Strut bar fabrication gone wrong, Need advice Options

[UVZ164]

So made a strut bar today all fits perfectly, is beefy as all hell but then I decide to try and shut the bonnet.....
When I was measuring it, I didnt notice the support bars running along the underside of the bonnet and of course with my luck they hit the strut bar preventing me from closing the bonnet

So now I need some ideas from you guys on how to modify the strut bar without starting again.

My favourite idea is cutting the bar in the middle and bashing the bends at either end down a little but and then re-welding it in the middle. My concern is strength when it is re-welded.
OR
I can grind off the welds at each end and make the bends a slightly lesser angle. Prefer not to do this one but if its the best option I guess I have no choice.

If theres any other ideas you guys/gals can think of let me know or please critique mine just above.
It is going to become a 3-pt bar just trying to sort two out first.

Here are the pics:

[97lestyousay]

The fab work looks pretty good, but as was stated before the flat bar is going to flex. Tube, even a thin aluminum tube like the cusco or trd is going to be more rigid than a steel flat bar. As far as the bends go, the rigidity in shape you might be gaining, you are losing with longer bar length. I am not trying to nit pick and props for making one, I just think with a little more rigid material you could make it a lot stronger and lighter. You might look at places like
mcmastercarr for tubing ideas.