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Found 8 on Yahoo Autos. All within 2.5hr of Cbus. Not sure you're going to find one for that price though.

 

I'm in the market for a CLEAN 99-01 Lightning.

-As close to stock as possible

-Under or very close to 50k miles

-Under $15k... the cheaper the better.

 

Where are some good places to look?

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My buddy bought one at Germain Ford a couple months ago. Very nice and other than exhaust it looks very stock. What is the deal with those things not even being able to spin the tires from a dig. Is there somekind of non controlable traction control?

 

its a ford thing.......no balls.:)

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I'm in the market for a CLEAN 99-01 Lightning.

-As close to stock as possible

-Under or very close to 50k miles

-Under $15k... the cheaper the better.

 

Where are some good places to look?

 

Not to discourage you but you are going to have a heck of a hard time finding one that meets those requirements and is a keeper for that price.

 

Also, I would stay away from the 99-00 models and pay more for a 01+ model. The 01+ has a lot of upgrades and is a much better, quicker, and usable truck.

 

03+ is going to get you the upgraded heads with the plug fix and a few other things. You could go on for days discussing these trucks so I'll keep it short. Like NXfedRAM said, www.svtperformance.com/ and www.nloc.net/ for more info than you can read.

 

P.S....if it won't spin the tires, something is seriously wrong.

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I had another buddy thought that drove a 99 lightning and said it would spin the tires from a dig either. You can tell at 35 mph it has well enough grunt it should spin them all day long, but nothing from a dig. Not even hardly in the rain. Feels just like traction control.
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My buddy bought one at Germain Ford a couple months ago. Very nice and other than exhaust it looks very stock. What is the deal with those things not even being able to spin the tires from a dig. Is there somekind of non controlable traction control?

 

Something was wrong with the motor or something, stock ones have problems planting the tires even though they have a passive traction control.

 

Get an 01 and up, the 99 and 00 had a few "issues".

 

Like said before, check out NLOC and SVTPerformance

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I had another buddy thought that drove a 99 lightning and said it would spin the tires from a dig either. You can tell at 35 mph it has well enough grunt it should spin them all day long, but nothing from a dig. Not even hardly in the rain. Feels just like traction control.

 

The 99/00 trucks are a different animal so you may be right. However, they are almost 10-years old so anything could be wrong at this point.

 

I've driven several 01's and own a 03 and it has ZERO problem spinning the tires. I wish it didn't, maybe it would have gone low-13's stock... ;)

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The 99/00 trucks are a different animal so you may be right. However, they are almost 10-years old so anything could be wrong at this point.

 

I've driven several 01's and own a 03 and it has ZERO problem spinning the tires. I wish it didn't, maybe it would have gone low-13's stock... ;)

 

My '01 > your '03 :p

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You can usually find some L's on ebay, but some of them might be a long way off...Any Lightning that won't spin the tires has some serious problems...I have a buddy that has a bone stock '99 and it definitely goes up in smoke when he wants it to, which seems frequently...I can't afford to do that with mine.
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Not to discourage you but you are going to have a heck of a hard time finding one that meets those requirements and is a keeper for that price.

 

I understand that. I am a little ways off from being able to buy one yet, so I set some standards to follow. I've got some time to search. It'll make it a little harder, but it should be worth it in the end.

 

Also, I would stay away from the 99-00 models and pay more for a 01+ model. The 01+ has a lot of upgrades and is a much better, quicker, and usable truck.

 

If I start looking past 01 they start really dropping out of that price range I'm trying to stick with. I understand the newer the better with these trucks, but it's also the newer the more expensive and currently I can't look much over $15k.

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When I purchased my TL awhile back the dealer had a lightning on the lot and it was very clean. Not sure if it's still there and the price may be a little higher then you were looking to spend but figured i'd show you the link anyways. http://www.superdavesusedcars.com/vehicledetails.php?vid=15
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