Most of the cars that come through AZ Rag are street vehicles. Then there are jobs like this one. The Liger LMP3 is a purpose-built closed-cockpit prototype, a full Le Mans Prototype 3 class race car, and this one runs under the Flatrock Motorclub banner. The livery brief was straightforward: 3M Cosmic Blue on the body panels, matte black on the upper surfaces, and the Flatrock branding executed cleanly across a car that gets photographed at every event it attends.
The Car
The Liger LMP3 is not a modified road car. It is a ground-up racing prototype with a carbon fiber chassis, full aerodynamic bodywork, a rear wing that generates meaningful downforce, and Michelin racing tires. The surfaces are complex; compound curves, sharp panel transitions, aero elements that have to be wrapped without disturbing the material contact points. Number 11 runs with Flatrock Motorclub, which has brought several builds through the shop. Those jobs have ranged from Porsche GT4 Clubsport liveries to full race car wraps, and the Liger is the most technically demanding of the bunch.
The Livery: Cosmic Blue and Matte Black
The design splits the car cleanly between two finishes. 3M IJ175cv3 cast film in 3M Cosmic Blue covers the lower body panels, sidepods, nose sections, and rear wing. The blue is deep and rich closer to a saturated royal blue than a standard gloss, with a finish that reads differently depending on the light. The upper cockpit surround, engine cover, and diffuser area run in matte black, which pulls the car’s silhouette together and lets the blue do the work visually.
The contrast between gloss and matte on a car this aggressive-looking is not accidental. It draws the eye to the aero surfaces and gives the livery a layered look that works in photographs and at speed. The Flatrock Motorclub branding sits on the rear wing with the FR endplate logos, and the number 11 is placed on the nose and flanks where it reads clearly from the timing stand and trackside.
All panels were wrapped with 3M IJ175cv3 cast film, laminated with 3M 8518 overlaminate. Cast film is the only material that handles the compound curves on a prototype body without edge lifting. The laminate keeps the Cosmic Blue finish protected through race weekends, trailer transport, and all the handling a competition car takes between events.
Race Car Wraps Are a Different Category
A street vehicle wrap has one set of challenges. A race car livery has a different set entirely. The surfaces are designed for aerodynamics, not installation — which means every panel transition, air intake, and wing element has to be worked around with careful template work and sequenced installation. Carbon fiber surfaces require different prep than painted bodywork. And the design has to account for how the car looks from the camera angles it will actually be shot from: trackside, pit lane, and podium.
This is the same discipline that goes into other Flatrock builds like the Porsche GT4 Clubsport race livery, and similar to the sponsor wrap work on the Milltek VW Golf Mk1 race car — the fundamentals of clean installation translate across platforms, but each car brings its own surface geometry and design constraints.
Why AZ Rag
Race car livery work requires a shop that handles print and installation in-house, with the technical experience to work on surfaces that were never designed with wrapping in mind. AZ Rag is a 3M Certified Installation Company with a track record of competition builds across multiple race platforms. The Liger LMP3 is among the most complex jobs the shop has completed, and it shows in every panel.
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Whether you run a prototype, a GT car, or a purpose-built drift or track machine, AZ Rag can design and install a livery that holds up to competition use. Get a race car wrap quote and tell us what you’re building.
