I didn't really measure anything I just bolted them in loosely with the LCA installed but no torsion bar; I basically started them long then adjusted them shorter to where I felt they were starting to bind up the LCA travel as I moved it up and down its full range of motion, then backed it off a bit. After they were in my suspicions of a poorly-made K-member were clear as the driver side strut rod is visibly shorter than the passenger side even though I made sure it wasn't binding or pulling the LCA too much.