New Suspension woes-Bilstein and Addco

I'm trying to get the front suspension wrapped up for cruising season. Imagine my surprise when I open the Bilstein shock boxes to find the front shocks don't come with dust covers. The instructions say to remove the dust cover from my old shocks and reuse them. The old cheap shocks steel dust cover won't fit. I buy $400+ shocks and I have to mess with them? really? Did everyone else's not have dust covers? What did everyone else do about this?
Secondly, I go to bolt up my Addco front sway bar and it doesn't seem to fit. The bar seems to be about 1+" wider than where the end links fall on the lower control arms. What am I missing? I'm not even going to comment on how forked up the mounting setup is for this bar. I have used Addco bars on other cars before with no problem.

The car is a '69 Dart convertible that needs better handling but won't be a canyon carver. That's why I didn't buy high dollar sway bar setups.