Help with universal fox rear shocks

Does anyone know what is required to fit the non direct replacement fox rear shocks with a 1.5 inch lift on my 96?


Or am I just better off going with the direct fit icon option?

 

Or these

 

IV been reading a lot about this in the last month. I'm about to do a shock relocation. @Speedytech7 did a great post on it.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-1st-gen-tacoma-rear-shock-relocate.540417/

I'm going with Kings and doing a ubolt flip kit and welding on new shock mounts.

 

There are only so many options for the rear of our trucks; if you want to put in a quality set you could perform a shock relocation as @Tour991 suggested or read the following below -

The Fox universal's that'll fit our trucks are part number - 985-24-004

The bushing if I recall is 5/8" which needs to be replaced with one at 3/4" (it's been awhile, going off memory)

Here's how they came to me from the factory -



And here they are with the larger bushing -



And here they are on the truck -

 

@Noob95.5

Given the valving of the Fox shocks, I would recommend against using them unless you plan on going off-road as well as carrying weight in the rear.

Here you can see I also have a set of Bilstein 5100s (as shown in the post above) and find them to be a lot more forgiving without my tent and rack in the back -



My truck is a pig with the weight I carry, so off road that's when the Fox shocks shine -