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Drop
Chevy likes the 2 inch snow plow effect. Your truck (if at origianal stance) should be two inches higher in the rear. Lowering springs would be your best option. You have two others though. One is to cut the springs but a machine shop would have to reshape the coil because the top and bottom coils of the spring are smaller diameter than the rest (not a problem in the front however if you later decide you want to drop it too, in the front only the top has a smaller diameter so you can cut the bottom, then heat it up and pound the coil flat to sit on your control arm.) Back to the rear. They are also progressive coils so when you chop the top or bottom the new top or bottom coils will be closer. In essence it will be a little stiffer, in actuality you won't notice a thing. The other option is not suggested but fun to do, especially if you are going to get different springs anyway. Until you get them if you want it lower, just heat the coils to see what you are going to have. Do one side at a time and take it slow. It isn't as hard as everyone says to make it acuarate but just take it slow and measure off the tire to the fender. The bump stops may not be acurate. Warning: if you go to far there is no turning back. You may be chopping the front springs too. Best of luck.
Mike D
67/68 slammed, blown C10 so close
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