ok yeah I know

I think Im going to run what i got for the timebeing just to get it bagged till I get the standard toursion brackets

sudkrap is right, you shouldn't weld your bag brackets to the shock tower. bad idea. and yes you should cut it off and weld the brackets straight to the frame. the shock tower wasn't designed to be a load bearing part of the frame, it was a SHOCK tower.
if you cut it off and run the bags closer to the frame you can get more lift too.
twistedsmily - the brackets won't determine if your truck lays out or not. its where you mount the upper bracket that will determine it. - unless your balljoints won't allow for the extreme drop. should be ok though.

here's mine


I'd like to re-do it, because when i did this i had my wife helping me because i was doing it outside in the rain on crutches with a broken leg, and i was pressed for time because i was moving in two days. so it's not optimal, just got me driving. i'l like to either notch the frame and move the bag in, or pinch the rails in and build some longer control arms and get more lift.

the aim brackets are not universal toursion brackets go to chassistech.com and check them out they fit perfictly to the shock mount but i know what your talking about

i dunno dude, go with the suicidedoors torsion mounts. they are cheaper anyway. good quality, i like mine.

these are the aim brackets... i assumed they weren't allready built like that. my bad.

i think if you but the gussets under the top plate it looks a little cleaner i think its a lil stronger too anyways heres my ish...

yeah they come that way in the box and thats what i've got so i think im going to try in make them work I dont know well see when i get started which looks like later than sooner 8(