I can imagine they are fairly bulky, its a PITA to get the front diff in as well. But a floor jack and 2x4 would make the plates no problem. As for cutting the steel. That is easy, 10 bucks at Harbor Freight gets you an angle grinder, then you can cut whatever you wantBwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! After that, there is no going back....come to the dark side.