GEN 2 Shop to install Icon attitude leveling kit

[crash457]

Started out with it stock.



Pulled out the shock.



Installed Icon at 2.25



It was a little nose high for my liking.


So I pulled out the top spacer snd dropped it to 1.75. Looks much better.


Some notes to be aware of if you plan on doing this:

Yo must have a high torque impact wrench, a 30mm deep well and a 27mm to take the bottom bolt out of the shock. This thing is seriously torqued down.

The back upper shock bolts are hard to reach. You will need a 18mm flex head ratcheting wrench.

It can can be done at home in about 2 hours if you have the right tools.

 

[Bigoil]

Looks good , curious why not 1.5? Are you planning on 37s ?

 

[crash457]

Looks good , curious why not 1.5? Are you planning on 37s ?

37s will be in my future as well as probably some deavers so once the deavers go in, I'll add the spacer to take it back to 2.25. It's easier to add the spacer than to flip the collar. It's about 0.25 inches up in the front now but it should settle in close to level.

 

[ChevyChad]

Crash makes some good points. I too went thru the install this weekend. I didnt have metric sockets or wrenches that big, but i found that my 1-1/16 & 1-3/16 wrenches worked to remove the lower shock bolt. I would definitely recommend a powerful impact tho if you have one. Im a pretty big guy and it took almost all my strength to break loose those lower shock bolts with just wrenches. Also note that the springs are hella stiff! My poor spring compressor is scrapped after the job! Yes, i did fear for my life with every turn of the wrench to clamp the damn spring together!

 

[MikeH]

Intsalled my ICON kit this weekend. 1.5". Raptor sits perfect now.