School me - Icon 3.0's

[stewwalker]

I'm interested in installing a set of Icon 3.0's on my '14 scab. I'm torn between a rebuild and revalve on the stock 2.5's, or new shocks all around. I have been reading up on a lot of forums, but I still have some unanswered questions about the 3.0's. My goal is to have a extremely comfortable ride on and off road when chasing bikes in Baja. I am not interested in bombing whoops, taking jumps and thrashing the truck, but it doesn't hurt to know that I can get to a downed rider in a hurry if need be. Think less prerunning, and more overloading without spilling my cocktail.

The following are the unanswered questions.

Will adjusting the compression on the rear bypasses affectively reduce squat when carrying heavy loads? +-1,000lb

How noticeable is the 19% increase in spring rate over the stock shocks? As above, I'm looking for a very compliant ride over corrugated roads and baby head rocks. To me, it would seem a stiffer spring rate would be counter intuitive for what I'm looking for, however the test at the below link may have been conducted with the shocks ride height adjusted way up.
(see link for the test http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f9/f...0-vs-icon-3-0-vs-king-3-0-dyno-results-23405/ )

Rebuild life? I know rebuild schedule is subject to driving conditions, but I have heard of guys going 40k before rebuilds. Is a 25 -30k mile rebuild life realistic or is it significantly less?

Check valve noise? Icon is supposed to have a dampened check valve (or whatever they call it) that reduces the audible clicking you hear in the fox and king 3.0's. Is this true? Again, the goal is a plush and quiet ride.

Finally, who has the best price on Icon's? Ive checked the obvious vendors, looks like $4,900 is the going rate.

As always, if these questions are answered in another forum or thread, please just reply with the link.

Thanks,
SW

 

[MajorAR]

Oh dear lord.


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[Rick@FreedomMotorsports]

@stewwalker

PM me for a better price than $4900.
I have three pairs of fronts in stock and 1 pair of rears in stock right now.

 

[stewwalker]

@stewwalker

PM me for a better price than $4900.
I have three pairs of fronts in stock and 1 pair of rears in stock right now.

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[Doc Constantine]

Check valve noise? Icon is supposed to have a dampened check valve (or whatever they call it) that reduces the audible clicking you hear in the fox and king 3.0's. Is this true? Again, the goal is a plush and quiet ride.

I have King 3.0 and I can't hear them click at all, I am a bit disappointed, I'd hoped to hear a little bit.

 

[RPG]

I have a set of fronts. They have only been used as Displays. Never mounted on a truck. Make an offer. [email protected]


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[2014RubyRed]

Icons are great. Had them on all four corners of my truck. Ride is great and very compliant not he highway, and will not disappoint off road. Rebuild miles? If you run mostly on road with the occasional off road excursion a few times a year, you can probably go 30k miles plus. A lot of the time, a simple nitrogen drain and refill will give you a like-new ride.

As far allowing you to haul more - no. They aren't that type of shock system.


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[CineSLR]

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[ntm]

3.0's/bumps/deavers make the otherwise stock raptor capable of traveling about 30% faster over small to medium sized terrain.

They will not provide a smoother ride at lower speeds, in fact I found the icons much, much worse for ride quality at lower speeds. The fox 3.0's are vastly better in this regard.

Changing compression on the bypass will do very little when towing, as the shock will likely not be in the ride zone anyways. A +3 deaver is the best solution for too much squat.