Elegant would be more eloquent. Ditch the board. Hardwire direct. That's what I did. See the last couple pics on my system page.
:-) correct on both. But wait, there's more.
I often drill holes in the existing PCB that match the leads, and use copper solid wire to hard wire it. use adhesive ot hold the cap firmly in place.
Now, in what what are the new one's "superior". If not larger, you are barking up the wrong tree. On a relative basis 'lytics suck -- all of them. Use the world's cheapest film cap in parallel and it will still b 10X better. I suspect one is already there. if not shame on them. I means really shame on them.