[Mike Pearson]

Your ladder bar has to have a downward angle in relationship to the frame of the car. The relationship to the ground means nothing. You should have about 2 degrees down angle. the front of the bar lower than the back. An easy way to give a quick check is to park the car on a level surface then step back and compare the angle of the bottom bar of the ladder bar to the bottom of the rocker panel of the car. The ladder bar should be lower in the front in comparison to the rocker panel. Use a protractor or smart level to check and fine tune the angles. you should also have about 2 degrees down pinion angle. When you set up the car take the shocks out and use a solid strut set to the exact installed height that you intend to run your shocks at. Make all of the adjustments so there is no preload. Then reinstall the shocks and put the car back down on the ground and adjust the ride height of the shocks to the same exact dimension of the set up struts. The car should work perfectly with this steup. I am running the same ladder bar set up as you. This is how I set up my car.