Unlike everyone else on this message board i dont own a Lightning(which someday i definetly will) but to be honest i cant afford one right now, but i was wanting to modify my 97' flareside to kinda look like a lighting. Everything on the Truck is stock, and was wanting to make it look better. I am wanting to put 20 inch rims on it and wanna a very good tire, but i have no clue on what tires to get. I was thinkin about the Harley Davidson rims, but i dont know. I just need someone to help me figure what to do to my truck to make it look good and run good. I appreciate ne bodys help and advice, thanks.



97 Blue Flareside
4.2 liter 5-speed
Reg cab, short bed

 

I think I found your dream truck, these pics are Danoid5631's truck, I found them on NLOC and I think it looks just amazing.







Looks good eh?

-Patrick

 

That does look badazz, was that just a reg f150 before??

 

neone that has ne tips sure would be greatly appreciated

 

i REALLY hope that was sarcasm....... :eek:

 

i dont know the truck isnt hat bad lookin, i was just wonderin if the truck was a reg F-150?? help needed

 

Thats a real Lightning!!!! he did some major work and finesse to it.

 

its nice, but i was hopin that u guys could help me out w/ doin some stuff to my truck, rims, tires, engine tranny, just some ideas ya know

 

Honestly, save your money. If you are thinking about 20" rims, that's pushing $2,000 for chrome rims and tires alone. That's a nice 10% down payment on a used 01 L.

Mods are an endless money pit. It's only worth it if you love the car/truck to start with. After you're done modding, you're truck will still be slow (4.2 V6's aren't exactly barn burners).

 

looks wierd with out being flareside and the color is well...fugly. Is it plum or something. Just my .02

 

Im not gonn be able make payments on a used 01 lightning, i am a junior in high school and only have this summer to make a lil money, i was just wantin to fix up my truck a lil bit. I was thinkin about just spend 3 or 4 thousand on it and then gettin rid of it in about a year, so what ya think???

 

that's danoid5631's truck. It's a very nice piece in my opinion. He's done more work on that truck that most anyone around here....JR

 

Well chit I think that truck is really nice, you guys can keep those bad opinions off the keyboard, thanks.

 

It depends. Are you going for just looks? You mentioned rims....but if you want some easy horsepower, there are some easy and relativley cheap things you can do.

1.K&N FIPK
2.Exhasut/Possibly Hedders
3.Chip
4.Gears (3.73 or 4.10's)

Those things right there will make your truck scoot around town fairly well. No, it wont take an L, but it will have more "spunk".

I dont know too much about aftermarker rims, but just type in some search criteria on google, im sure youll find tons of info.

Tint your windows if you havent. I think it always makes the truck look better, and it protects against UV rays. Chickenears, one of the L vendors here is well known for his "bling" stuff. Find it Here

Maybe a stereo? There are several threads about subs in our single cabs, one thread was just made not too long ago about the probox. Hit up the search here, youll find tons of goodies.

Hope thats some help, good luck

 

I think that would be a lot of money wasted, especially if you only plan on keeping it a year. And you'll be no closer to owning a real L.

Just to give you an idea, the money you're talking is like 9 months of payments for MY L. Probably closer to a year of payments for a used 99-01 L.