We’ve just done this and some fixings are tight and into box sections, so its tricky get the nuts in but once tightened the panel they sit on are already massively strengthened so you don’t need additional plates. I wish I had a car lift as it would be so much easier to take photos and a video! The pictures I’ve taken are really hard to see what’s going on
There are two type of cross members, one with reinforced - thicker, 90-degree folded edges, where these larger brackets not used:
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another examples without reinforced edges, and these larger brackets are used:
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On my 2019 caravelle/shuttle - these are reinforced.
 
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