F-150 Lightning leveled on Raptor 37 package wheels, 315/70/r17 KO2 tires

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I picked up my Lightning early July. Forced myself to drive it stock for a month in an attempt to appreciate it as it came. I really liked it but didn’t LOVE it. When I walked away from it I wouldn’t turn around to look. Now I love it. The steps had to go (amp steps ordered) and the leveling kit, raptor wheels and tires made all the difference. I don’t feel like I’m driving a 2wd grandpa truck anymore.

 

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Any trimming needed?

 

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Any trimming needed?

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Nope. Plenty of clearance

 

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Goddamn that looks good. I don’t even wanna know the range hit.

 

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That looks awesome.
I’m looking into a similar look,
What leveling kit did you go with?
Have you checked your range hit yet?
Thanks for the post rad truck!

 

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Please keep us updated on mileage. That’s the best I’ve seen yet! Looks awesome.

 

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That looks awesome.
I’m looking into a similar look,
What leveling kit did you go with?
Have you checked your range hit yet?
Thanks for the post rad truck!

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Goddamn that looks good. I don’t even wanna know the range hit.

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Just drove it the first 20 miles after leveling/wheels and tires, and it was exactly same miles/kw. Thats only city driving though. I’ll find out on the highway tomorrow. However the offset on factory raptor wheels is like +34 so not a lot of aero drag. People going with zero offset will see the biggest drop on the highway. Adding wheel spacer to my tesla really killed efficiency.

 

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How did you black out the light bar?

 

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Yes can you send instructions / products used to smoke the light bar please ? Looks great all around

 

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Yeah, not a bad look, but that has to be a huge hit to range, and also about a 10%+ reduction in acceleration. Definitely function over form unless you off road all the time.

 

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Just drove it the first 20 miles after leveling/wheels and tires, and it was exactly same miles/kw.

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based on the guess-o-meter?

I’d think it better captured/confirmed by some actual charging data (and as you mention, more mileage) to make certain of the actual mi/kWh

 

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PS ditto-curious about the smoking of the light bar

 

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More details on the leveling kit used please, looks great!

 

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How did you black out the light bar?

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Headlight/Tail light tint film. Had a Tint shop do it. This looks good, but I hope some aftermarket people design some really nice looking light bars. Now I don't know what to do with the grill. I've seen some people paint it gloss black, which I like, but I'm not sure how it would look with the smoked light bar.

 

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More details on the leveling kit used please, looks great!

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It's just standard spacer for now. Amazon prime special (rough country 2"). I was going to order ICE 21-22 Bilstein 6112 coilers, but I figured before investing in those I'd try cheap spacers to see if bigger tires worked out ok.

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