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Aston Martin DB MK III Aluminium Front Grille Surround
New- DB MK III
The aluminium grille surround that fits closely and attaches around the bonnet’s grille aperture on DB III models. Each surround features a polished profile edge that forms the visible rim, while maintaining the authentic grille aperture geometry.
DMark® offers two distinct variants to accommodate different installation preferences and mesh configurations. Our new and enhanced design incorporates a reengineered solution while preserving period‑correct aesthetics, ensuring optimal fitment and is best matched with our new mesh types. We also offer a tabbed version that replicates the original factory beaded configuration that allows existing meshes to be attached.
Complete your grille assembly with our purpose‑engineered mesh options.
Each surround type attaches directly to the aperture bodywork via ten strategically positioned fixing points.
Manufactured using our proprietary DMark® custom tooling, jigs, patterns and manufacturing aids developed specifically for this distinct grille configuration that preceded the horizontal slatted radiator grilles of earlier DB2 models.
Each DMark® DB MK III grille surround features a polished aluminium finish around the visible rim, with all remaining areas left in a natural brushed state. This component does not require chrome plating.
Primarily made‑to‑order production.
Complete bracket set and fasteners supplied with every surround.
Customers should be aware that vehicles with extensive bodywork repairs may have altered panel geometry due to paintwork processes and body filler usage, which can subtly affect surface characteristics where surrounds are positioned. We have taken considerable care to replicate the most authentic original geometry, though this may occasionally differ from a vehicle’s current surface characteristics. Similarly, mounting hole positions in bodywork may vary from new DMark® component specifications and minor adjustments may occasionally be required to achieve optimal fitment.
The traditional factory‑specification aluminium surround that encapsulates the grille aperture perimeter. This variant features ten tabs that replicate the original design, allowing mesh attachment from within the engine bay.
Each tab comes pre‑drilled for convenience, though customers may request blank tabs if preferred. This configuration maintains authenticity to the original Feltham factory specification, where tabs provide the mounting points for mesh attachment from within the engine bay.
Grille Surround Bracketry | Both Variants
Each aluminium surround includes ten simple right‑angle brackets with integrated nutserts (rivet nuts) that secure to the bodywork and hold the aluminium surround in place.
We’ve seen these brackets either welded or riveted to the aperture’s rim.
The surround secures in position by screwing directly into the bracket nutserts through corresponding holes in the surround itself. Each bracket requires individual trimming and tailoring against the car to achieve optimal vehicle‑specific fitment.
While some vehicles may not need new bracketry, we do frequently encounter cars that may benefit from bracket replacement or refurbishment.
Our new and improved DMark® surround variant is specifically engineered to pair with our new grille mesh designs. While maintaining the same aluminium profile and visual appearance as the factory specification, this version does not have the ten large tabs in favour of a neater, easier mounting solution contained within the aluminium profile itself.
Instead of traditional tabs, this variant incorporates threaded nutserts (rivet nuts) positioned where the original holes existed. This innovation enables significantly easier mesh installation and removal, eliminating the challenges of working with nuts in confined engine bay spaces.
Our new grille mesh design features a specially configured perimeter pattern that now accommodates the grille surround’s bodywork mounting independently from the mesh installation—making this pairing ideal.
