67 Camaro -Front wheel fitment help w/ tru-turn

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Ok..here is the run down. I have a 67 camaro with stock sub and am running stock lower and upper control arms at the moment but plan to upgrade to ridetechs upper and lowers in the near future. I already have their muscle bar and just ordered the complete tru-turn kit. Awhile back I bought Mr. Rupps set of forgeline wheels knowing they would take some work to get to fit. I had my rear end narrowed to fit the rears and now its time to work on the fronts. Here is what I know. The fronts are 18 x 9.5 and when measuring the backspacing I come up with something around 7 1/4". I also know that with the wilwood brake kit I have they add about .18 (3/16) to each side from the stock hub. Now with that being said I have read till my eyes have bleed that most guys running the tru-turn set up on a 67-68 are running anywhere from a 18x9 to 18x10 with a 275 tire. They are running about 5.75" of backspace and some metal work may be required tothe fender/wheel well areas. I’m ok with some clearance work / tweeking to get everything to fit correct. I will run a 275 tire when I find a decent set of kdw's for sale used. With all that being said I know I have to get the backspacing correct in order for everything to fit correct. Without the tru-turn on I did a dry fit last night and felt like the wheels wouldn't work no matter what I do. When bolted up to the car as is I felt that the wheel was a little less than flush with the fender lip. I put about 3/4" of spacers on the hub to pull the wheel out a bit but feel like the wheel it just about flush with the fender. If I follow what is recommended I will need 1.5" spacer or to get new barrels and lips to change the backspacing. I’d rather get a cheap 50-100$ spacer first just to make sure everything clears and works before dropping over 600 on new lips/barrels. I feel like if I bring the wheel out 1.5" the actual wheel lip will be outside of the fender completely. Looking for some opinions on all of this. Thanks, Steven