New daily driver.

[Jr]

Originally Posted by Kris Horton

I picked up the car for $6K from a good friend of mine who took great care of it. I love that car, but it wasn't really all that practical, so I gave it to my dad to use as a daily driver (5 miles or so a day) since I knew he'd take good care of it.

Kris

Kris,
Wow, I bet he appreciated the act of kindness.
If my father wasnt so damn picky, I would love to do something like that for him..

[Kris Horton]

Yeah, he enjoys the car, but on the downside, it's a little rough on his back since it's so low and shifts hard but he says it's not too bad.

[Smack_talker]

I want a Lightning for a daily driver. I need to stop buying Mustangs and look for a deal on one.

[Kris Horton]

They can be found for reasonable prices. I picked mine up for under $22K. Some out there are in the $18K area. '03 and '04 are most desireable because '02 and earlier had problems spitting spark plugs because the heads weren't threaded deep enough. The problem affected 1 in 4 Lightnings I believe, but it was a warranty fix, so it's probaly even more rare now.

Check out the www.nloc.net for sale section, that's where I found mine.

[Steve1968LS2]

Nice truck.. wish they made it in a crew or at least extended cab.. I NEED the back area..

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Nice truck.. wish they made it in a crew or at least extended cab.. I NEED the back area..

They do; the Harley Davidson edition in 03 I believe started being made with the Lightning engine/trans (20 less HP).

Jody

[Kris Horton]

Yeah, the HD F-150's were 4-doors with the S/C 5.4, but only ran 6psi of boost stock compared to the 8psi in the Lightnings, making them less powerful. Very nice trucks just the same though. A friend of mine just bought an all black one that looks amazing.

Kris

[Streetking]

Those are really cool, congrats. I had a '04 with every bolt on that JDM made and I really liked it. Sold it to a friend of mine about a year ago and I saw it last weekend, it only has 4k miles on it!

SW

[Kris Horton]

Very nice SW! What kind of drop did you have on it. I have the Hotchkis springs, but it's not much of a drop. I love the way it looks, but a bit lower wouldn't be bad either.

What kind of numbers were you seeing with the bolt ons?

[camcojb]

I can't believe you picked black!


Jody