Did ours on Friday. No bending of anything. I did have to let all air out and use a pry bar to help situate it. Quite a pain and there's no way anything bigger would fit.
Certainly agree, I'm going to pack it up this weekend and see where I need to shift weight one thing is sure after we get back from this trip I'm ordering the Dakar rear springs I'm worried about these spring completing the trip. I bought Spencer's 2015 springs with 5000 miles on them which were 4 leaf (compared to my 3) and added the 2 inch AOL it rides really well and carries the weight of the cap and gear fine but throwing the full size spare underneath and all the gear for this trip and I'm hoping I'm not sitting on those expensive bump stops or risk bending the rear shocks. Its gonna be close.