Flipped the wing, notched the ribs, and glued in a new stringer.

Here you can see what I considered the biggest deterrent from changing the leading edge construction. It was the “forward subspar” that is already built ahead of the landing gear bay. This is the section of stringers and shear webbing running from the root rib to rib number 6. Had those stringers been located farther forward, it would have been an obvious choice to continue them to the tip rib and cap the nose with some solid wood. Unfortunately those stringers don't even run parallel to the leading edge. I decided to leave those stringers and webbing in place since the ribs in the wheel well area were already glued into place and the structure was secure. My new stringers merge with the "forward subspar" between ribs 5 and 6. The subspar required some trimming for this merge. See attached picture. The merge is somewhat hidden by the spring clamps that are there.