Glad you got it sorted out, I hated working with the stainless. Easy to bend, a chore to cut and drill and deburr. In looking at your pictures, the only place that might have possibly made a difference is the height of your glareshield at the firewall. I made mine go as high as possible, such that I had to trim corners off the firewall attach angles
From your pictures though, I'm not sure even that would have been enough. Anyway, problem solved!