Installation

The ZENE Bricks light kit is made for easy post-build setup. You do not need to take the whole model apart. Just follow the PDF: find the LED spots. Pop out a few bricks, tuck the wires inside, and use the pre-applied adhesive pads to stick the lights. Run the wires along the seams, and you are good to go in minutes.

ZENE Bricks Light Kit for LEGO Technic Aston Martin Aramco AMR25 F1 Car (42240)

There's a specific moment every Technic builder knows. You spend a weekend on a big set — in this case, all 1,547 pieces of the AMR25 — you set it on the shelf, step back, and it looks incredible. For about a week. Then it slowly becomes furniture. A very green, very expensive piece of furniture.

This light kit exists to stop that from happening.

The build deserves it

Let's be honest about what you're working with here. The 42240 isn't a casual set. It's 1:8 scale, over 24 inches long, with working steering, front and rear suspension, a functioning differential, a 2-speed gearbox, a V6 engine layout, a simulated electric unit, and a DRS-style rear wing. LEGO basically built a small engineering lesson in British racing green. All that mechanical detail is the whole point — and it's exactly the stuff that vanishes the moment the room gets dark.

The real AMR25 is an interesting car, too. Aston Martin reworked it to be more driveable and predictable, changing over 90 percent of the aerodynamic surfaces — front wing, rear wing, sidepods, engine cover, floor, the lot. So that low, layered bodywork you built isn't just styling. It's shaped by airflow. Which makes it slightly criminal to let it disappear into a shadow on your shelf.

What the lights actually do

The signature move here is the green underglow. LEDs run through the lower body and side sections, throwing out a glow that matches the Aston Martin livery — like the car's parked in the garage the night before a race, still warm. It's bold, but it doesn't look random or slapped-on, because the color already belongs to the car.

Up front, cool white lights spread across the wing area and pull the nose, suspension arms, and panel details out of the dark. At the back you get proper red tail lights — small thing, huge difference, because a race car without brake lights at night just looks unfinished. A few green, blue, and white accents around the rear structure round it out, so the car reads as "technical machine" from every angle instead of only looking good head-on.

Made for the dark shelf problem

Here's the thing about big Technic display cars: daylight is easy. It's the display case, the black shelf, the gaming room at 10pm where they struggle. All those sidepod channels and cockpit details flatten into one dark green blob.

With the kit installed, the shape stays readable even from across the room. Front wing, sidepods, cockpit, engine cover, rear wing, brake-light zone — each area gets its own point of focus. If you photograph your builds or film your setup, you'll notice the difference immediately. The car stops blending into the background and starts anchoring it.

Who's this for?

Anyone who finished the AMR25 and thought "this should look faster." Aston Martin fans, F1 collectors, Technic builders who like a bit of atmosphere with their engineering. The kit doesn't fight the build for attention — the low stance, the wide tires, the green-and-black scheme all stay front and center. The lights just make sure you can actually see them after sunset.

One note before you order: this is the lighting kit only. The LEGO set itself isn't included — you'll need your own 42240 to light up. But if it's already sitting on your shelf slowly turning into furniture, you know what to do.