Testing Our Raptor Swapped Suspension Ford F-150 Lightning!

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In today's video we go over our Raptor suspension swapped Ford F-150 Lightning and take it off road on its first test run at Rally Ready to test the power of the machine of this off-road electric truck! Do you think the all electric Ford F150 Lightning has the potential to wear the F150 Raptor name? Let us know what you think in the comments below! How do you get one for your own? Then check out Leif Johnson in Austin, Texas!
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@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

This was just our FIRST test! We gathered some data and will continue to build upon our Lightning-R. What do you want to see us do next?

@roryblake7311 Год назад

Snow! (hope that's not hurtful to Texans) How much have you spent? Doesn't matter, Just love it, anyway!

@erikholmstrom3755 Год назад

Let me know if you need another white Pro trim Lightning for future test. 😂 I would be more that happy to have you “torture” mine like this!

@TheManReview Год назад

What is the range now for daily driving?

@lrod8692 Год назад

Give us info on the fender flares….

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

@@lrod8692 So far, they are still one off OEM Raptor flares cut and molded to the Lightning as mentioned in the video.

@greggb681 7 месяцев назад

Now this is an electric truck that I would be glad to own! Probably not the best range but for daily driving and weekend back road driving, this would be epic

@LeifAutoGroup 7 месяцев назад

It is a cool truck! Turns a lot of heads too!

@kellyfontes7757 Месяц назад

ya it would get you 100 miles max

@LarryRichelli Месяц назад

I love my Lightning and am literally drooling over this truck.

@larrybaseballkid Месяц назад

Same also two Lightning Larry’s! Lol

@goldenretriever6440 Год назад

Ford take notes AND GIVE US A PROPER F150 LIGHTNING RAPTOR

@ALMX5DP Год назад

Would love to also see a street touring type build with a lowered Lightning (akin to the original).

@caleb22lr Год назад

absolutely nuts

@CovertGarage Год назад

So freaking dope!! Thing is wild!

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Thank you sir!

@kadimsilahtar Год назад

Waow. Thats so impressive and groundbreaking, congrats guys

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Thank You!

@michal6726 11 месяцев назад

Hi, did you already decided if you will sell these modified flares for Lightning? Thanks

@dontsuck Год назад

That looks good. Never thought about this being done to a Lightning.

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Thank You! we are pretty happy with the results so far.

@RahulKumar-vh4xr 11 месяцев назад

Amazing. I can’t imagine how well that thing handles off roading.

@KoopZokuGarage Год назад

Heck yeah Brian awesome video like always!!!

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Thank you!

@the3yakuza Год назад

Wicked cool! I Need these mods for my lightning!!

@T-rick 6 месяцев назад

This is awesome.

@coreyw6498 5 месяцев назад

Awesome vid😊

@BrandonWhitelaw Год назад

Love it!

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

@birel22y Год назад

So awesome.

@racingtogreen2023 8 месяцев назад

wow, one of our local dealerships! Awesome! We might consider doing this ourselves...

@LeifAutoGroup 8 месяцев назад

We like to have fun!

@camaroman101 Год назад

Awesome.

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Thank you!

@HAHAGWBSHWKWM Год назад

Bro just there ordered a f150 lightning in many years and just swapped it with a raptor suspension that is already out in the dealership

@JosephHerzog Год назад

Was planning on doing a lot of this to my lightning as well (once it arrives). And no surprise, it looks amazing. Looks like I know where to go to get mine done! And to answer your question from the description, yes, I think there will inevitably eventually be a lightning raptor... a Laptor? A Rightning? The name needs work 😂 Also its a pro but it has the front light bar, did they swap the grill with an XLT?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Hey Joseph yes we did swap the light bar in the front. We have a few more things to test but reach out to us when you receive your Lightning ⚡️! We call ours LightningR!

@HawaiiSustainable Год назад

Nice 👍

@brandondupree4167 Год назад

You know people want to know the range hit..Come on.. Sweet truck 💪🏻

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Yes! The most common question we have received has been range. We will do a follow up video here shortly!

