As my hunt continues I found an incredibly clean example of a 2009 db9. You can tell the car was babied big time. The only thing I am confused about is the ‘DB9’ badge on the rear is missing. There is only the center Aston Martin emblem. It doesn’t look like the DB9 badge fell off or anything. It actually looks like nothing was ever there. It could be a repainted bumper or the result of an accident that the owner decided not to put the badge back on. Whatya think? Is this a concern or just one of those things that someone preferred to not have the badge on the back to give it a clean look?

 

De-badging was a factory option as well so the car might have come like that.

 

Ah. Interesting.

 

The letters/numbers are just held on to the trunk lid by 2-sided tape. Probably a factory badge delete but could have been removed later.

No holes have been filled, if that's what you're thinking.

 

Ok. That’s kinda cool. Is there any way to lookup the specs of it is a factory debadge? Or would it not be specified ?

 

you can get a build sheet from Aston Martin or your local dealer. It will show if debadged at factory...I debadge all my vehicles... left only the AM Wings...Debadging is especially nice in my AMG wagon...

 

https://technicalhub.astonmartin.com/amtis/

Don't know if debadge would be included but you can get build sheet with a vin

 

I usually do the same and did so for both Aston's. Makes it easier to wash and wax. I keep the letters with the car when it moves to the next owner unless they're plastic.

 

I found the right one! And it was local to me. 2009 db9 volante. Triple black. 28k miles. Everything works. Car was babies by prior owner for seven years. All keys and owners manual and umbrella is in place. Deposit is down and paperwork is tomorrow for pickup on Thursday. Pics will definitely follow. Thank you all once again for your help. I’m sure I’ll need more!!!!

 

Congratulations, we do love pictures!

 

I just got quoted $350 US for an emergency key and $1200 for a plastic key (the crystal is $1800) from my local Aston dealer. The next closest dealer is over 120 miles away in Canada (and I'm in the US).

 

Try other Dealers as they can ship the emergency key to you but you have to bring your car in for the Key Fobs as they need to be programmed

 

The cost to program the keys I believe is $400

 

They don't have a fix price as they charge me 1hr labour to do it so $220 Cdn for me

 

When I got my 2017 V12S the glass keys did not operate - after Beverly Hills Aston Martin sold me this 160 mile total car (new, but was Certified Used as it was bought from another dealer and discounted). Aston Corporate refused to program the keys because they said Beverly Hills should have caught the problem, and Beverly Hills refused to pay (at first) because they are $@#@$A (enough said what I think of them). This is when I learned that you need the codes to program the keys that should be written down on a separate document, or often dealers write the code down somewhere on the car. The Mexican manufacturer created the codes and apparently they are not reachable. Luckily I had that separate document slipped into the owners manual. Something to look into.