Best Drop with coil suspension

[capriceutah]

72 C10 Half Ton LWB with coils all around and front factory disk brakes.

It seems most trucks are a leaf rear. I was just wondering what the lowest I could go and the best way to go to do 7"/ 5 " drop or lower. I have searched and all the posts I saw referred to a leaf/coil combo when it came to lowering.

Let me premise this by saying this site kicks major ass for the info(searching for weeks before I posted, probably doing hei/tranny swap this weekend) and I'm looking forward to building my C10.

Thanks in Advance,
Chris

[Tx Firefighter]

Most vendors sell rear coil springs from 0 to 6 inch drop, you're choice. Any lower than 6 inches will require a lowering block in conjunction with drop springs. At this level, you'll need to c-notch the frame too.

In the front, 3 inch drop coil springs are pretty much as low as you can go without alignment headaches. If you want to go lower than 3 in the front, you'll need to add a drop spindle. They are available in 2.5 and 3 inch drop varieties. Beware though, that a 3 inch spindle and a 3 inch spring is a very low drop for daily driving.

My truck is a bear to drive everyday because I constantly knock into stuff. It was much more fun when I had it just 4/6 drop.

Airbags are a different story. They allow much more leeway as to driving one really low.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

My truck is a bear to drive everyday because I constantly knock into stuff. It was much more fun when I had it just 4/6 drop.

TX, what happened to the fleet-side bed that was on there?

[Tx Firefighter]

I got bored with it. I really like step beds better overall. This one needs a little TLC when I get some free time.