So.... After speaking with Dino "thanks btw" he suggested that I not "Z" the front and instead he suggested that I pancake my cross member. That is what I'm doing, I welded my frame back together and put some gussets to make it stronger.
I sectioned out about an inch from the cross member.
This is the front welded together, I made slits so that I could bend some of the portions of the lower section that we sticking out further than the rest. It made it much easier to weld back together
Here is the back
That is as far as I got last night, I still need to finish it. Hopefully I can finish it tonight or tomorrow.