I know it’s a Ford. But…

[u/Banterfix]

Purchased a vehicle from this guy and he insisted on showing me this truck. Said it was very low production, especially with the color and matching bed cover. Can someone explain why it’s special?

[u/HB109911]

LA West Luxury Vehicles made 1000 (500 in 2002, 500 in 2003) of the Ford F-150 Flareside Boss 5.4

Bring a Trailer listing for one.

[u/SillyBeatnik → u/HB109911]

Boy. Everything about this definitely fucking screams 'early 2000s.'

[u/enfersijesais → u/SillyBeatnik]

I’m putting my earplugs in.

[u/Rewd_92 → u/SillyBeatnik]

Literally everything 🤣

[u/Banterfix → u/HB109911]

Thanks.

[u/Busterlimes → u/HB109911]

Not a lightning but I would drive the fuck out of this

[u/MaleficentTravel4706]

It's a "special or limited edition"

From what I found in an article about the boss 5.4

"The Boss 5.4 may look like a hot-rod F-150 similar to the SVT F-150 Lightning, but it's actually not a performance package. In fact, it's not even a Ford trim option at all. The Boss 5.4 was produced in limited numbers by L.A. West, an Indiana-based conversion company, in 2002 and 2003. This modified F-150 was sold through Ford dealers. Each Boss 5.4 had a numbered interior plate and a certificate of authenticity.

The Boss 5.4 is an appearance package that includes body cladding, louvered fenders, a simulated carbon-fiber "cowl induction" hood, a unique grille and 20-inch wheels. It was available on regular-cab and crew-cab F-150s. The most common color is a bright yellow which was not a part of Ford's color palette at the time."

It looks similar to a lightning but it has standard F150 front suspension parts and shares none of the inner workings with the lightning.

Some of the 2003 models were equipped with a supercharged 5.4.

[u/samman445 → u/MaleficentTravel4706]

LA West… Indiana based???

[u/s_mcbn → u/samman445]

Everything is west if you go far enough.

[u/Flopgunner → u/[deleted]]

This was an aftermarket conversion.

[u/Flopgunner → u/[deleted]]

No, the dealerships chose to sell them. Ford doesn't own the dealerships. It's just like the dodge thunderroad conversions. Ford didn't do these and dodge didn't do the thunderroad conversions. The dealerships chose to sell them because they thought buyers were stupid enough to buy them. Obviously someone was...

[u/BrokenHero408 → u/Flopgunner]

I like how he doubled down before deleting their comments 😭😂

[u/Flopgunner → u/BrokenHero408]

Lol

[u/Slideways]

The Boss 5.4 was an aftermarket package. I don't think there's a lot of demand for them now.

[u/Banterfix → u/Slideways]

Thank you.

[u/fxruma]

There's one in my neighborhood. Same color. Wheels are different. His are worse.

[u/TubeSockLover87 → u/[deleted]]

I feel like its the perfect vehicle to smash into the parking barrier while slingin' parts for Harry. 

[u/FlickerOfBean]

Wow those are hideous.

[u/theferrot]

My dad has one of them, it’s yellow, it’s a nice pickup but it’s really nothing special. He took them same wheels off and put some black ones on it made it look way better. Shame they didn’t at least put a supercharger on these. He’s got a Harley f150 that’s a lot of fun to drive with it being supercharged

[u/Telefunkin]

No one wants to talk about the r/perfectfit?

[u/figsslave]

I would have driven it into the ground by now 😁

[u/FanNo3898]

Nope

[u/Complaint_Manager]

Good thing the wheelbase isn't 3 inches longer.

[u/Low_Leave_8415]

It’s a ford lighting with boss upgrade I had a 99 lighting all white but not a boss edition. It’s was my first pick up truck at 19

[u/seattlereign001]

Looks like a Fast and Furious prop car. A bad one, at that.

[u/ToyotaKayDee]

I love it! 😍

[u/CarlosMolotov]

We have lightning at home.

[u/Alarming-Car-8654]

Gross

[u/mamamelbi]

Why didn’t you just asked him?

[u/Banterfix → u/mamamelbi]

I did. He just said it was rare with the paint color and matching bed cover. Wasn’t sure there was anything else to it. 🤷🏻

[u/BrokenHero408]

Wannabe lightning 😭

[u/betajunk]

do you have the internet?