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Icon, King, or SAW CO's ???

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by scyot89, Jan 11, 2012.

  1. Jan 22, 2012 at 3:18 PM
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    In the end they are all pretty much the same. It's just shock valving/tuning that's going to get the ride you want.

    I will say that SAW's are nicked named StayAWay's for a reason. They seem to be a magnet for rust. If you are drive in salt ridden roads, I'd suggest looking at others.

    Personally I'm turned off by Icon, but that was because of a bad experience on the phone with them.

    I'd say pick between King or Fox...because you can get either from DSM. My personal preference is King. I ended up having an issue with one of my resi's and King owned up, fixed it and paid for shipping. Any vendor can sell you a part for a good price. The real vendor's are those that stand by their products and back it up when shit hits the fan.
     
  2. Jan 22, 2012 at 3:28 PM
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    Personally, I like Old Man Emu. For the cost and ride they can't be beat. $1000 for a set of front Icons, Kings or Fox's or $1000 for front coils/shocks, rear shocks and rear leaf springs. Unless you're going to offloading all the time why put that much money into front coilivers
     
  3. Jan 22, 2012 at 3:31 PM
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  4. Jan 22, 2012 at 3:56 PM
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    x2.

    Since you said you don't offroad much and are looking more for street performance. Why spend an ass load on top performance shocks, when they will not be used for their built purpose?

    Personally for your application, I would either go OME or 5100's
     
  5. Jan 22, 2012 at 9:08 PM
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    x2, don't spend unnecessary money
     

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