I've got the AEV spacer lift on my Gladiator. Turns out there's also a crack in the other side also. Shop is fabricating some replacements out of beefier steel.
I got quality plastic rivets from the auto body suppy co., ones that came with the rivet gun were brittle and broke easily. Get extra; I ran through some brush and tore a few rivets out. Easy enough to put new rivets in when I got home.
I think they're worth it. A lot fewer mud bombs landing...