On the way! a whole month mind you lol.
got a 5% discount, so thought best to get that shipping timer started than waiting an extra 3 weeks for an extra 5%.
got the whole hardrace set.
once it arrives and its test fitted, i’ll be able to play with brackets and mounting for a flat floor. (its all a bit theory in the mind at the moment)
i forgot to give an update after doing this. woops 
Fitting the bracing was very straight forward. i was under the car on axel stands so didnt have much room to work, but all went fine. i didnt use any of the supplied bolts from hardrace, except for the ones that went with the ‘feeders’ on the rear triangles. the OEM bolts had plenty of thread. and, also easy to work out what goes where. the hardrace ones, because i bought the whole set at once, werent clear where they new bolts were meant to go. i.e - with which brace. didnt get used.
these are compatable with the Verus rear suspension covers… as in, these share the same rear mounting point. so the verus fits first, then the hardrace last.
the same technically true for the 2 center panels, but in reality you ‘weaken’ its fixings, as you can only secure the end tabs, and can no longer fix the middle edges. so these were removed.
the underside of the car now, aerodynamically, looks awful 
big chasms and voids. and the hardrace itself will be added obstacles. i suspect the ‘efficiency’ of the rear diffuser and panels is compromised somewhat.
this will soon be fixed. I am soon to embark on a homemade fully flat underfloor, from splitter to diffuser. more on that as it gets made.
handling / performance.
hard to measure, but the ‘accuracy’ of the car when taking sharp turns or aggressive bends is much improved. ive also been able to dial up the shocks stiffness to my usual track setting on the roads and found less ‘bangs and rattles’ on initial bumps. wasnt something i had noticed, until it stopped doing it.
ive got the stiff spring sets on the YSR coilovers. im speculating a little, but i suspect the springs+shock setup were stiffer than some/parts of the chassis, meaning high speed and harsh bumps were meaning the chasis was flexing before the springs were. its this sensation which seems to have stopped.
while im happy to have them fitted, im not sure i would buy again. didnt make enough of an improvement for me to think ‘wow’. more of an incremental improvement.
however, they will be very useful for my new flat floor, as they will be the frame holding it all together. once thats fitted, then we should get some good downforce improvements.
For the underfloor, i am going to (finally) fit my Verus front splitter. ive had that sat around for about 12 months now lol.
I am going to join the splitter to the verus rear diffusers - this removing (replacing) the rear suspension covers.
the Hardrace bracing will be my frame, i will be drilling and rivnutting into it. (get to hide the blue!).
crude drawings below,
i will be making 4 panels. the front most panel will have a hole cut into it, with a new flat access panel for oil changes will be using the factory fitment holes.
all from 1.5mm alluminium.
once its fitted i’ll work on the ventilation holes for the gearbox. but i shouldnt need anything for the exhaust, because this is going on the ground side of the bracing, its going to have inches of clearence to the exhaust pipework.
also note that the hardrace itself is far from flat - (see my images). so in order for this to work, i will be rivnuting to the brace sections, and will have cutouts for the hardrace mounting points. otherwise i will struggle to get a solid fixing to the sheeting. or, it will flex massively.
Two things you haven’t yet considered and they are providing cooling air for the gearbox and the diff as they run very hot. Worth considering including some scoops in your design.
‘‘once its fitted i’ll work on the ventilation holes for the gearbox.’’, it was in my mind, just hadnt done a picture of it in the scribbles
i like the scoop you and Vikng have, but thats right on a likely join between sheet plates, and theres a bracing going right across/under that key gearbox part.
i think as a result i’ll be going for a Lotus inspired design on how they were cooling the gearbox on the Evora which is a simple cutout with a duckbill on the leading edge / nacca duct.
and yes one for the diff end too.
this bar / brace is the one in the way.
actually this same particular bar is a different ride heght/clearence to the rest of the entire kit. if this interferes too much with my floor design it will be coming off anyway. ive got extra bracing very close to it on both sides so any impact in its loss should be minimal.
If you remove the bar arrowed red the you will have space to include a scoop. Not sure a Naca duct will provide enough air for the diff as a lot comes off the exhaust as well as the diff creates itself.
