S10 chassis wheel spacer question

[Cautrell05]

For the guys running 2 inch spacers with the S10 chassis, how much tire to fender clearance do you have between the front tires and the fender? Thinking of some chassis mods on mine to avoid the spacers. Would like to run 15x7 or 8 on the front without spacers. What I have in mind is to split the front crossmember in the middle and spread it to the width I need then fill in the gap. The b-body spindles add about a half inch per side. 3 inches in the middle would equal the same width as running the spacers. I'm not afraid of chassis mods and have the resources. Just wondering how wide to go.

Nick