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Well, i just went out and looked and I don't know how they could be mounted backwards. Your rockrail should be just behind the fender well and measures about 13" from where the edge of the brackets are mounted to the edge of the rockrail. If you did have them mounted backwards, you would have roughly 5" from the bracket edge to the edge of the rockrail. So, i don't see how they could be mounted wrong.

When you feel better, take a pic of your rockrail like this one or compare how much further forward yours sits in comparison to the body than these pics.