Your thoughts on my suspension plans and intended application, also need rear shock suggestion

My truck is a split daily driver and forest explorer. I hit fire roads and more technical trails all up and down California on a regular basis with a camper shell, sleeping platform, and gear in the back. It's currently stock and I'm constantly dragging my belly and bumper so I need to bring it up a bit and I want to do it right. What do you think about this setup?

Front:

Icon 0-3.5" Extended Travel Coilovers (I want to be able to tweak it as I add weight ie bumper, battery, winch, etc)

Icon Uniball UCAs

Rear: NEED A REAR SHOCK SUGGESTION TO MATCH THESE SPRINGS, can this be kept under $150 per side? I may remove my shell at some point and be completely unloaded with the expo HD leaf pack so I have honestly no clue how to choose these.

 

Why not match the fronts. Icon in the rear as well?

 

I went digging on their site and the only rear shocks I saw were for the 5 lugger or max 1.5" of lift which I presume is because everybody does less lift in the rear to "level" their truck. I want to maintain the rake (already hard enough to see the trail on climbs) and will be lifting the rear at least 3".

 

http://iconvehicledynamics.com/shop...5-suspension-system-stage3-w-tubular-uca.html

The 56503R seem to be good for 3 inches of lift, as stated in the description in the stage 3 kit... But I would call icon to confirm

 

I would avoid Icon and stick with King, Fox or ADS. Icon does some odd stuff with valving and fitment. There are a lot of people that started with Icon and moved to King or Fox later. Since you are here in CA you should call up Micah @Downsouth Motorsports in San Diego and order everything through him. DSM has a ton of experience with Tacos. I would steer you toward King shocks and either Dirt King or Total Chaos upper control arms vs anything Icon.

That expo pack is a good idea but just know if you take your shell off it will lift the ass end at least an inch and ride stiff as hell.

 

The Icon 2.0 (56503) rears advertised for 1.5" of lift work just fine if you are lifted more than that. I run them with my Dakars; the only thing is they allow for slightly less droop than your leafs are capable of. But that also means that you won't need extended brake lines, just add the brake line spacers.

 

I'd look into Alcan springs, they are abut more expensive but you can pretty much tell them exactly what you want, amount of lift, how much weight over stock, and they make them to that.

 

If you are planning to add a bunch of weight to the front, get the 700 lb spring version of the coilovers.