Good perspectives gentlemen.
Kevin... I don't deserve having you crawl under your truck for this thread, but of course, I am grateful.
Stovebolters, it will be a few weeks before I get a picture of tire-within-fender and fender-on-bedside. My rims are 9.5 x 18 with 5" backspace and rear tires are 275/40 R18. I have a set of mini tubs but I am noodling on cutting down the height of the tubs. As they come out of the box, they are 10.5" high with an additional .75 flange on top. That flange collides with that top (highest) fender bolt. I really do not need all that vertical space. I calculate at most, I need 5" tub height and the .75" lip.
To condense the wait time on seeing where my wheels are positioned, I am going to bolt a rear fender on and "fake it" with the tire by just aligning it with the studs and having the tire rest beside the hub instead of being bolted to the hub.
Thanks to all of you for giving me insight into what to shoot for.
