Excellent results, a bit challenging.
The recently discontinued James Bond Aston Martin made an excellent lighting subject. This lighting installation was medium difficulty. Easier than the DMC-12 but with comparable results.
There aren't a lot of lights to run but the popup headlight and machine gun lights are a bit fiddly and require you to give a little slack to the wiring; and, results in a slightly less smooth operation of the mechanism. But overall, not a big deal, and it is covered well in the instructions. Other than that there are only taillights and a dome light to worry about.
I super glued spare bricks into the holes on the expansion board so I could affix it to the bottom of the trunk. It worked well.
Although I am frequently impressed by the durability of these little lights, the CR2032 battery pack is not particularly useful. These batteries are expensive, not rechargeable and don't last very long. I highly recommend getting the USB connector and the AA battery pack or power bank. Although it can't be hidden in the DB5, it still makes for brighter lights and cheaper operation.
I think LMB should consider making an AAA version of the battery pack - it would be compact enough to fit in this model and many of the others - where the power bank can't fit - and AAAs are easily had in rechargeable format. A smaller power bank would work as well.
Other than that, no issues with this kit, if you can still find the Aston Martin, be sure to include this lighting as well.
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Rated 5 out of 5
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| Design |
Rated 5 out of 5
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| Ease of Use |
Rated 4 out of 5
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| Customer Service |
Rated 5 out of 5
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