Been fun the second time around, but several reasons are forcing me to trade her. Going bye byes in the next week or so. Tons of parts in the classifieds.

Thanks for all the members help on here

 

Take care Jim and please don't tell us your getting a Cheb or a Dudge I'm sure someone will get a nice red Lightning

 

Hate to see you go Bro, but you got to do what you got to do
BEST OF LUCK .... and don't be a stranger

 

Where are the classifieds? I am looking for some aftermarket parts for my 2002 Lightning. It is pretty much stock right now and I want to change that! What all do you have for sale?

 

They're on the left side of the screen in the main menu.
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See you when the gen 3's come out Dragon

 

04 F-150 Supercrew 4x4 or Tacoma Crew Cab 4x4? I think the Toyota will have fewer problems and better resale in the long run

 

Why would you go from a Lightning to another truck? Or was it a work truck?

 

Need 4 doors and a truck because of the house

 

Why not an HD edition then? At least you would get to keep the performance...

 

what the hell are you smoking.

you need

 

You'll probably be happier with the Ford. When I went to the product launch meeting for the new F150, they had the frames from the Chevy, Dodge, Ford, and Toyota. The setup was to show how much defletion each frame had. Needles to say the Ford kicked a$$. The Dodge was very good, the Chevy fair, but the Toyota was terrible. It looked like it was built from an erector set. In the test a 160 lb guy leaned on a 16 FT bar attached at the rear wheel location. The front of each frame was solid mounted to the display. When the guy layed accross the bar it measured in inches how much the frame flexed. The Ford was less than 1 inch. The Toyota was over 7 inches. When the guy layed on the bar, he bounced for better than two minutes. They had to switch sides of the frame for mounting from show to show because the frame was staying bent. Switching allowed it to bend back and forth. I wouldn't ever want to own a truck with a frame that weak. I've thought about getting rid of my L for probable the same reasons as you, can't fit the family but need a truck. Thing that bugs me is how much they want to give me for my L. They want to give me like $4 K less than I owe, and I bought mine on Ford's D-plan. Not to mention the $4K in stuff I've added.

 

go with a 4 door f250 6.0 diesel

 

Yep, those F250s have a decent aftermarket from what I hear. You have plenty of choices as far as a 4-door truck with some power and potential.

But please don't go from a Lightning to a regular F-150 or Toyota! You'll hate yourself.

Your options:

F-250 PSD
F-350 PSD
HD
SS (better than a Toyota Tacoma!)

Also, assuming you need four doors for a family, what does your wife drive? Unless it's a two-seater, you should be fine with the L! Plus, nothing beats getting picked up from soccer practice by your dad in a Lightning!

 

Oh no anything but RICE ! Remember MITZU steel as in Bombs they dropped on our heads in 44-55 D-day come on man ! The new Ford frame is supposed to be the best of them all.