Longer wheel studs?

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

Do you have any close ups of a factory steel wheel? Right where the taper is

Thanks...Pete

No, I have tried to find one. Let me see of I can explain. Look at the area from where the small hub cap would cover the lug nuts. There are humps that the hub cap snaps over. Next look at the rim where the tire is mounted. The area on your wheel looks tapered compared to the wheels where that area is flat that I posted above.

If that front wheel will go on without the spacer and caliper the wheel has to be hitting some place. If it wasn't hitting it wouldn't go on that way either.