R8 LMS GT3 Silver

Number Five R8 LMS GT3 Silver

The shade R8 LMS GT3 Silver is a light silver intended for modern circuit cars. Over a large area of bodywork it reads clean and does not hide the shape, so it works well where the aerodynamics rather than the color are meant to show.

The Audi R8 LMS and the silver tradition

The brand built the racing R8 LMS on the road coupe with a V10 engine and sent it into customer racing in 2009. The car collected wins in the twenty-four hour races at the Nurburgring and at Spa, and the second generation of 2016 carried on, later in versions marked evo. With this brand silver has a longer history than the model itself: it follows on from the German prewar racing cars that started without paint, on bare metal, and for that reason it turns up on presentation machines and wherever a sponsor livery is missing. On a circuit a light surface is practical for another reason too, since it does not heat up in the sun as much as a dark body does.

Where you will use the silver

• The body of the customer Audi R8 LMS
• A presentation finish without sponsor decals
• Light suspension parts and interior panels
• Cars from the endurance races at the Nurburgring

Who the color is for

It will serve builders of modern circuit racers who want a clean silver surface as a base under the decals. It also comes into its own on German road cars, where silver remains the most frequent choice to this day. The subject is usually a presentation car, on which the light tone covers the body right up to the large rear wing, while the grille, the sills and the diffuser stay dark.