Fox 3.0's vs Icon 3.0's

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

For the majority of the people it'll most likely come down to price cause they're both a step up from the stock ones.

BLASPHEMY!!












You're 100% correct. I can't tell the difference even when I ride in an ICON or RPG Fox equipped truck back to back. I can just tell that it's way better than stock

 

[WorldTour]

I think that regardless of which brand you ultimately decide on, the overall quality of your ride and satisfaction is going to come down to tuning them to suit your driving style, preferences, etc.
Just slapping them on and calling it good may work for some people, but if you want the most out of either setup you're going to have to be willing to make setup changes/adjustments and taylor the shocks to suit you.

Mark

 

[ntm]

I think that regardless of which brand you ultimately decide on, the overall quality of your ride and satisfaction is going to come down to tuning them to suit your driving style, preferences, etc.
Just slapping them on and calling it good may work for some people, but if you want the most out of either setup you're going to have to be willing to make setup changes/adjustments and taylor the shocks to suit you.

Mark

Yes and no.
That's true of their behaviour when driven hard, but their fundamental construction dictates their daily driving behaviour.
The digressive damping of the icons and high spring rate provide great stiffness and better dd manners on good pavement. Not awesome on chopped up dirt roads or washboard at under 60mph though.

The fox's internal bypass by nature provides very little damping on compression or rebound at slower shaft speeds in the ride zone. This gives you more body roll and a looser feeling on good pavement.
However that compliance is welcome on rough pavement and rough dirt roads at under 60mph.

To summarize, both are great at high speed offroad.
Icons for dd use on good pavement.
Fox's for dd use on rough roads.
No amount of tuning will get them to behave the same in a daily driver roll.
It's nice too have differing options though.

 

[M64D RAPTOR]

Calm down there buddy, no one has really gotten out of line yet and getting defensive will only fuel the fire.

Like others have said, you can't go wrong with either set up. And yes people have stated a slight deference, but those were people who actually compared the two back to back. As far as us normal folks go, I would bet that you cannot tell any difference. Even if you were to go ride in someones rig with icons, it won't feel any different than the foxs, because too much time has passed to accurately compare. Bottom line they are both a improvement over stock. If you have your heart set on it, pick one and be happy with your choice. We have the fox and love them, we have friends with icon who love them...

Ok, I didn't think I was.

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For most of us, this is a big ticket purchase. Rather than going off of what others think (it is very hard to get unbiased info), YOU are the one that has to be satisfied with your purchase. I would really encourage you to make the time to drive both setups and decide which one you really like. Several others have mentioned that aftermarket leaf springs would be a better first purchase, and I would agree.

Here is my write up on a test drive:
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f9/tmx-test-drive-%96-shock-comparison-between-fox-icon-28598/

ntm also has a thread and actually ran both Icon and then Fox front shocks on his truck. You have to wade through the off-topic stuff, but there is good info there:
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f9/guys-icons-26745/

YOU should buy what YOU will be happy with.

Thanks, This is what I was looking for. Everybody says use the search function but it doesn't work for me. Ever. Good read.