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Ah so sorry you've been assaulted like that, that's horrendous! Kill cars, etc etc.
Re: mudguards, I remember reading somewhere, can't remember where - probably Jan Heine? - (EDIT: It's on the Velo Orange website for re-radiusing mudguards) that with metal guards you can tease out a new radius, say for 26" to 27.5" or vice versa, by going from one end to another and squeezing and forming them to be narrower or wider. If you widen the guards, as you go along the overall wheel radius will decrease whereas if you squeeze them to be narrower the overall wheel radius will increase.
To answer your question, you probably could convert metal guards from 27.5 to 26", but they might be a tad wider (so consider frame fit) along with being a smaller wheel radius.
Hope you rest well!