diff --git a/examples/LargePayloadCrashReporting.html b/examples/LargePayloadCrashReporting.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6317afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/LargePayloadCrashReporting.html
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>Raygun Crash Reporting - Large Payload Example</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
+    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
+
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        !function (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) {
+            a.RaygunObject = e, a[e] = a[e] || function () {
+                        (a[e].o = a[e].o || []).push(arguments)
+                    }, f = b.createElement(c), g = b.getElementsByTagName(c)[0],
+                    f.async = 1, f.src = d, g.parentNode.insertBefore(f, g), h = a.onerror, a.onerror = function (b, c, d, f, g) {
+                h && h(b, c, d, f, g), g || (g = new Error(b)), a[e].q = a[e].q || [], a[e].q.push({
+                    e: g
+                })
+            }
+        }(window, document, "script", "http://cdn.raygun.io/raygun4js/raygun.min.js", "rg4js");
+    </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div class="container">
+    <div class="header clearfix">
+        <br>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="jumbotron">
+        <h1 class="text-center">Raygun4JS - Large Payload Support</h1>
+        <p class="text-center">
+            This example demonstrates that Raygun4JS now supports error messages longer than 512 characters.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-4">
+                <p class="text-center">
+                    <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" id="ShortErrorButton" role="button">
+                        Short Error (< 512 chars)
+                    </button>
+                </p>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-md-4">
+                <p class="text-center">
+                    <button class="btn btn-lg btn-danger" id="LargeErrorButton" role="button">
+                        Large Error (> 1000 chars)
+                    </button>
+                </p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    rg4js('apiKey', 'paste_your_api_key_here');
+    rg4js('enableCrashReporting', true);
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    $(function () {
+        $('#ShortErrorButton').click(function () {
+            var shortMessage = "This is a short error message that is less than 512 characters long.";
+            console.log("Sending short error (" + shortMessage.length + " characters)");
+            Raygun.send(new Error(shortMessage));
+        });
+
+        $('#LargeErrorButton').click(function () {
+            var largeMessage = "This is a long error message that exceeds 512 characters.\n".repeat(20);
+            console.log("Sending large error (" + largeMessage.length + " characters)");
+            Raygun.send(new Error(largeMessage));
+        });
+    });
+</script>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/raygun.js b/src/raygun.js
index a0d74234..8ca30d6d 100644
--- a/src/raygun.js
+++ b/src/raygun.js
@@ -865,10 +865,6 @@ var raygunFactory = function (window, $, undefined) {
       finalMessage = scriptError;
     }
 
-    if (finalMessage && typeof finalMessage === 'string') {
-      finalMessage = finalMessage.substring(0, 512);
-    }
-
     var pageLocation;
     if (!Raygun.Utilities.isReactNative()) {
       pageLocation = [
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/v2/manualSendVeryLongMessage.html b/tests/fixtures/v2/manualSendVeryLongMessage.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2490705d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/v2/manualSendVeryLongMessage.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Raygun4JS with V2 API - Very Long Message Test</title>
+    <script src="/fixtures/common/instrumentXHRs.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        !function(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h){a.RaygunObject=e,a[e]=a[e]||function(){
+        (a[e].o=a[e].o||[]).push(arguments)},f=b.createElement(c),g=b.getElementsByTagName(c)[0],
+        f.async=1,f.src=d,g.parentNode.insertBefore(f,g),h=a.onerror,a.onerror=function(b,c,d,f,g){
+        h&&h(b,c,d,f,g),g||(g=new Error(b)),a[e].q=a[e].q||[],a[e].q.push({
+        e:g})}}(window,document,"script","/dist/raygun.js","rg4js");
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      rg4js('apiKey', 'abcdef==');
+      rg4js('enableCrashReporting', true);
+
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        // Create a message much longer than 1000 characters
+        var veryLongMessage = "This is a very long error message designed to test that the 512 character limit has been removed from Raygun4JS. ".repeat(15) + "This final part should ensure we're well over 1000 characters to test large payload support thoroughly.";
+        rg4js('send', veryLongMessage);
+      }, 1000);
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/specs/v2/payloadLengthTests.js b/tests/specs/v2/payloadLengthTests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81814974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/v2/payloadLengthTests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var _ = require('underscore');
+
+describe("Large payload support tests for v2 manual send", function() {
+
+  it("supports very large error messages (>1000 characters)", async function () {
+    await browser.url('http://localhost:4567/fixtures/v2/manualSendVeryLongMessage.html');
+
+    await browser.pause(4000);
+
+    var requestPayloads = await browser.execute(function () {
+      return window.__requestPayloads;
+    });
+
+    var passes = _.any(requestPayloads, function (payload) {
+      return payload.Details.Error.Message.length > 1000;
+    });
+
+    expect(passes).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
