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King? Fox? Icon? Sway-a-way?...
Looking to upgrade my suspension from the bilstein 5100. What's you guys opinions on those brands and any other I might be leaving out?
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12-30-2016, 04:06 AM
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Planning on standard length, daily driving and occasionally light off-road trails once a month or every other month. Looking towards 2.5s with or without reservoirs
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12-30-2016, 04:08 AM
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Love my Fox 2.5's on my daily. Ride is great. Handling is great even with disconnected front sway bar, and it soaks up a whole lot of abuse, I've done a few decent sized jumps messing around and the front just irons it all out. I had the 5100's before and they were good, but the Fox's are a whole new level. I'm not as happy with the ICON 2.5 Piggybacks I have in the back, but they were well used before I ever got them, so you may be better off if you get new ones.
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12-30-2016, 04:21 AM
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Love my Fox 2.5's on my daily. Ride is great. Handling is great even with disconnected front sway bar, and it soaks up a whole lot of abuse, I've done a few decent sized jumps messing around and the front just irons it all out. I had the 5100's before and they were good, but the Fox's are a whole new level. I'm not as happy with the ICON 2.5 Piggybacks I have in the back, but they were well used before I ever got them, so you may be better off if you get new ones.
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Yeah people have been telling me it's night and day coming from bilstein to fox/kings/icon/SAW. Are your fox the one with the resis or non?
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12-30-2016, 04:22 AM
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Yeah people have been telling me it's night and day coming from bilstein to fox/kings/icon/SAW. Are your fox the one with the resis or non?
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12-30-2016, 11:50 AM
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Buy whatever's cheapest as they are essentially all the same.
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12-30-2016, 12:10 PM
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The Kings look the coolest
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All the 2.5 coilovers for our rigs are built pretty much the same and for the most part share common internals. I don't think you can go wrong with any of the major brands. Just depends what you can get for the better price.
Personally, I love my older 2.5 SAW's but since the company got bought out by AFE I probably wont buy anymore sway-a-way stuff. I'd probably go King.
Also, check out a company called ADS racing.
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12-30-2016, 12:40 PM
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Bilstein has a 2.5 shock now, I'll probably switch to that when my 5110's wear out.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/genera...ock-guide.html
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12-30-2016, 01:31 PM
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I upgraded from the 5100's myself to the Icon 2.5's. I have no complaints at all. I was between the King and Icon but ended up get the Icon's for almost $300 cheaper.
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12-30-2016, 07:17 PM
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Hi,
are the Fox, King or ADS shocks DIY-rebuildable? Or do I have to send them to a specialty shop or their manufacturer for a rebuild? Also, are these shocks' rebuild parts available easily?
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12-30-2016, 09:01 PM
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 I believe I'm the first to run these (or at least to my knowledge) Bilstein 8125 remote Resi. The most accurate thing I can say is Holy Sh**! 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HiluxSurf SSR-G
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are the Fox, King or ADS shocks DIY-rebuildable? Or do I have to send them to a specialty shop or their manufacturer for a rebuild? Also, are these shocks' rebuild parts available easily?
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Those are all rebuildable. Parts can be sourced through dealers, and you would need to find a shop to charge them with nitrogen once the rebuild is complete!
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If you want to build up a good setup then FOA. You'll have to do measurements but they have some good stuff.
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12-30-2016, 09:55 PM
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If you want to build up a good setup then FOA. You'll have to do measurements but they have some good stuff.
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Um, I know some people have had success with FOA, but I know of more that tried FOA and went with King, SAW or Fox. YRMV.
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