my new ride!!!

[02_ex_on_dubs]

well after a good long sit down the other night i decided it was time to trade in the ex, after all the suspension crap i went through i didnt want to deal with it anymore. i went down to the local ford dealership the other night and started looking around and found something that caught my eye, ofcourse the very next night i had the stock rims on,both hid kits out, system out, and a couple other little things ripped out and called my brother-in-law to meet me at the dealership with his ford id # to sit down and start the paperwork..blue book on my 2002 ex 4dr 4.0L was 10k but since the tranny was slipping (very badly) and rear suspension was flipped up i got $8900, i prolly could of got more if i went through private owner but i was like what the hell i want my new truck. New vehicle....... 2003 Ford SVT lightning, 35k miles, charcoal gray, very clean and well kept, bone stock except for upper/lower billet grilles, STEEDA intake, and LED 3rd brake, total cost=$17,599. One hour later i was driving home and spanked some dude that wanted to go ina slammed silverado, i cant tell you how good that felt. The ex was fun to drive but this thing is just a BLAST. Also its been good posting on this forum, always found the questions i was looking for, thanks fellas. Heres a couple pics of the ex and some of my new baby...

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

my baby

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

wow ok, pics arent working ill try to get em up later

 

[lightning66]

What did you do with your rims? Its funny, I sold my 2003 charcoal grey lightning and went with a limited explorer (family thing) Be careful with modifications, you can blow your engine very easy with the wrong mods. I had mine running low 12"s in the 1/4 mile. A good tune, CAI and a 4 lb lower addtional boost pully and traction bars will easily get you into the 12's. Have fun a let me know if your rims are availabe.

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

ex

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

my new baby....

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

jesus, finally got em up, bro if your interested in those wheels at all send me a pm, also i ggot 2 12'' L7 solobarics, dual ported box, kicker 1250.1 2 channel, and 2 farad cap....$450.....shipping would be killer so if anyone is close come by and take a look at it.....

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

come on i kno someone needs some new subs

 

[Lost216]

if you'll split it up, how much for the cap?
I got one 15" L7, so I know those two have got to slam

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

im gonna wait and see if i can get rid of everything first, if not then you'll be hearing from me about the cap....

 

[FROADER]

Love the wheels on the Ex. Looks great!

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

Love the wheels on the Ex. Looks great!

like 'em enough to buy 'em?, hah just kidding, thanks.....

 

[blitzk]

well after a good long sit down the other night i decided it was time to trade in the ex, after all the suspension crap i went through i didnt want to deal with it anymore.

What all suspension crap did you have?

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

What all suspension crap did you have?

well to start off with when i tried to swap in the BT springs i took the shock apart and without a high impact air gun i couldnt get the bolt tight enough with the new spring in place, it would go bout half way down and the whole shaft would start spinning so i sat there with vice grips trying to hold while my bro uses the gun but no go, not sure if its just too short of a spring or what but everytime i hit a decent sized bump in the road the spring would move around and make a loud sound. next when i had the GF springs in, the camber adjusters were already maxed out, then when i swappped in the BT ones, which is almost an inch lower, it threw my camber totally off, when i took it to ford i paid 50 bucks for the guy to tell me that the adjusters were maxed out and that it was still about 2.75 degrees off in the back. i also had an aftermarket adjuster on it but i think it was only + - like .50 degree, i got so tired of irs, its limited when you want to mod, only a couple inches up and down and its done, period. i'll get some pics up of my back tires. within less than a month, (i know i should have took care of it but more important things came up) my back tires from the middle in were completley bald and had MAJOR wire showing.....pics soon

 

[Pro5ohKid]

nice lightning, the explorer was nice too.....what size wheels are those? Just out of curiousity what are you looking to get for them?

 

[02_ex_on_dubs]

wheels are boss motorsports 20x8.5, +35mm offset, 5x4.5 lug......275/45 goodyear eagle gt2's