Installing DOMJSO double-sink without countertop on a single 36" cabinet

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Hi, hopefully I am posting in the correct forum. I bought a double-sink bowl ikea sink. This was before I found out all the potential issues that might come around because of the fact its Ikea sinks and not american made. At this point I already invested a lot of time and already drilled extra holes in the cabinet which makes it non-returnable.

The official instructions have 2 main points:
1- includes countertop, sink sits on top of it
2- has other cabinets on each side of the 36" cabinet where the sink sits.

For me, there's not enough space for more than 1 cabinet, so I just have the main 36" cabinet. I also figured since it's a standalone, there's no point in the countertop. The sink covers pretty much the whole area. Now with it I have my doubts about stability and longevity.

One thing I did was replace the flimsy legs supplied with twp 2"x2.5"x36" pine boards on 3 sides. The front has 2 of them stacked for a height of 5" and length 36", and the sides have same with 18" in length. Now I want to figure out how to make the cabinet support the sink better. The sink is very heavy, over a 100lbs. Now adding to it all the potential stuff that can be in the 2 sinks I'm worried about whether the ikea cabinet can take it.

My next improvement:
- Change the cardboard backing for a plywood sheet (cut out space for the valves)
- Talk to Ikea about missing braces that are supposed to come with the sink

Thoughts:
- I want to add some kind of extra support in the cabinet. I was thinking of some kind of metal corner brackets between the plywood and the sides (not sure if this would add that much).
- Another option I was thinking of getting 2x2 (or 2x4 or something similar), cutting it to size between the bottom of the cabinet and the bottom of the sink to add support. I would need to do 4x of these. The downside is that I would not be able to do a drawer at that point, but longevity/stability is of course more important.
 
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