Anyone actually running 18x9.5 fronts with 6.5"+ BS?

Actually I was a bit confused as to if the OP had truly installed his suspension right because what he had done should have worked. His pictures are vague and confusing to the point it looks like he had a ride height set with 3" of air between the top of the tire and the fender lip? And no where did I read what rotor he was running...

So, no I don't feel comfortable telling someone what "should" fit, when they can't get what I know "will" fit, fit. And the OP says he can't get an 18x9 to fit? Obviously 72bluNblu feels comfortable telling someone he knows tomswheels got a 18x10" +42 OS rim to fit with a 285/35/18 tire. But, I've seen him quote this installment before even though he's not sure how it was done or what the suspension, or brakes where, at any given time with tomswheels ever evolving car. He'll just tell you the fenders got pushed out. The OP's car looks all nice and painted, I assume he wouldn't want to be pushing a fender out with the paint all pretty.

And when someone tells me 18x9 rims are uncommon and 18x9-1/2 are common in the custom rim manufacturing? I just feel it's up to them to figure it out themselves. Some people think a $200 per rim is custom, others think that means a $1000 per rim is... Either way I don't want to steer them into wasting money. But truly custom built rims you can have any offset that works instead of what's off the shelf.

And 72bluNblu likes to say I got my info on what rims are on my car from him. Which isn't true at all. I don't have the same brakes as him, my car is mini-tubbed (which he calls a "trailer queen"), I don't have the same rear axle or brakes as him, so none of his info was of use for me... I just looked at it as I could get what I bought to work with his brake package too.

So, I went out and measured my car, if I came to the conclusion that 72bluNblu was similar, and established a range of what would work on my car. And when it comes to cramming the biggest tire that fits with a "Pretty Close" alignment? Well, every 1 degree of camber moves the tire quite a bit, I just figure I need 3/16-1/4" of room to do that per degree. And if things are getting really tight, I set the car on the ground to check my clearance.