I thought of something else. Is there a way to adjust/change the master cylinder pushrod length? When I disconnected the pushrod from the pedal, the pedal went up something like 0.5''. That's not 0.5'' at the pedal pad, but 0.5'' at the MC pin. I thought maybe the pushrod isn't long enough. I know on some older Mercedes models the MC's came with 2 rod lenghts. The Centric MC might be wrong somehow? Or maybe there's a way to adjust? I tried removing the plastic pedal stop and did not gain additional travel.

Right now, the clutch pedal pad is slightly higher than the brake pedal pad. Is it supposed to be considerably higher like on some cars?

Honestly, the only thing that might be wrong other than improper bleeding or wrong MC pushrod lenght/adjustment would be a bent clutch fork. All the other parts are new.