I've seen a number of people complain about it in their build threads and some folks come up with some solutions, the latest of which I saw a guy put some washers to space the bracket down away from the rack. But that trick won't work for me.... take a look:
That lower nut is hardly engaged on the bolt and if I tighten in down anymore, it will start to crush the rack. I've tried playing with the balance of the two bolts but nothing works well.
This would be a great part for someone to make a custom bracket for. I wonder why no one hasn't already? I think I read someone said it's because it varies so much from car to car, but I don't really understand that.... what varies? The racks are going to be the same as are the brackets FFR provides. The U-shaped bracket that you re-use from the donor car is always going to be the same. It really seems this is a part someone could offer and it would be ideal to make the saddle wider than 1/8"! If no one is in the process of doing this, I may try to work up a prototype on my brother in law's 3D printer and if it works, see what it would cost to have a small production run so I can offer it here.
I'd rather someone tell me they are in the process of making something really nice so I could just pay them handsomely for it lol.