king vs. icon vs. fox racing coilovers

Yep, same here. I got my rear end all together tonight
Got some serious rake!
Hey DoorDing, have you decided if you gonna run the sway bar yet?

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My fronts are non resi tho...

 

I'm drawing up plans for a quick disconnect myself. I'll start machining it once I go back to work.

 

Imo, take the sway bar off while you're down there. The on road difference isnt major...offroad it's major. You're only gonna feel a slight more lean...not much.

 

Yeah, you won't miss the sway bar until you are driving at night and mid corner, you see something in the road, hit the brakes and swerve the other way.
The biggest issue for me is not the quick disco, i can easily make something with a pin, but swinging the swaybar and linkages out of the way and fastening them down is my problem. I've been looking at a few different options for jeeps and such, and they are so simple. If I just disconnected the linkage from the spindle, then it would not be able to swing under the cab with all the other stuff in the way.

 

When you are ready to install your shocks, get a fully threaded bolt, preferably NF, put some molylube on it, run it through two nuts inside of the mount and use the nuts to jack the mount open. It's really tight.
Or just put the head of the bolt on the inside with just one nut, but it's easier with two.

Anyway, back on topic, i guess fox changed the coil adjustment ring. All the pics or fox coilovers I see around here has a lockring. Now the upper coil retaining ring is split and has a bolt to clamp it down after you've made your adjustments. Much better than a double nut/lockring IMO.

 

Agree, that's what makes it confusing...somewhere else on their (Fox) website it started discussing how the aluminum bodies dissipate heat better. If they are aluminum body, I hope they are hard coat anodized.

The aluminum body pertains to Fox Performance series front or rear.

http://www.ridefox.com/product.php?make=Toyota&t=shocks&m=truck&p=8&ref=filter

http://www.ridefox.com/product.php?m=truck&t=shocks&p=1&make=Toyota&ref=filter

Yes the Icon 2,0 is aluminum bodied per their webpage.

http://www.iconvehicledynamics.com/...-Shocks/V.S.-Series-%2d-2.0-Aluminum-Shocks-/

PK

 

FWIW, the double locknut can be a PIA, but is the best setup.

Some KTM dirtbikes use the pinch bolt design and it will distort the shock body by slightly crushing it. Not much but it is a precision bore internally. The problem is even worse since early KTM shocks were steel bodies, new models are aluminum bodies, so not only will it crush easier but also the threads gall.

PK

 

Yeah, I'm used to the double nut from my motorcycle days too, but the fox 2.5 coil overs are steel bodied. So are the 2.0 shocks in the rear. And you don't really need to dog them down. I'll snug them down good and mark it to see if they move.

 

Here are some pics. I used a breaker bar to hold the bolt, then cranked on one of the nuts with a wrench. I measured the shock bushing with my cheapy caliper(all my starrett and mitutoyos are at work), and got 1.375"
You have to open it up way past that because it will spring back. I opened it up to around 1.500"

After releasing the bolt, it sprang back down to 1.379" in the front. It was still a little small towards the back closer to the welds, but the shock still slipped right in.

Hope this helps somebody

 

Also, on the rear shock passenger side, I mounted the resi toward the back. It seemed to have more clearance than forward. The driver side is facing front tho. I'll probably flip it forward after I get my spidertrax.
I'll be driving around with just the ass up in the air for a few days just to make sure I have no vibes. I got 2" of lift with the Icon 3 leaf mini pack.

 

Same with me

 

Is that with, or without the overload?
Mine is without, and I will probably put it back on once it settles. I want to raise the front some more, but its level now. I don't want any bro lean.

umm... BTW, go to google images and search for "bro lean"
there is a few disturbing images there among a bunch of tacomas...

 

Mine is without the overload.

 

BTW, I just got one of these in the mail from ebay. Works great, but pin is a little tight.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CBM-10922-Billet-shock-spanner-wrench-adjuster-king-coil-2-5-2-5-2-1-2-fox-NEW-/221067967207?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D6038237157533256268%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D221067967207%26

 

Good luck using that while the shocks are on the truck.

 

If you guys need spanners, we have them for every shock brand, and at better price then above, not to mention the TW Forum discount.

http://sdhqoffroad.com/ShockTools.aspx

 

Sweet I need one for my kings I want to lower them a little bit now that I've trimmed everything

 

I used it. It will only turn it about 1/8 of a turn, but it works

Damn, now you tell me...

I wasn't talking about the truck pics

 

Swing on by. the Sway-A-Way's work on the Kings. Pretty much any 2.5" pin style will work.