronographically sweet!
Top job!

What color you going to paint it?

mikehfto · Post by **mikehfto** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:39 pm

Hi guys, i made a template the shape of the vent, scaled it down to look right with the size of the fto wing , then made a template for the inner trim. a lot of working out, welded in,and lead filled after. Ive just converted a db9 rear stainlees exhaust box to fit
my centre pipe, sounds lovely. The rear bumper to match front is also nealy done.

As for the colour, im thinking pepper grey , a ford colour , you know the mustang in gone in 60 seconds without the stripes

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:01 pm

mikehfto wrote:Hi guys, i made a template the shape of the vent, scaled it down to look right with the size of the fto wing , then made a template for the inner trim. a lot of working out, welded in,and lead filled after. Ive just converted a db9 rear stainlees exhaust box to fit
my centre pipe, sounds lovely. The rear bumper to match front is also nealy done.

As for the colour, im thinking pepper grey , a ford colour , you know the mustang in gone in 60 seconds without the stripes

thanks for the info mate

always good to see someone doing something unique with their FTO's .. I want to see some pics once it's finished & fitted to the car

Have you got any pics of the other Aston Martin stuff you're making?

mikehfto · Post by **mikehfto** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:25 pm

Just fitted db9 rear box, had to change the pipes from the aston box , to link into the fto centre section, sounds lovely

. Also done the rear bumper and the front. The front is made using fto and db7 bumper, i also have the stainless steel slated grill to go into the bumper . So i will gets some pics up soon . Thanks for your interest

J · Post by J » Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:03 am

your car is looking great mike.... Outside and in the engine bay.

When your project is done no doubt it will be one of the best fto in the uk/aus