PDW Fenders + Fork with attachment rear of crown

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These are great fenders, but in attempting to bolt them onto my Ritchey Outback this morning, I discovered that they do not play nicely out of the box with the "rear" fender mount on the fork crown. The mounting bracket on the front fender is fixed in place, and the resulting attachment at the rear of the fork results in an unusable fender line - wheel frozen in place, fender way out behind the front wheel.

The stays are already pushed into the adjustable safety tabs as far as they will go, out of the box.

Yes, I know the fork should have a proper hole all the way through so that I can mount the bracket at the front with a bolt and nut. Oh well. I know the Columbus Futura forks are also guilty of this sin.

I'm presuming the fix here is to hacksaw 3cm or so off the stays to restore the intended fender line. Any other thoughts before I get to cutting?