I am considering getting rid of my Saleen and my Lincoln Mark VII and getting an 'L' as my sole car.

Honestly, are these things of any use in the rain or the snow? Can you outfit it with snow tires or something like that in the winter? Does anyone here use it in inclement weather?

 

I have had no problem with them in either the rain or snow. There are several of us that have bought snow tires and drove the L all winter long. As long as your easy on the pedal, you'll have no problem. The 16" and 17" wheels from F-150's, Expeditions and Navigators will fit our L.

 

These babies handle like a dream in the snow! As a matter of fact, I plow with mine. Two tons of sand in the bed with a 8 foot Meyer plow. Set your chip for the street position and your ready for some boost!!

 

The F-1's have been great in the rain. But don't even think about using them in the snow. I bought a set of Bridgestone Winter Duellers mounted on Navigator take-off's from the Tire Rack for winter use. All I can say is those tires are incredible. The truck went from being the worse vehicle I had ever driven in snow to the second best, almost as good as the full size 4x4 Balzer we had before.

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99 Lightning black #2022, cd,tow package,bed rug,roll-n-lock
(13.73 @ 99.74 stock)
98 Cobra coupe laser red
best stock et 13.43 @ 103
one run w/ 3.55 gears 13.34 @ 102 no other mods
former Chevy fan still have a few
72 SS454 11.6 @ 116 (slicks open headers)
68 Camaro 12.2 @ 116 (street tires closed exhast)

 

swellc5-

'2 tons of sand' as in 4,000 lbs? Mine drags a$$ with 1,000 lbs back there, without the lowering shackles. Does Meyers make a Lightning specific mounting to get under the front fascia? Can you post pictures?

 

I'm not about to hook up a snow plow but honestly I have had 3 trucks and the one I feel the safest in up to this point in snow or rain is the Lightning. You can't drive like a bat out of hell but she's never left me stuck and that is on the F1s.

CA

 

Mine's not too bad in the rain, BUT, I would never drive it in the snow, unless Iam the only driver on the roads... you put a plow on the front????? I guess its good to push the chevy's out of the way :-)

 

95 Saleen S351:
I might be interested in your S351.
EMail me at 38chevy@interaccess.com

Ron


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2000 Silver Lightning
2000 Silver Grand Am
1996 Honda Shadow A.C.E.
1993 Rudy Covette
1938 Red Chevy Coupe

 

2 tons, yea right
Pretty good on a vehicle good for 800 lbs payload
Do I sense a heckler in the crowd?

 

I've had no problems at all with driving my truck in this damn northwest Oregon rain. I'll occassionally get some hydroplaning when the freeway ruts fill with water, but I've never felt uncomfortable or insecure in the Lightning in rainy weather.

Now, for me, snow is another story... I haven't yet had the chance, and hope I don't ever need to up here.

~rick

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lightning_svt@hotmail.com
2000 Ford F-150 Lightning

 

I drive my truck all year and all of the time. Up here we get some nasty winter at times and I had absolutely no problems with this truck. It was 1000 times better than my Z28 w/traction control and many other cars that were on the road. The trick is to have the right snow tires on there. The Bridgestone winter duelers were great!
I feel much safer in my L than in a cheapa#$ winter beater.

Paul G.

 

I did put 5 of those tubes of sand in there, each weighing about 70 lbs.---350 lbs total. It rode real good and didn't have much of any problem.

 

I fitted a set of Yokohama RV-F340 tires,
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/yokoha...ex_rv_f340.jsp

on 16" stock F150 steel wheels, and driving in snow is fun.

The Yokohamas are much better than the Bridgestone Winter Duellers, because they use the same compound throughout the tire.

The F1's are prone to hydroplaning, but if you keep this in mind and slow down a little, the truck is truly a "sports-utility" vehicle.

 

Black.....my duelers are the same compound throughout. They aren't like the Blizzaks in that way where you wear off the main part of the tread and it just becomes a good snowtire. These things are great right to the base. I should have gotten wider than the 225's though! Dangerous on those turns.

Paul G.

 

I drove from Dallas to Houston in a driving rain storm in the middle of the night on the F-1 tires at 65 and not once did I feel like I hydroplaned.I've had a ranger pickup come out from under me doing 50 with light rain and hit the barrier did $3500 dollars of damage.Took me two years before I did'nt feel scared to drive in the rain.I feel very at easy in this truck in a rain storm.

Jim