Yeah I still don't really understand why my car is seemingly having this issue. In light of Rusty's comment I was hoping it would be as simple as he states, but on my car, without modding the column flange in any way but mounting it max to the left and up, with my stock column+bearing, I had around 1/16" of clearance. After drilling the flange out a little bit it increased to around 1/8". After modding the flange a bit more and adjusting the dash mount by loosening it and pressing the steering wheel hard to the passenger side before tightening it all back up real good, I was able to quite literally squeeze out 1/4" of clearance. While I'm stoked that this should at the very least work for now, it def doesn't feel like I should have to go to such lengths, so I still wonder what is truly the root cause.
The k-member is a brand new RMS Alterktion so it should be all square up front. My Doug's have a 3/8" flange and the #7 tube sticks out another 2 1/2" for a total of 2 7/8". Anyone know if that's to spec or what the TTI's are comparatively?