Difficult time fitting swaybar end links

Update on this:

The front in the first post was about +0.25" over stock height. I lowered it to about -0.75" under stock height. After I lowered it this 1 inch, I had no problem at all fitting the end links. Didn't even have to loosen the bottom nut. So it was purely because I was riding a bit too high.

No binding in the suspension either. Glad it was an easy fix!

Blurry pic, but here is proof: