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When you say you removed the front crossmember, which one are you referring to?
When I lifted my body, I left intact the bumper, the radiator support, cross braces, everything. The only thing I unbolted were the two forward body mount bolts, which are directly under the rad. Although when I did lift it, the nose was by far the heaviest and it tilted heavily in that direction.