Orange Audi R8 V10 Plus Spyder

[christurbo]

I’ve been really tardy with keeping up with new cars on here. I thought I’d add and document the R8 I bought last Christmas.

I’ve documented a number of cars including the GT3 and GT4. I wanted a change from the GT4. Something that would be great for road trips, was special, had great sound, performance and preferably an open top.

I narrowed down the search to the Gen 2 R8 and McLaren. I wanted hassle free ownership and from all the research I did, I wasn’t ready to make the plunge into McL (yet).

So I set my budget (willing to pay top price for the right car - and I did!), and started searching.

All the stock at Audi was either poorly spec’d or drab. I’ve come from PTS Porsche and the last one was a viper green example so wanted something a bit exciting!

I managed to find what looked like a great example in Solar Orange. Very highly spec’d and low ownership. Did the deal over the Christmas break and collected it soon after.

The drive back was incredible. Top down in January weather hearing that V10 scream and bark was the highlight on the way back to North Wales where I live.

Spec
- V10 Plus Pack (Ceramics etc)
- Audi Sport Pack (Sports Exhaust, Mag ride, Dynamic Steering)
- Sound & Comfort Pack
- Full leather pack
- Titanium black styling pack
- 20” Black 10 spoke
- Sports Seats - Comfort
- Fine nappa diamond
- Tech pack
- Individual paint - Solar Orange

More to follow; I have done some changes since collecting it.










Grin says it all



Tucked up after a 5 hour drive home

Edited by christurbo on Sunday 18th February 09:43

[d_a_n1979]

That, is lovely!

[Its Just Adz]

Great colour, although I feel silver wheels would set it off better.
These do sound amazing! One of the last great NA engines.

[keo]

Stunning (I agree about the silver wheels someone said as well)

Someone has one exactly the same as that down the road from me. Always nice to see it out. Hope you have many happy miles.

[Nigel_O]

You’re not going to lose that in the car park… epic!

You live in the right part of the world to enjoy it too (apart from 20mph through towns…)

[alscar]

Congrats on both the car and the colour.
When I bought my coupe it was a toss up between SO and Merlin Purple as a factory order and Purple won.

[Court_S]

That looks stunning in orange - it’s nice to see one in a vibrant colour.

The noise these make is incredible - must be even more incredible with the roof down.

[Mad Maximus]

Lighter wheels for me to but whatever floats your boat I bet that’s amazing to drive and listen to.

[Resolutionary]

I actually think the wheel colour works well with the black bits elsewhere on the car. Nice to see one in a colour other than black or white, although as another (lucky) poster said, purple would clinch it for me too. Top down heaven this.

[theicemario]

Nice to see one that isn’t in greyscale. Great colour. Prefer the look of these to the facelifted ones as well

[r1ch]

Fair play mate, looks spot on.

[glennjamin]

Friend lives in IOM and has got a TT in the same great colour.

[mikebradford]

That colours great. They suit bright colours.

[Mr Tidy]

Certain cars deserve a bright colour, and this is definitely one of them.

Then put a V10 into the mix and you get something awesome - I love it!

[christurbo]

Thanks for the comments guys, I will comment on the performance in a later thread.

First job was to confirm wifey’s approval of the purchase (she did!)



The paintwork is incredible being treated to a ceramic coating.



Ceramics on point too.




Onto some subtle changes.

I agree with the comments, the silver and the black/carbon parts didn’t go. So instead of going full silver, I decided on the other option instead. Black.

So I ordered a full set of black badges from Audi (shocked at the price!) and got to work fitting them.







The window surround, although well made in aluminium didn’t go with the look I wanted. So it was booked into APM Customs for a black gloss wrap. They did a superb job and you couldn’t tell it had been wrapped (which is tough on a Spyder).



Coming from GT3/4s I’m used to an aggressive front end with a splitter larger than late Jimmy Hill’s chin. The R8 has no chin. So I got to work on that and after a bit of research ordered a CT gloss carbon front splitter. The quality matched the rest of the carbon on the car (which is everywhere). So looks pretty much OEM.
As you can see it’s pretty aggressive. The fit is perfect, it clips into the OEM slots and uses OEM bolts too. It’s not budging!









The R8’s styling looks a lot more integrated now and how would have wanted it from factory.









That’s all for this post but more to come.

[samoht]

Looking good, especially that final photo.

I also have an orange car with black wheels and everything else, I agree that orange/black is a good coherent contrasting combo, better without having the third colour of silver bits. I might one day get round to going for a more gunmetal grey on the wheels so they don't blend into the tyres, but for the other details definitely black's best to make the orange pop.

[CountyAFC]

Nice car and mods. Get yourself a front number plate though. You'll get pulled over or grassed up sooner or later.

[Court_S]

Mods look good; the black wheels work on an orange car well.

Splitter looks good too.

[alscar]

Those modest mods make a big difference - Orange and Black /Carbon works so well - especially the blacked rings.
Interesting that down the line towards the end of production Audi then offered a Carbon Black edition to the V10+ which " overdosed " on the Carbon including ( for the coupe ) in the exposed engine bay.

[James_N]

Now that is NICE! Fair play!