22 inch rims on a lightning?
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But...
It's not just about total mass. Think "moment of inertia". You will go much, much slower on 22's, in addition to killing your brakes (even worse than on the stockers), handling like crap, poor ride quality, cost, and looking stupid.
To each his own. The more slow Lightnings out there, the better I look.
To each his own. The more slow Lightnings out there, the better I look.
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wow great info guys, that articel about the perfomance was interesting. And I love the look of the L's on 22's (drool)
thanks for all your help guys.
As for quater mile times and all of that, im not really interested (it prolly hurts u guys to hear this) But the reason for buying my Lightning wasnt for the speed, it was for the price. I wanted a 2004 mustang gt. Previously owned stangs all my life. But they were clearing out all 2004 Lightnings and my payments worked out to be cheaper on a lightning than a stock gt.
So im trying to get the best of both worlds
and also being 22 years of age, im still into "all eyes on me" attention kinda thing hahah
so when i pay my truck off and am able to start modding the engine, i think i will just settle for some BlInG hahahah
thanks for all your help guys.
As for quater mile times and all of that, im not really interested (it prolly hurts u guys to hear this) But the reason for buying my Lightning wasnt for the speed, it was for the price. I wanted a 2004 mustang gt. Previously owned stangs all my life. But they were clearing out all 2004 Lightnings and my payments worked out to be cheaper on a lightning than a stock gt.
So im trying to get the best of both worlds
and also being 22 years of age, im still into "all eyes on me" attention kinda thing hahah
so when i pay my truck off and am able to start modding the engine, i think i will just settle for some BlInG hahahah
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My L brother Clint (finally back from Bagdad to pick his new L up from storage) just came by the dealership today to finally meet me and show me his L. He's already got 2000 miles on it. He's got 22" Boyd's and I must say it looked pretty sweet. Clint must have gotten some sick hazardous duty pay. He's already got 22's, Bassani cat back, billet upper and lower grills, a ******* hard cover, and the lowering job is just around the corner. He's driving to So. Cal. to have a So. Cal. drop kit installed.
He'll then be doing the performace mods in preperation to ship the L to Germany where he's stationed. How'd you guys like to run your L on the Autoban?
He'll then be doing the performace mods in preperation to ship the L to Germany where he's stationed. How'd you guys like to run your L on the Autoban?
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Canada...running 22's will definitely hurt your braking and the weight will something to consider. But more importantly, the lower ball joints on our L's are the ones that suffer most. They don't come with grease fittings (very little play) and those larger wheels will give even less. So be prepared especially if you want to lower. And my .02...if your going any larger than 18's...lower that puppy!
I personally run 20's ... and love 'em
I personally run 20's ... and love 'em
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Originally posted by blown318
If I am not mistakin.. Hdmlinium(sp?) ran a 12.0 on 22 inch rims........
If I am not mistakin.. Hdmlinium(sp?) ran a 12.0 on 22 inch rims........
But you can run quick while trying to look good, My truck ran 3 or 4 12.0's on the 22's before I traded them for some 20's.
I just couldn't get her in the 11's with them but I loved the way it looked back then and I wouldn't mind going Back in Time to do it all over again.
I think this is a video clip of one of the 12.0 runs on the 22's.
http://www.dragtruck.com/PICS/mpg.jpg
Bill-03-SD
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