Truck leaning 2" to drivers side

dereky

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Just installed icon front and rear suspension on my 4th gen 4Runner. Took it for a drive. It drove perfect and straight and rode nice. I didnt measure things after the install but I'm certain it was quite close to level. . I then decided to try the suspension out a bit in some whoops but hit a few hard and bottomed the suspension out. Particularly on the drivers side. I immediately noticed the steering wasn't straight. Stopped and checked things out and couldn't see any issues. Noticed new scratches in the skid plate but that's it. Drove some more trails and it drove fine off road and on highway more or less but the steering wheel was way off centre now and also had the driveshaft rub the stock fuel skid plate when going down some really steep hills. Parked on the garage and measured things and it's got a 2" lean roughly to the drivers side. Any ideas what I bent or broke? I'm certain everything was installed right. What else could be wrong?
 
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Check the front drivers suspension. Especially the lower shock. I have seen a few bilsteins bend so I doubt that is an issue with Icon but worth checking.
 
im cranked extra 1/4-1/2" on driver side and rear daystar spacer in rear and still slightly lower. Just cause/effect from gas/battery/driver weight.
 
Does the alignment look ok? Possibly bent LCA or knuckle. Never seen a good quality CO collapse but have seen a few regular style struts do it. Are both rear springs seated correctly? Post some pics.
 
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how much are you cranked? looks like a good bit but hard to tell. Not threads, whats the measurement from cap to spring cap.
 
Now the driver is at 1.75" and i still have a solid 1" difference in the front. Rear is still 2" difference.
 

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looks like you have one at 1 5/16 and the other at 1 13/16
edit: Sorry didnt see that you stated that.

are the icon's passenger side/drivers side specific for extra weight on the drivers side?
 
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Have you checked your tire pressure? I had something similar happen to me and it turned out to be a slow leak from a nail in my front driver tire.
 
All tires are at 15 psi in the pictures.
Yes major camber issue due to bad hub bearing and maybe more. The ucas are not adjustable.
 

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