ICON’s for SURE!?!?

Long story short , I’m ditching my company ford and taking on my own tundra by then end of the year. I have the truck planned out but I’ve wanted a lifted truck since I can remember.

question: I plan on mostly paved roads but one weekend a Month or two I’d like to hit forest service roads and get through some mud and light rock hills. I want to make sure that im not spending too much on icon lift.

my plan is to get ICON’s with UCA’s but really questioning the rear leafs? I plan on maybe loading up weekend materials of 500lbs but wouldn’t the rear suspension be adjustable and I could ride with it very firm and be ok? Not going to be bombing hills at 40mph... likely not get over 25mph...

Any suggestions much appreciated

 

Ive had icons on my truck for 10 years. They are quality, still work great and look fine.

Buuut they are pretty damn rough. They feel at speed, but very rough in slow stuff and on road.

If i could do it again, i would get accutuneoffroad valved shocks. They customize the valving beyond what fox or king does. Fox and king will be more easily tuned to your needs than icon

 

First thing, your shocks don’t bear weight exactly; your leaf springs do that. So even though it’s cool that Ikon offers clickable on-truck adjustments, that’s for ride quality for the type of driving/ terrain you’ll do at any given weekend. Upgrading leaf springs is the best way to handle extra weight. But... those of us who do what your describing— add significant weight occasionally, are see out leaf springs flatten out. If the weight will be occasional, I guess you could look into airbags.

A lot if really smart people have written all over this forum about the differences between Ikon and other coil over stock options. Let me know, after you read what you can find with basic searching, if you need pointing in a specific direction.

 

Also you can add Firestone Ride Rite Air Springs with Daystar Cradles to assist with the 500+ lbs you'll be carrying.

 

Never mind; I’m feeling welcoming. Here are a few threads with excellent info to get you started. If you pay attention to which members post, you can check their build threads for even more specific info:

https://www.tundras.com/threads/explain-it-to-me-like-im-5-mid-travel-suspension.27853/

https://www.tundras.com/threads/to-be-or-not-be-icon-mid-travel-or-lt.45257/

https://www.tundras.com/threads/trying-to-finish-my-set-up-stuck-on-the-rear.46432/

https://www.tundras.com/threads/fox...-n2-vs-compressor-the-argument-podcast.56920/

 

I do love some research, I’ll get through these threads, thank you sir!

 

Probably fine to stick with what you have. 500 lbs is the same as two extra grown adult passengers and I see a lot of old Subarus driving the FS roads around you. Offroad parks or ohv trails are a different story though.