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Originally Posted by wpoll
You should NOT be driving without this plate firmly bolted in place... 
It is a REINFORCING plate, to prevent twisting of the sub-frame. You risk cracking your sub-frame by driving without the plate installed properly.
It even states this on the plate....  |
From a practical engineering standpoint, I don't see any proof of that actually occurring. Given the size of the frame, materials, etc and a number of other manufacturers that don't have this plate.
I can see it acting as a stiffening brace and a skid plate from off road debris, but if that thin plate is not there having the front frame crack in half is just preposterous.