A.Wilson013
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I went from the Orginal Toytec BOSS coilovers with Bilstein rear shocks to stage 1 Icon Coilovers and shocks, to Icon Stage 5. Night and day.
I think I discussed it in my old build thread, but basically I lifted my 4Runner and could not wait to get offroad. Went to a place called Stampede Pass and took a corner going 25mph. Hit some potholes and nearly bounced off of the road. I was so disappointed.
Sold it and got the Icon Stage 1. Same road, same tire pressure, same everything but coilovers and shocks. I took the same corner going 45, total control.
Then, I started adding weight as I got more into expedition/overland type stuff and noticed I wasn't as comfortable as I was before on some roads that I was very familiar with. SO, I installed the Icon stage 5, with remote reservoirs, CDC valves, etc. The ability to adjust the compression dampening to match the load I was carrying made a drastic change in handling.
As I have said before though, I LOVED my Icon setup. That said, I wouldn't buy another one given my friends' experiences with recent purchases, and reviews of recent purchases that I have seen around the interwebs. Something seems to be lacking in the QC department over there as of late.
Yep. My buddy's 2017 TRD offroad Tacoma is absolutely stock, and an absolute animal offroad. I blame it on his stock tires smoothing out all the mud on the trail, but that damn truck outperformed my modified GX on the first real trail run I took it on. I popped a bead, had to use recovery boards a few times, and bent a rear lower control arm. He sure didn't.
I think I discussed it in my old build thread, but basically I lifted my 4Runner and could not wait to get offroad. Went to a place called Stampede Pass and took a corner going 25mph. Hit some potholes and nearly bounced off of the road. I was so disappointed.
Sold it and got the Icon Stage 1. Same road, same tire pressure, same everything but coilovers and shocks. I took the same corner going 45, total control.
Then, I started adding weight as I got more into expedition/overland type stuff and noticed I wasn't as comfortable as I was before on some roads that I was very familiar with. SO, I installed the Icon stage 5, with remote reservoirs, CDC valves, etc. The ability to adjust the compression dampening to match the load I was carrying made a drastic change in handling.
As I have said before though, I LOVED my Icon setup. That said, I wouldn't buy another one given my friends' experiences with recent purchases, and reviews of recent purchases that I have seen around the interwebs. Something seems to be lacking in the QC department over there as of late.
Yep. My buddy's 2017 TRD offroad Tacoma is absolutely stock, and an absolute animal offroad. I blame it on his stock tires smoothing out all the mud on the trail, but that damn truck outperformed my modified GX on the first real trail run I took it on. I popped a bead, had to use recovery boards a few times, and bent a rear lower control arm. He sure didn't.
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