As to the rears – I phoned Icon technical support and spoke with one of their engineers and she confirmed that their stock rears for the 3rd gens are in fact only able to add 2” of lift as opposed to the fronts going to 3”. She advised that the reason was they (Icon) do not like the 1” front to rear rake and designed their stock pairing to level out the suspension.
I personally want the rake as I will have enough weight in the back to bring this down a bit most of the time, particularly on long camping trips.
[MENTION=55891]Bandit Runner[/MENTION] was asking the same question:
“Nice setup! I'm thinking of going with Icons and 861's also. What rear shocks did you get? The Icon 3rd gen 4Runner rear shocks say they are only for 0-2" of lift. You'll have a lot more lift in the rear than that with the 861's. Did you have custom length shocks made?”
So.. there seems to be some confusion out there.
I am just wondering if you have the model # and specs for the 4th gen version you ordered, and what if any research you were able to find out about the compatibility with 3rd gens.
The Icon engineer told me that I would have to remove my rear shocks, install the springs I wish to use (OME 2861) and then measure between the shock mounting points at full droop and full compression.
From those measurements they would make a custom length rear set.
This seems like a lot of work, work that I am hoping to avoid – I am thinking there must be enough 3rd gens running this exact combination to have already figured out the length required, or a way to mathematically calculate this from known suspension specifications.
Sorry for the long post, thanking you in advance
Gary
