20th November 1999:

So that's the bonnet finished finally, all four Evo Integrale grilles in place. I was looking through one of the 'comics' (M** P****) the other day and saw a Peugeot 405 with an Integrale style bonnet. Now I'm really miffed if people can buy glass bonnets ready made in this style, especially given the work that has gone into my STEEL bonnet. Just like to remind everyone out there that my whole car is STEEL, not glassfibre, even the side skirts - and you couldn't even say that about a BMW M3!

And talking of side skirts brings us nicely to this shot. The skirts have also been made and follow the lines of the wings. They were needed to visually lower the car as the floor actually sits a little higher than is good for looks, even though the suspension has been lowered as far as I dare - any lower and I will have no coils in my suspension!

What you couldn't see from the previous photo, was the profile of the skirts from the top. This shot of the front wing shows how the skirt follows the line of the arch back towards the sill area - and yes, the door is shut in this picture. The rear end of the front wings is still waiting for a grille to fill the space, a little like an Evo Integrale again!

At the back of the door, the skirt pulls back outwards again following the line of the rear wing. There is no 'running-board' effect at the back because the rear wing meets the corner of the door frame, but at the front, the front wing section sits about 30mm wider than the door frame.

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