@sandman9379 Год назад

@@LeifAutoGroup did you ever do a follow up vid?

@colecampbell1906 7 месяцев назад

I probably couldn't afford to get a full on raptor swap like that, but when I get one I do want to get some 33's and upgraded suspension, maybe with a leveled suspension or something.

@haroldthomas1077 6 месяцев назад

Cool video but I would love to see a deeper dive into what they did with the rear suspension. From what I understand about the front, it was probably mostly bolt on but the rear would have been a nightmare.

@matthewklos7184 Год назад

This is awesome! Were there any issues with the traction control in corners on dirt? I've read others on pavement complain about power reduction in corners. I haven't played with the traction control on my Lightning but curious if you ran into any computer traction issues etc... Ie. The computer being "too smart"

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Yes we did get the stability control kicking in when we were sliding in the corners. We are still trying to figure that out.

@ahmadalanjary2020 Год назад

Probably the best EV platform to mod into a prerunner / off road is a duel motor model 3. Only 4,000lbs for duel motor and 3,600lbs for rwd. Not just that front suspension is a normal a-arms , and rear is multi link with long , close to center mount arms instead of this F150 baja bug style swing arm (which looks like it’s impossible to extend 3x3” without crazy wheelbase) . Also model 3 still has a steel sub frame to weld / modify not aluminum like a rivian. But ya biggest reason weight , and close to center mount pivots (more travel possible).

@fadu01 Год назад

Wow, amazing. I have a 2022 Ford Lightning. Would you mind sharing which brand fender flares you put on. I could not get any to fit because of the location of the charging port.

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

They are an OEM Raptor flare cut and molded to fit the Lightning.

@dforreallogup5683 4 месяца назад

The rear fender was the only thing that made it look a little off, but other than that a great job boys

@01Shodan 6 месяцев назад

Interested in the fender flares....do you guys shave and sell? What gen raptor were those from?

@dannyhahn4 Год назад

Great videos!! Could you give me a specs on the fender flares?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

They are OE Raptor flares that had to be cut down and molded to the Lightning body. Took a lot of work and was all done by hand by Saleen Performance Parts.

@thethingsyouwillfind7493 Год назад

A pro with a grill lightbar? My 22 pro doesn’t have that😢

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Yes we installed it but have not been able to get it to work. We re also trying to figure out a winch and light bar set up as well. More to follow as we figure it out!

@thethingsyouwillfind7493 Год назад

@@LeifAutoGroup I’ve been following forums on that and yes waiting for conclusion to the same install. Apparently Forscan doesn’t have a workaround for it yet and its not a simple plug and play. But i will say it looks great

@IshayBen92 6 месяцев назад

wow, it looks amazing!!! I'm curious how much time this beast can travel between charging on terrain 🤤

@JeffreyAdams-kt5gv Год назад

Parts list please! Me want now.

@rh451 8 месяцев назад

TAKE MY MONEY!!😍

@MotoGPatrick 5 месяцев назад

I'd do a long travel kit meant for a raptor and end up with even more performance than a Raptor. I've got an all out built first gen raptor.

@LeifAutoGroup 5 месяцев назад

Thats a great idea! We may or may not go that route!

@MotoGPatrick 5 месяцев назад

Camburg makes the narrowest LT kit and BMS the widest. ADV makes the best wide fenders and bedsides. I might do a EV swap into a 2011 when the 6.2 finally goes, but its still strong at 200,000. Truck has the HID Hellas on it that were on the Roush that ran baja back in the day. A silent wide body long travel 1G would be fun. @@LeifAutoGroup

@j.m7820 6 месяцев назад

Do you have the wheel well flares for sale?

@LifeAsDane Год назад

Hows this pro have the full lightbar on front?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

We swapped it out at the dealership, it does not work yet. But we have been working with aftermarket companies that will allow us to run external power to not just the light bar but other accessories like a winch, led light bars and more. It has been tricky but we are working on it!

