Well, before I even posted that question I had ordered some fender extender thingamabobs off JC Whitney. Went to Walmart and bought some of that trim tape for sticking the side molding to cars and stuck it on there with that...

No way in HELL i'm drilling into my wheelwells!

Now I find out that there's some young chick that works the counter there, and she apparently told the inspector i was a "good friend" and asked him to hook me up... got a phone call saying that if I taped the fender extenders on and they seemed "relatively secure" they'd pass it.

I'll find out this morning - i'll post the results! Cross your fingers...