possilbe C35 drop questions

[jonvo4591]

I'm not seriously considering doing this any time soon, I have other things on the truck to address first, but I'd like to get some ideas/suggestions.

My truck is a 79 GMC C35. I eventually wanna drop the thing a little bit, not a ton. I still want a truck that can carry stuff, I don't pull anything or anything heavy like I'd need the 1 ton capacity at all.

I was wondering mostly about my rear. I was showing the truck to my buddy's dad who counted 18 leaves in the rear springs per side, including the helper springs, so I think that makes 16 leaves per side without them. The U bolts look big enough that they could be used for a lifted truck with blocks.

I was wondering what the best approach would be to get it down. I'm thinking I don't need anywhere near 16 leaves in my springs, so I was thinking remove leaves first, maybe a drop shackle.

For the front, possibly coils and/or spindles. I don't mind rake at all, I just want it down a noticable amount, and some actual suspension travel in the rear. I have yet to build my box/bed for the rear, but I don't think that would weigh it down very much with those springs on there.

What do you think?

[N2TRUX]

If they are available I would go with spindles up front. That would maintain your factory capacity and still give some drop.

In the rear there are usually excessive overload springs that could be removed and still maintain most of your capacity.

[jonvo4591]

Ive seen 1 ton drop spindles around, and yeah the 1 ton springs I've seen before don't seem to have nearly as many leaves as mine, so I was thinking I could remove like 1/2 of them. We'll see what happens when I get the time.

[jonvo4591]

Would it be feasible to simply bolt up some 1 ton or 3/4 ton leaves and get new ubolts and spring bolts? I've been contemplating doing this to lose some ride height and also give myself a little suspension too.