also if you look at the last pic of under my truck you can see where the frame is and where the body is it still has some to go
kinda confused as to why you had to do it that way...i lowered my motor 1.5 and just took the 3rd sump out and made a new crossmember
in the pics of ur stock pan its not really even that close to the bottom of your crossmember and if you Z'd the frame there should be no reason to even have to drag off half of it
well cause when the front will lay as it spose to its well into the rocker not on the pinch or just layin rocker like others and i want s stock hood
and i know that there are others truck that have drug there front crossmember to the bolts cause they did not want a ginormance zed frame