my PST Strud rod Bushing Fell off the car! *PICS*

In my opinion, there is not enough movement in the front of that strut rod that there would ever be a concern of the cup edge hitting the k member and limiting travel. otherwise they wouldnt have kept the design for so many years. with the cup facing in, the cup will split the bushing causing premature failure and from what i see in the OPs pics, that is exactly what happened here. had the cup been installed the opposite way, that bushing would still be there and working the way it should.