Looking good, just a little tip, you do not have to weld everything solid, just some evenly spaced spotwelds will do the trick, that's how the factory did it......
Kind of - sort of.
But you are replacing a solid piece that was also formed which adds stiffness to it.
I did a full weld on mine.
I also welded the front sub frame in spots to make it more rigid because I will be taxing the structure a lot more than the factory engineers ever foresaw.
I couldn't tell from the pics , but on my deal , I used six to ten inch strips and butt welded them where they met rather than trying to graft one long piece in there , and that made life a lot easier when going around the radius of the wheel well.