They should be a big help. Now I just need to figure out the fronts and I really like the remote reservoir options the more I look into it. A big change from the OME and 5100 I was originally looking at.
I geek out on this stuff.
Haha thanks! I ordered my first set from stage3 it said 6-8 weeks i was ok with that i waited for a while then my buddy orders some for his 4runner and he told me his wait is 8+ Months so i got curious and called about mine and they hit me with the worst news 8+ months then why does your website say different?? So i cancelled it and called around like 12 shops and found one in NY that had them so i swooped them real fast. I was so close to buying the Icons that you have but i found the kings. I love Icon i had really good experience with them on my taco. And my some of my friends only run Icon on there 4runners. I wanted to try something different. Also I ordered quite a few things from stage 3 and even thought the parts are quality there service is not so good. When it comes to cancelling or returning something be ready to pay a “restocking fee” and pay for shipping even if its a mistake on there side. And they really need to remove the false in stock or shipping in dates because the reason why i bought alot of stuff from them is because of the times “promised” to ship
Nice to hear about the icons, this is the first time I've heard about them, but I'm young so I haven't had too much experience yet. Sounds like you did some diggin'!! Haha I've spent countless hours researching too, good to hear that you found some tho.
Thats true about Icon taking Kings customers. Covid bs aside someone with reputation like kings and the demand you would think they would be on top of things
That is a awesome site. Kings are not available there today. They don’t even list King as a manufacturer of anything in stock. Back to long lead times.
Thanks for this info. I've been trying to search for this as well. I'm shocked the Fox has a shorter stroke than the OEM struts.Here's what I got.
Icon extended travel = 5.25" stroke
King extended travel = 5" stroke
Bilstein 5100 = 4.67" stroke
Oem strut = 4.25" stroke
Fox dsc = 3.98" stroke
I wanted king because of the reputation I heard of, but icon got my money because they were available and took less than 24 hours to get to me. I value that, and after researching the company and the manufacturing processes and materials I stand behind them until I see different.
Here's the only info I got on the Kings stroke length.
Also,
In general one of the biggest advantages of a longer travel is you can(as long as there is room for such) run a softer spring. How so? Well for example if your front strut with a 2 inch lift requires a 200 lb/in spring to maintain ride height but you make some changes that will give you some more travel and maintain the same height and the spring length becomes bigger as well then you might beable to lower the spring rate to help give better ride quality.
This is an update to Superdannyboy’s findings.Here's what I got.
Icon extended travel = 5.25" stroke
King extended travel = 5" stroke
Bilstein 5100 = 4.67" stroke
Oem strut = 4.25" stroke
Fox dsc = 3.98" stroke
I wanted king because of the reputation I heard of, but icon got my money because they were available and took less than 24 hours to get to me. I value that, and after researching the company and the manufacturing processes and materials I stand behind them until I see different.
Here's the only info I got on the Kings stroke length.
Thanks for the update. I bought my icons when king was having an 8 month backorder. I wish the lower mounts on my bajakits lower arm were pushed out to fit a 2.5x10" king coilover.
