Updates....
Added some tabs for the rear of the belly pan. These are just little sections of box tube I cut out, made one for each side. These will get clip nuts too for final assembly.
I needed to add some support for the front of the belly pan. This area is pretty protected by the radius arms, but some extra support was needed. There isn't any extra room on the passenger side because of the high pinion differential and driveshaft. I decided to use the old mounting bolts on the frame from the front swaybar link attachment on the frame side. I made an 1/8" thick pad to fit that bolt pattern....
This is what I came up with to connect point A to B. The main tube is 1.5" x 0.120 wall tubing with a bend to connect to the frame pad. I was also able to sneak a 1" tube in there for a bit of extra support. The skidplate tab uses the same 10mm clip nuts at everything else on the belly pan.
This is where it fits. I wish there was room to bridge it all the way to the passenger rail, but there just isn't. I don't think this area of the belly pan will see THAT much abuse, but it should be plenty strong overall.
I finished dressing the seams from all the grill mods down. I'm wondering if I should just blast all the paint off this thing. I really want to paint this before it goes back on since it is integrated into the cooling system stuff basically. If I get it painted it won't have to come back off...
Of course my aluminum for the ribs was wrong, gonna have to send that back. I can move forward without it honestly, but I am approaching the point I need my engine/trans harness soon. I will probably pull the transmission crossmember, mounts, etc out for powder coat to kill a few days.