@dearbulls Год назад

And it'll probably won't be able to haul anything given how much more lightning weights over the raptor, which the latter already got a pity hilarious payload 🤣 And the range would drops to under 100 miles maybe? 🤭

@lilpeppa117G 8 месяцев назад

I want one

@LeifAutoGroup 8 месяцев назад

It definitely turns heads!

@kadimsilahtar Год назад

By the way, can you just please let us know the make and the model of those fantastic wheels?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

They are Method Racing Bead Locks I’ll get the specs for you!

@timkline9985 Год назад

Alex sent us!

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

Alex is the man!

@anthonyrampolla3884 Год назад

How much?

@BMHomeServices Год назад

Translation: 25% raptor swapped, 25% aftermarket and 50% custom fabbed.....

@binjones Год назад

So what more have you shown us is possible with the Lightening Raptor?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G60FtjOKY1A.html We were invited by Optima Batteries to partake in their EV events at King of the Hammers. We did more testing on the sand dunes and whoops out there after the EV events. Not much on camera aside from the events but we are still fine tuning it. Thanks for watching!

@binjones Год назад

@@LeifAutoGroup let us know if you do a road range test with raptured lightening. I’m awaiting my vin from Ford. Now I’m looking to see what csn be done to “personalize”.

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

@@binjones Great idea! There has been a lot of interest on the flares and front light bar. We have some ideas we are still playing with as well.

@taminabratbrat4030 Год назад

What is the range on full charge bro ?

@GadgetMan777 3 месяца назад

If it's extended range, my guess would be 260-280 with those big ole tires

@namor216 Год назад

Waiting for TFL to drag race this E-Fraptor

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

what should we use to drag race against it? TRX? Raptor-R?

@namor216 Год назад

@@LeifAutoGroup all of the above! haha

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

@@namor216 Lets see what we can cook up!

@namor216 Год назад

@@LeifAutoGroup subbed!

@carlblum5794 11 месяцев назад

How bad was the torque steer when you drove this on the road?

@LeifAutoGroup 11 месяцев назад

It will catch you by surprise if your not ready for it but it is manageable.

@carlblum5794 9 месяцев назад

do foresee anyway to fix or significantly decrease torque steer? Lifts like this on the Lightning are great for the dirt but it makes hard acceleration on the street downright scary:-(@@LeifAutoGroup

@benbyers5875 Год назад

How much would it cost us to do this swap if we dropped it off at your shop?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

We are finalizing testing before we get our complete package together. Will announce it on RU-vid and other social platforms once we do!

@redelement48 Год назад

Following. I have a platinum that I want to do this to

@LarryRichelli 6 месяцев назад

I crack up when I see so many tricked out pickup trucks around San Antonio and Austin and there is hardly any good off roading anywhere in these areas.

@LeifAutoGroup 6 месяцев назад

Its true! Almost all the land is private, unless you go to Rally Ready, Wolf caves, Hidden Falls, etc... Rally Ready hosts the TORE off-road events for Raptors and TRX's which is really cool. Its like autocross for trucks!

@bearbeau13 8 месяцев назад

Can i buy all of this as a bolt on kit? If so, who do i contact? Thanks

@LeifAutoGroup 8 месяцев назад

sales@saleenperformance.com

@WhiskeySkyMedia 11 месяцев назад

Is this a one-off or can you do this to mine?

@LeifAutoGroup 11 месяцев назад

It can certainly be done!

@ALMX5DP Год назад

Very cool build, but calling a Raptor swapped vehicle seems a bit leading. Sounds like only a couple of OEM parts used. But again, super cool to see a Lightning rip around an offroad track.

@Christoph1888 Год назад

Range ?

@LeifAutoGroup Год назад

When fully charged battery depending on temperature the range is around the 230 mile mark. We did notice about 10% loss while driving but the regen system works well with the bigger radius of the wheels and tires. In freezing temps or below freezing we have noticed we do not reach the full 230 mile range.