I went with the 9" and am happy with it. My headlight is in the stock location and nothing has been done to the hardware around it. I have about one inch clearance on each side and the top. If I moved the headlight forward I would want the 7" cutout.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.