Pics of my 97 F150

[OHTHREESVT]

would you recon you spent more to build this than it would have cost to just buy an actual lightning?

 

[BoostedBuford]

would you recon you spent more to build this than it would have cost to just buy an actual lightning?

If I remember correctly, he had a Red lighting.. Got into an accident, totalled. Bought a cheap F-150 and swapped the engine trans misc parts into it..etc etc.

 

[SLVRBLT]

If I remember correctly, he had a Red lighting.. Got into an accident, totalled. Bought a cheap F-150 and swapped the engine trans misc parts into it..etc etc.

This.

His build thread is on the L section.

 

[SLVRBLT]

would you recon you spent more to build this than it would have cost to just buy an actual lightning?

Here's the reason:

Backstory: Let a younger sibling borrow my L and long story short, He fell asleep and drove it into a cement culvert totaling it. Couldn't afford another L right now so picked up a 97 2wd that is being converted into my old L.:rockon:

 

[HIVOLTG]

paid $5200 IIRC for the 97 and bought back my L for $3200 which they took out of my ins payout.

so $8400

- $2600 for exhaust and heat exchanger
- $600 for a new rear end (bent in accident)
- $370 for powdercoating frame/suspension
- $150 for superduty trans cooler
- $220 for carpet
- 300 for ground effects
- 200 for bumper and grille surround
=4440

+ $660 for old 4.6
+ 250 for wheels
+ 120 for old mirrors
+ 150 for 8.8 rear axle
+ 150 for tailgate
+ ~230for old cat coverters and scrap metal
+50 for rear swaybar
+100 for old exhaust
+125 for sliding rear glass
=1835

So roughly $11k for a 97 F150 with a built bottom end with under 10k miles. I didn't include the price of all new ball joints/bearings/energy suspension body mounts. I was just anal and changed everything. I also came out even selling my hard tonneau for the soft cover, and selling my old wheels for the 03/04 L wheels. Take out the exhaust I splurged on and its under $9K.

 

[Ranman23Player]

thats a clean ass truck

 

[VtekII]

reallly good looking truck...one of the locations looks very familiar... well most of them do but....

 

[HIVOLTG]

Here is the basics of the transformation.

Lightning

stock

Frame

exhaust

Stripped

Hauling a friends bike to the track

at the track

 

[Fade 2 Black]

:coolman:

 

[jhager172]

those lowered black Ls really make me wish i had bought a black one.

 

[94SN95]

WOW very nice !!!

 

[SnakeForce]

Sick :rockon:

 

[kidlightning5]

Looks sweet

 

[JetmechF16]

Very nice!

 

[FATPAUL]

Sickkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[OHTHREESVT]

paid $5200 IIRC for the 97 and bought back my L for $3200 which they took out of my ins payout.

so $8400

- $2600 for exhaust and heat exchanger
- $600 for a new rear end (bent in accident)
- $370 for powdercoating frame/suspension
- $150 for superduty trans cooler
- $220 for carpet
- 300 for ground effects
- 200 for bumper and grille surround
=4440

+ $660 for old 4.6
+ 250 for wheels
+ 120 for old mirrors
+ 150 for 8.8 rear axle
+ 150 for tailgate
+ ~230for old cat coverters and scrap metal
+50 for rear swaybar
+100 for old exhaust
+125 for sliding rear glass
=1835

So roughly $11k for a 97 F150 with a built bottom end with under 10k miles. I didn't include the price of all new ball joints/bearings/energy suspension body mounts. I was just anal and changed everything. I also came out even selling my hard tonneau for the soft cover, and selling my old wheels for the 03/04 L wheels. Take out the exhaust I splurged on and its under $9K.

Here is the basics of the transformation.

Lightning

stock

Frame

exhaust

Stripped

Hauling a friends bike to the track

at the track

HOLY! amazing man!