Help with preload for a ladder bar/coil over car

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Resisting the urge to tell you to buy something, let's start here.
Assuming everything is square, and sitting on the tires, you would want the left front bolt out, and your weight in the driver's seat.
Now you would adjust the left bar until the bolt just easily slips into the hole.
That would be zero pre-load, and where you want to start.

Pretty hard to do that with a coil over car