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At what point does LT come into the picture?

 

Get those COs taken off before these guys give me more bad ideas

 

I wouldn't do bypasses again. Right in the middle on the rebound is just standard valving on the shim stack, same as a CDC. There just isn't the need for that much adjustment on a sprung over 10" travel rear suspension.

I at least have enough expirence from tuning the old truck myself to know what needs to be adjusted and how it should handle. I can't imagine someone green trying to play with them, it's a PITA and you can do more harm than good by making bad adjustments

 

Exactly, basically a dropped lower eyelet allowing for a little more droop. They tested the crap out of this kit, I have spy shots of it that I couldn't show anyone from October of last year when I stopped by their shop on the way home from the off-road expo and at that time it had already been installed on their truck for months. It's a solid kit for sure. What I don't like is that under load their springs drop to like 1.1" of lift in The heaviest setting. My deavers hold close to 2" with 500ish lbs in the bed.

 

Basically what Cliff said. After having 2.5 non cdcv shocks and now the 2.5 cdcv to match my front, the truck drives amazingly well. The ability to quickly change it on the fly when the tent goes on will be great as well. So I really couldn't be happier. Where I struggle is that the truck is pretty perfect as it stands. Those deaver u402s paired with the new shocks ate pretty unbeatable and I am leery of the new icon leads, primarily because the Deavers are so good and handle weight so well. IF I did do the rxt rear setup, I'd just go with the rxt cdcv shocks and forego the bypasses, primarily because I really don't need them for my application. It's all really an "if" at this point as I have other build priorities and the suspension is pretty perfect as it stands now.

 

It sounds like the deavers still out perform the new icon packs anyway.. If it ain't broke, no need to fix it. You've got a killer setup as it is. If I were to find a sweet deal on front CO's with cdcv I'd probably go that route front and rear. This is what I get for trying to move to a top tier suspension on a budget, I know what I'm in for.

 

My friend just scored a sweet deal on some cdcv from cos and rear omega bypasses for her 4runner. The deals are definitely out there but I will say that a top tier suspension is definitely worth the money in long term reliability, performance and ride comfort.

I've got front cdcv resi coil overs with upgraded 700# springs, deaver u402s, cdcv rear shocks and the icon bumps and that combo is unreal. The truck just rides perfectly on road and performs amazing off road.

 

All of the above? Haha

Naturally part of my choice was SDHQ based, they are the largest stocking distributor of Icon products in the world so I had a great working relationship with the guys over there but that wasn't the only reason. Truthfully I could have run anything I wanted, price played no role in my decision.

There is a reason Icon has chosen to run a digressive tune, and it's because they personally test all their own products, be it on company vehicles like the ExpoRunner (2016 Tacoma) or their own personal trucks. People tend to forget that these trucks we are building are primarily daily driven trucks, so road manners should be equally as important as off-road capability.

Driving down the road I want a shock that's going to stay firm upon initial impact when it falls into a pot hole (looking at you Tucson people) as opposed to compressing too fast causing the truck to overeact. Icons valving is specific to the Prado 120 front, which, they developed by auctually testing them on a platform. King, Fox and other brands are setting their shims based on GVW.

Icon is also a complete suspension manufacturer. They have complete kits- various shock options within the line, springs, UCAs, secondary shock kits, bolt on bumps etc etc. They do this to ensure that every thing works in conjunction with everything else.

If you want the honest truth, best shocks out there in terms of internals are Fox. A 2.5 Fox replacement would be comparable to a King Race series in its seals, oils etc etc. King replacements are like a prerunner series, but Kings pull all the bros, I mean bitches so they are clearly the best. Not knocking King at all, it's a killer product but IMHO it isn't quite as refined or as well tested as Icon.

I'm a firm believer that if you grabbed 100 people and had them do a blind test drive in trucks with all 3 they 99 of them would not be able to tell you which was which, that should tell you how many people truly understand the digresive/progressive comparison. It's all "internet research" and you know what Abraham Lincoln said about the Internet...

End of the day it's all personal preference. Run what ever you want, it's all fundamentally the same shit with small differences here and there. I love how my truck drives and rides but popular opinion would probably tell you its stiff. It's totally different than the lady's 4runner which I'm currently driving while my truck is in the shop but her shocks have the exact same valving, lighter coils and no CDCs.

That's not even getting into why I ran them on the old truck. Extra 1.5" of front travel from a same location bolt in shock.

Edit: that was a great way to kill time while pooping

 

New Bilstein stuff looks cool too

 

Y'all motherfuckers need Ranchos #bouncinboobs

 

I just tell my wife to jump up and down

 

Damn that's a long poop. You need some fiber in your diet.

 

and if you cut up the bed you might as well cut the back of the truck off

 

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/pts/6226332375.html

Forgot who was looking for the topper, but this one is nice. Im sure Connor or Jason could talk the guy down in price.

 

It looks like there is no front glass in that shell. Is that typical for newer ones? Mine has glass with a slider but it's an older shell.

 

it's an option for most campershells

allows you to have your sliding rear window open if desired

 

Hmmmm, never really paid attention I guess.

On mine, I open both sliders if i want to get to the back and use the bike innertube seal trick if i want to leave it that way.Thanks

 

$40 local price, came out of a 2015 DC shortly after purchase.

 

Hmm .

TW pricing - 20$

Free.99, ill take em