Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Store
Latest reviews
Search products
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New listings
New products
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Cart
Cart
Loading…
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Change style
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Lightning Forums
2nd Generation
$400 later and I finally love my truck, unconditionally
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Bootbox" data-source="post: 2640033" data-attributes="member: 25951"><p>I didn't update it because I'm still waiting on my rear sway bar from Hellwig. If you can ****ing believe that. :fm: As great as it handles the way it is now, and as much as I'm not looking forward to the sway bar install, I'm going to put it on anyway. The rear end feels sort of ricketty when I go over rough patches of road (probably doesn't help that I took off the hitch, spare, and spare winch, heh.) Hopefully the bar will tighten it up some.</p><p></p><p>For some review I can give now, the Ruslow 1000lb coils are too stiff for anything but QA1s to be honest. Maybe too stiff for comfortable daily driving. I'm considering cutting a coil off my stock SVT springs and giving it a go like that, not sure they'd be stiff enough to give the handling I like or keep the tires from rubbing in the wheel weels though (I currently measure 15" from fender well the wheel center and don't rub tire.) The Hotchkis Bilsteins are a bit better than the stock Bilsteins, but just not valved stiff enough when they're trying to keep up with a 1000lb coil. While I do get a bit of pogo, not as much now that my seat is so stiff. I did a double take when I took it out for a spin tonight. Most of the bouncing around I was doing was apparently from the stock seat's cushioning and springy nature reacting to the jolts the truck was giving. With the stiff seat I just jolt a little, no bounce. The passenger is bobbing up and down all over though, I may get a matching seat for over there sooner than I had planned.</p><p></p><p>I absolutely love the handling, slot car style. Just when I think I'm going to push or oversteer, something that feels like magic kicks in and the truck just, goes. All with no rear sway bar also. It's amazingly neutral.</p><p></p><p>As far as everyday stuff goes, the Moroso trans pan I recently added has made it so that I don't have to avoid speedbumps any longer. I don't scrape the bumper entering driveways, but I do have to take steep descents at a slight sideways angle. If I go straight down, when the road levels out at the bottom it'll scrape the front bumper. That's the only time it will scrape though, and it's only happened once a while back. </p><p></p><p>Finally, it's not a soft, comfortable ride. There's no disguising that. It's low, stiff, and it jolts you over anything that's not glass smooth. That's how it has to be though to not bottom out and to handle as well as it does, and I don't mind it one bit. The payoff in handling and looks is giant, and well worth it to me. I think it's <strong>not</strong> the right setup for %99 of Lightning owners, but coming from the automotive background that I do (low, stiff sporty cars) it suits me just fine and I wouldn't have it any other way. If someone wants to be real low and you don't mind the jolting and never, ever have to leave the road surface or tow/haul more than 300lbs or so, it's perfectly livable the way I have it setup.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bootbox, post: 2640033, member: 25951"] I didn't update it because I'm still waiting on my rear sway bar from Hellwig. If you can ****ing believe that. :fm: As great as it handles the way it is now, and as much as I'm not looking forward to the sway bar install, I'm going to put it on anyway. The rear end feels sort of ricketty when I go over rough patches of road (probably doesn't help that I took off the hitch, spare, and spare winch, heh.) Hopefully the bar will tighten it up some. For some review I can give now, the Ruslow 1000lb coils are too stiff for anything but QA1s to be honest. Maybe too stiff for comfortable daily driving. I'm considering cutting a coil off my stock SVT springs and giving it a go like that, not sure they'd be stiff enough to give the handling I like or keep the tires from rubbing in the wheel weels though (I currently measure 15" from fender well the wheel center and don't rub tire.) The Hotchkis Bilsteins are a bit better than the stock Bilsteins, but just not valved stiff enough when they're trying to keep up with a 1000lb coil. While I do get a bit of pogo, not as much now that my seat is so stiff. I did a double take when I took it out for a spin tonight. Most of the bouncing around I was doing was apparently from the stock seat's cushioning and springy nature reacting to the jolts the truck was giving. With the stiff seat I just jolt a little, no bounce. The passenger is bobbing up and down all over though, I may get a matching seat for over there sooner than I had planned. I absolutely love the handling, slot car style. Just when I think I'm going to push or oversteer, something that feels like magic kicks in and the truck just, goes. All with no rear sway bar also. It's amazingly neutral. As far as everyday stuff goes, the Moroso trans pan I recently added has made it so that I don't have to avoid speedbumps any longer. I don't scrape the bumper entering driveways, but I do have to take steep descents at a slight sideways angle. If I go straight down, when the road levels out at the bottom it'll scrape the front bumper. That's the only time it will scrape though, and it's only happened once a while back. Finally, it's not a soft, comfortable ride. There's no disguising that. It's low, stiff, and it jolts you over anything that's not glass smooth. That's how it has to be though to not bottom out and to handle as well as it does, and I don't mind it one bit. The payoff in handling and looks is giant, and well worth it to me. I think it's [b]not[/b] the right setup for %99 of Lightning owners, but coming from the automotive background that I do (low, stiff sporty cars) it suits me just fine and I wouldn't have it any other way. If someone wants to be real low and you don't mind the jolting and never, ever have to leave the road surface or tow/haul more than 300lbs or so, it's perfectly livable the way I have it setup. . . . [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Lightning Forums
2nd Generation
$400 later and I finally love my truck, unconditionally
Top