Has anyone ever Z-ed and Step Notched and kept stock coils???

[milehightoyz]

Ok, before you guys think Ive lost my mind....heres what Im trynig to do. Im workin on a 71 GMC C-20 2WD Suburban. Basically Im building something fun to pull my toys around with (no serious heavy duty towing, jetskis, dirtbikes, atvs, occasional race car, jet boat etc.) Anyhow I am wanting to keep the 4:11 8 lug rear and heavy duty suspension for the fact that I love how easy the truck pulls and how nice it rides under load (I prefer keeping 8 lug and not interested in swapping out for 5 lug stuff). Highway RPMS and nose bleed ride height are my only 2 problems with this truck at this point. Im going with a 350 vortec/4L80E combo out of a rolled 97 crew cab c3500 which will help my highway driving, next up is my trucks stance, hence this thread.

Plans are to get the truck to a point where it rides very low but utilizes stock suspension and sacrifices no towing capacity. Essentially, I want to change nothing about the ride quality/tow capacity but lower the stance dramatically. I plan to step notch the rear and move factory rear coils up higher into the notch (ie something like a bridge but with stock coils not bags) to get rear to sit lower and still accommodate axle travel (ill replace stock panhard with an adjustable unit). For the front I havent yet decided how low, but I plan to do a combo of either a very mild z, drop coils, perhaps tubular lowers (or maybe just modify my lowers to get a little lower if need be, as far as I can find noone makes a drop spindle for a c-20 71-72 other than chassitech, who will probably send me a toyota spindle and charge me a 50% restock fee to send it back and get the right one).

Just curious if anyone has done this or has pics of trucks that ride low (lower than your typical 4/6, 5/7 stuff without utilizing air, slammed hard but at a fixed height, non adjustable, etc.). Pics would be greatly appreciated. Curious to know if anyone thinks I am crazy as well, or may have overlooked anything that will interfere with my objective or, maybe even suggestions for a more practical means to my end.

Truck will be copperhead orange, black 20/22" KMC wheels polished lip, tan custom leather interior......build thread starting soon, once I decide what I want to do with this pig....Thanks in advanced....