@Tyler - Icon question. I've been seeing a lot of mention with leaking and rebuilding in my research.
Is that an issue you should be keeping an eye out for. Just see it to be a lot more common with the Icons.
I believe they said rebuild at 15,000 miles for off roading. 40,000 for light offroad and street.
Don't think I'll be offroading. Just hardparking. Just don't know what I'd do if I had to send it for a rebuild. What's your take on that?
I have an uncommon(?) experience with this.
I don’t typically talk up my products because often times there are similar options from other brands that are just as good or better.
My front and rear Icons blew me away with their ride quality and off road performance when I installed them (replaced Bilstein 5100s). I don’t typically talk up my products because often times there are similar options from other brands that are just as good or better.
At this point my Icons are around 3+ years old and have around 30,000 miles on them. And those are all
rough miles. I’ve never been nice to my truck.
I used to run no swaybar which adds a lot of stress to the front suspension.
I generally accelerate very hard until I’m at the speed of traffic. I do a lot of hard stopping and turning/drifting when messing around off road.
These shocks were paired with 35” tires for most of their life, and now they’re with 37s.
My truck was always on the heavier side and now, with the camper build, it must be one of the heaviest Tacomas out there.
You get the idea.
After all that, I have not noticed any loss in performance from abuse, they’re not bouncier because of all of the weight, they’re not bouncier in regard to needing to be rebuilt soon, and finally, I’ve never had a leak or felt like I could overheat them after a whole day of mobbin’ through the desert.
So, in my experience—which is basically neglecting them—I’m well over the expected lifespan you mentioned and couldn’t be happier with them to this day. I’m almost confused as to how nothing has leaked or felt worn out yet.
However, I’ve seen/heard of Icons leaking and needing to be rebuilt early-ish like you mentioned. I’m not sure if an equally priced shock from King, Bilstein, etc. would be any better or worse as far as unexpected failure goes. They probably all have cases where that happens so I don’t think you should be worried about it.
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