im not worried about gusseting it. the pipe is slit and plate slide in it some and welded well been running for a year now.the ones that posted busted i wonder what they was made out of and how good they where welded. im just wanting to make my belly flat and needing to know how much clearance i will gain using a rotated adapter im going to drop my truck 4 to 6 inches so i want be as top heavy