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Re: R01 Question: Please save me from welding

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Originally Posted by mott View Post
If your gusset plates are down in the bumper zone and would be covered by bumpers, then the gusset plates contribute to the shape of your frame perimeter and if suitably covered with a bumper, you'd be fine.

IF your gusset plates are above the bumpers, 1 quick solution would be to simply mount some of the same kind of material directly below your gussets where it WOULD BE behind your bumper (thus reshaping your frame perimeter to include the gusset material) and you should be fine again.
This, provided that you do not violate any sizing rules.

This would be a trivial job for any welding shop though, so fret not!
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