I see in one of the above posts about VCI. I went to their webpage and they look like the same brackets that I have. Maybe the PO just installed them upside down and backwards like mentioned. I'm going to pull it all part this weeknd and see if that is the issue.
THe TRE site was helpful too, thanks for that info:
http://www.tremotorsports.com/gallery.cfm?Node=10321
Here's the kit on VCI's website: