I have fabbed up a set of rod end equipped strut rods and am wondering if there is some dimension or measurement that gets the lower control arm back in the car square? i took an overall length before i started but just want to double check.

I dont know what the stock dimension would be but
you can measure from the reference holes in the frame
to the zert fitting in the ball joint to see if they
are the same

i will see about pictures, just bought a female rod end. Fabbed up a step type 2 piece bushing for the k member end and bought a clevis bracket like for a track locator. installed the bushing/ clevis in the k member and measured to get the right length on the strut rod. cut the strut rod and threaded it. it wasnt too hard to do and it made a tremendous difference in freeing up the front end verses the poly bushings that were in there.