I don't understand why people modify thier trucks to get it just perfect then trade it in and sign up for another 5 years of payments.
Owners of 97 trucks are almost done if not already done with thier payment book why don't they just use the extra $ for more mods (you can never have enough)

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99 XLT 5.4L reg cab
4x2 120" Wheelbase
4 wheel disc brakes/ABS
5 star larait style wheels
Toreador Red/Silver
3.55 gears 255/70/16 OWL
Delta toolbox
Eclipse 5340 cd player
Memphis ARCS50 component speakers w/tweeters mounted flush in the door panels (excellent sound)
Sherwood 35x2 RMS amp for components.
Jensen 50x2 RMS for subs.
2 6.5" Bazooka tubes
Lowering shackles?
54regcab@duesouth.net in Columbia SC

 

Good question, I for one will not be trading in for a long while, if ever.

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Carrollton Texas (DFW), Member of Fordified.
Black 1999 Roush F-150 Super Cab Flairside Roush package includes the Roush Suspension, 18"x 9.5 Chrome Wheels, B. F. Goodrich Z295/45, Full Ground Effects, Leather Signatured Interior (Front and Back), Flowmaster with Side Exit Infront of the Wheel, Embroidered Floor Mats, and Roush Eyebrow Logo. Extras are the Superchip, F1 Cobra Hood, ******* Hard Tonneau, Bedrug, Slide Window and lots of other little odds and ends

mumbly@myf150.com





[This message has been edited by Mumbly (edited 10-04-1999).]

 

It could be for the same reason I am gonna end up ditching this 99. Maybe their is an option they regret having or not having and they are trying to solve this problem. Bigger engine, larger cab, DIFFERENT SEATS or whatever their dilemna may be.

Otherwise the F-150 is a long term vehicle as I see it.

 

Or maybe their lease is expiring. Seems a lot of people are doing that now.

Neal

 

I have always traded after about three years. This one I plan on keeping for a while though. I have it pretty much the way I want it (54regcab: your right. You never can have enough mods.)


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'97 F150 Lariat, Flareside, white/sliver, SC, ORP, 5.4 (FQR), Mods: 305/70/16 GY ATS, AR Baja wheels, dual exhaust, Smittybilt Nerf Bars, Edelbrock IAS Shocks, K&N Filter and Carbon Fiber Bug Gaurd. Rigged the fog lights too.

 

I won't be buying another F150 unless they change the rear seats back....

Plus, I'm ready to move up I think. Next will be an F350 Crew Cab Short Bed ORP.


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keith@myf150.com
http://www.myf150.com
Rocky Mount, NC

1999 F-150 XLT Styleside, Black On Black, SuperCab, Short Bed, 4x4, ORP, 4.6L Auto, 3.55LS

Mods: DrawTite Class III Hitch, Smittybilt Outland Grill Guard/Brush Guards, KC Daylighters, Custom Dual Exhaust w/ Dual Flowmaster 40's-Straight Out The Back, Airaid FIPK, SuperChips Chip, Bug Deflector, Pace-Edwards Roll-Top Bed Cover

 

I don't know, around my house we keep them for atleast 10 years or 200,000 miles

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1997 4x4 5.4 ORP XLT extended cab Dark Toreador red Westin nerf bars tint HARDER THAN A ROCK AND FASTER THAN A HEART BEAT

 

Two words: Crackfree doors!

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'97 XLT Reg. Cab, 4.2V6, 5spd, Superchipped, K&N Air Filter, Lund Deflector, Dash Mat, MagnaFlow Muffler, Hellwig Rear Sway Bar, Edelbrock Shocks, Duraliner, Extang Saber Tonneau, Bell-Tech 2" Rear Drop, Amer. Rac. Atlas Wheels Clad in 275/60/17 Eagle GTII. Likes straightaways, loves twisties.

 

Conqsoft...the "00 is supposed to have a backseat that flips up (just like the Tundra!). Personally, I prefer the fold-down feature.

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'99 F150 SC, 4x2, Oxford white, flareside, 5.4, 3.55 rearend,
bodyside mouldings, Snugtop hard tonneau, K&N dropin and airbox mod. Duraliner drop-in (gave up on the Penda Nascar).
Future mods: 2/4 lowering, bra and some Roush stuff. Also want Gibson Supertruck

 

I am like seacrow....it is a few options I did not get the first time around....I really need the 4th door, prefer rear disk brakes, CD player this time, and the overhead console is nice. Towing package and heavy duty cooling this time around. Basically MORE TOYS!

Not to mention.....early production problems...

There have been a ton of posts on cracks developing in the 97-98 (99?) doors. Piston slap in the 97's through early 99's. Cracks in the roof water channels (which mine DOES have).

 

I sold my 97 lariat 4X4 ORP SC because I wanted a 96 collector corvette...

Then I got married, smartened up, sold the vette, bought an explorer, and traded in my wife's honda civic when I got MY f150!

Once the summer was over, and the corvette was fast becoming my winter car (just kidding) I realized I shoulda kept my ford! Unless this turns out to be a lemon, it will be in my driveway for the next 10 years, maybe more.

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David
'99 F150 XLT SC, STYLESIDE
4X4 ORP 5.4L, AUTOMATIC,
139wb, Rhino, K&N,
BugGuard, RainGuards
Superchip

 

A new truck is a possibility when I graduate college, but I really like the truck I have. But I figure there will be a lot more products out there for the 97's by the time I graduate and I will also be able to afford them myself. Also my truck will be paid for by then and then its totally mine. I can put whatever I want on it and that's all I have to pay for (other than insurance). I can live with the reg cab and the V6 can always be replaced with a v8. But I'm still not sure though, depends on what they look like by May 2001.

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'97 f-150 XLT V6 auto 3.55 silver reg cab flareside , 6 cd, Lariat floor mats, tonneau, ground effects, tint, glasspack w/ duals, new= ion optics fog lights, cracked windshield (thanks to a dodge caravan). the heartbeat stops here.
http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/ponysix8 http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/ponysix8/images/T004.wav

 

Lease here. Its nice haveing a new vehicle every 2 years.

 

i'm on a 7 year plan
which is pay for 4 drive free for 3
and then get rid of it while i can


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99 XLT SC 4x4 STYLESIDE ORP 5.4,AUTO & 3.73 POSI
MED. TOREADOR RED
EXTANG TONEAU,BED MAT,
K&N FILTER & WOOD DASH KIT

 

Count me in for the 7 year plan.
Thats what I did on my last truck.