quick subframe connectors question

DrCharles said

The plate is advisable both to spread the load along the stamped crossmember, and because it's tricky to weld 1/8" tube directly to that sheet metal...

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so the idea is to step down on the plate, maybe 1/16th?

i figured if i put a plate in, id cut a section of the box into two sections of angle iron and wrap one leg underneath it