{"id":1336,"date":"2017-07-18T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2017-07-31T15:21:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:21:24","slug":"lift-month-lightning-heavy-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/18\/lift-month-lightning-heavy-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Lift of the Month: Lightning F450 by Heavy D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ford F450\u00a0&#8220;Lightning&#8221; built by the Diesel Brothers is the epitome of &#8220;Built Ford Tougher.&#8221; \u00a0When it came time to build one the baddest rigs to date, &#8220;Thunder,&#8221; Heavy D and the team at Sparks Motors turned to ReadyLIFT and its 6.5&#8243; 2017 Super Duty Lift Kit. \u00a0After seeing the awesome results, they could not resist bringing another kit in for the even more impressive flat bed &#8220;Lightning.&#8221; \u00a0The result? A\u00a0truck with altitude to match its attitude. \u00a0Some minor modifications were needed to accommodate the dual rear wheels with air bags and after a few calls with the ReadyLIFT engineering team, everything came together perfectly. So well, in fact, we&#8217;re going to be releasing the ReadyLIFT 6.5&#8243; for the 2017 Ford Super Duty with Dual Rear Wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the winner picks &#8220;Thunder&#8221; or &#8220;Lightning,&#8221; there will be another stoked truck owner living the Life Lifted courtesy of ReadyLIFT Suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2017 Platinum Ford F450 &#8220;Lightning&#8221; Features:<\/h2>\n<p>Custom 6&#8243; Lift Kit by ReadyLIFT \u2014 if you&#8217;re looking for something similar, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/ford-f-350-super-duty-complete-lift-kits.html\">complete lift kits<\/a> for Ford Super Duty.<\/p>\n<p>.50 Cal Antenna by <a href=\"http:\/\/amistyling.com\" target=\"_blank\">AMI Styling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air Ride Rear Suspension by <a href=\"https:\/\/kelderman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kelderman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>42&#8243; Tires by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.continentaltire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continental Tire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DP Edition 11&#8242; Flatbed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradfordbuilt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bradford Built<\/a><\/p>\n<p>20&#8243; Wheels by <a href=\"http:\/\/americanforcewheels.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Force Wheels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honey Badger Front Bumper by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.addictivedesertdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Add Off Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15K Winch by <a href=\"http:\/\/milemarker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mile Marker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hood by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rksport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">RKSport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Design Fenders by <a href=\"http:\/\/dbldesign.com\" target=\"_blank\">DBL Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aux Fuel Cans by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotopax.com\" target=\"_blank\">RotoPax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Headlights by <a href=\"http:\/\/ecotintshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ecotint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CTS by <a href=\"http:\/\/edgeproducts.com\" target=\"_blank\">Edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lug Nuts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmsracing.com\/pages\/true-spike-lug-nuts\" target=\"_blank\">True Spike<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shocks by <a href=\"http:\/\/bilsteinus.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bilstein US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ford F450\u00a0&#8220;Lightning&#8221; built by the Diesel Brothers is the epitome of &#8220;Built Ford Tougher.&#8221; \u00a0When it came time to build one the baddest rigs<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/18\/lift-month-lightning-heavy-d\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[341],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}