Just bought the truck yesterday after being a loyal Mustang owner for years. I was hesitant about it after all the trouble with my 99 Cobra. I'm not a huge fan of SVT...but I have to admit...the Lightning is awesome. Yes, it pulls to the right and makes loud noises when parking and I check the intercooler reservoir nervously...but when you blow by most everything that challenges you with the s/c in full boost it makes up for alot of the problems. Plus, I think it is the best looking truck on the road. JMHO!

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Red 2000 Lightning
No mods yet
Work is driving an Airbus (will spank a Lightning by a few 100 knots ha-)

 

Welcome and congrats! I'm sure you will be happy with your new toy.

That's 2 Airbus drivers on the boards now!

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The
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wyldman@houston.rr.com
Black 99.5 Lightning Build # 1273, DOB 5-14-99, NLOC #315

 

Red00Lght
Congratts on the new ride I know you will love it. Also welcome to the board, the group keeps growing each day.

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SILVER 2001 LIGHTNING
Built 02/14/01
Picked up 03/03/01
Sportmasters tonneau
Bedrug
Alpine head unit and six disk changer.
JL speekers
Magnaflow muffler
JDM BigMouth Filter.

http://members.tripod.com/donf150/Welcome/id7.html

 

Hey, you didn't happen to buy that 00 over at Sawgrass Ford, did you? I saw that truck out front for a few weeks now.

 

Where in the heck is pembrok pines Fl. Also congrats on the new ride.

 

When I got my 99L new it pulled to the right I took it back to the dealers and they stopped it but my front tires scrubbed themselves by 10K rears lasted 18K. I am getting some of herbs washers for the bottom and cam kits for the top

 

Congrats!!! I notice that no one has yet mentioned that RED is the fastest color!!!

You will get a lot more smiles from the L than the Airbus, and the computer is not nearly as finniky!!!

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'00 Red Lightning, 4446 out of 4966
'01 F-250, White, crew cab,PowerStroke,
1997 Camaro Z-28, 6-speed, 30th anniversary convertible
'69 El Camino

 

Thanks for all your nice comments.
Mondo1---Yes....it is the Lightning that was parked out in front of Sawgrass Ford. I wasn't going to buy it until I took it for a test drive and put down a huge patch (and nearly swapped ends).
If anyone knows of a south florida Lightning club could ya send me an email. Thanks (WWalker482@aol.com)

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Red 2000 Lightning
No mods yet
Work is driving an Airbus (will spank a Lightning by a few 100 knots ha-)

 

Red00--I too took that truck out for a test drive ( gotta admit I punched it from a dead stop to see what she had, and I hit a curb straight on ( relax just kidding). You will probably be glad to know that through some serious research, I was able to contact the original owner. He is 36, has 2 kids and "never drag raced the truck" (his own words) also has a nice house in Coral Springs. He traded the L in along with his wifes stang ( she never drove it much) for a 2001 L.So your truck has a nice history. P.S. I did notice the front end clunk when I was parking it in reverse with the wheels cut to the left.Should be an easy fix with the front end stops lubed.Many posts about this on the web.Anyway good luck!! I almost cancelled my 01 order for that truck.Its a beauty!

 

Mondo1---

You managed to really terrify me with the test drive story. Thanks a million for telling me about the history of the truck/owner. It seemed like it was in nice shape and when I didn't see that any mods were done I held hope that the previous owner hadn't beat on her too bad. I wonder why he traded it in for a 2001? Did he mention anything to you about it? The OASIS didn't show any real problems..and I doubt he got the new one for the 20 hp since he never raced/modded the 2000? Anyways, thanks again for the info...I get nervous anytime I buy a used high-performance vehicle!

 

He told me that he was already paying for 2 vehicles 1 of which wasn't even being drivin , so he he really came out ahead(payment wise)by giving up the stang and upgrading to a newer truck.He also said he had an extended warr. that he got credit back on, which also was a plus.He said he had no problems with it at all.Bought it in April of 2000 and traded it in in March 21 0f 01.He must of got an azwhoopin!

 

Red00Lght and Mondo1

I met the guy who traded in Red00lght's new ride. He traded it in for a Black 2001. He also told me that he never raced it. I told him that I took mine to the track and he was amazed. He never even thought about racing it at a dragstrip. So that should make you feel better. I had asked him about the "clunk" and he didn't know what I was talking about. I then described it to him and he knew exactely what I meant. The truck looked nice to me, he was actually washing and waxing it when I was talking to him. Glad to see that someone on the board picked it up. Small world huh??

Spencer

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White 2000 L
#2250
Mods:
PSP filter
F-1 AAD Hood
Clear Corners
Keyless Entry Keypad
Mpulse Lo-pro Tonneau
Chrome Motorsport SVT rims

 

Red00Lght:
Welcome to the boards, It sounds like you got a real nice truck. good luck with it and enjoy. Bill

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Bill
'00 white lightning-#2030 of 4966-4/6/00 thursday
muth mirrors,door key pad mod,fog light mod,
clear corners, super white; headlights,corners,fogs,
trenz billet upper and lower grills, billet 3rd brake light cover,
Bedrug, harley davidson tonneau cover,
JDM flip chip, JDM lower pulley, 90mm mass air, JDM tranny mod,
JDM 5"aluminum driveshaft,
J.L. stage 2 ram air kit
BellTech 3/4 lowering kit
2001 tails installed
20" chrome lightning wheels on order
more to come....
my zing albums-_-click here-_
'00 harley davidson FLSTC tons of custom parts..
'99.5 nissan pathfinder le-STILLEN EQUIPPED
'88 toyota show truck(TONKA)
'91 toyota mr2 turbo (to many mods to list)
'00 yamaha banshee(toomy race kit/chrome pipes)

 

Mondo1--

He probably took an azwhoppin similar to the one I took when I gave back the 99 Cobra for the 2000 GT Convertible (both are gone and I promised myself not to even think about the Bullitt).

Amazing that so many people are aware of not only the truck I bought but also it's previous owner! Well...unlike him, I probably will be seen at Moroso now and then...hehehe