FJ Cruisers of Northern California

ICON stage 1 vs Toytech ultimate 3inch lift

Lifting in my FJ soon....debating on which 3 inch lift to get. Any advise from those that may have either one of these?

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Permalink Reply by Bz on February 2, 2010 at 1:34am

Go with Kings,for all the rigs I've ridden in lately, I still like mine, with Icons tied for 1st. My rebuild was Imo cheap for a pair of thoroughly thrashed coil-overs, dropped off, rebuilt and shipped back through
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Permalink Reply by Swingshiftworker on February 3, 2010 at 4:57am

I'm in SoCal now to get an Icons Stage 2 lift installed by Demello Offroad. Icons came up better in my research and am looking forward to the change in off road performance.

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Permalink Reply by STOLI 757X on February 6, 2010 at 11:02pm

Thanks everyone for your input....anyone have the revtec?

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Permalink Reply by FJK on February 11, 2010 at 3:27pm

I just bought a Sway-A-Way set and Total Chaos UCAs from Metal Tech for $2100 (equates to a "stage 2" kit), they should arrive Monday. Basically it's the same price point as the Icon but with tuneable/rebuildable rear shocks. The only other reason I didn't choose Icon was just to buck the trend. Oh, and the purty red paint.

Now when's the next install get togther?

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on February 11, 2010 at 4:24pm

You shold be very happy with that set up

I did not know its was the same cost as the Icons though..

Most people who have the SAW set up are very happy with it.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on February 11, 2010 at 8:38pm

Congratulations FJK! I am sure you'll be happy with the SAW's.

Geez looks like there are two different stage 2 lifts to install. I know Magic wants/needs to get his install done before April. Outta ping him and see if someone has room to do the installs.

BTW, I have a tool to pop the upper balljoint loose when you do the UCA swap. Let me know if you need to borrow it.

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Permalink Reply by magicthechemist on February 11, 2010 at 9:21pm

Yes. I will need to have my lift installed but I need to do the body mount chop first.

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Permalink Reply by bkreece on February 13, 2010 at 10:21am

I'll offer up my driveway for the next install day...we have plenty of room and its flat.

BTW congrats on the new setups FJK and Magic!

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Permalink Reply by FJK on February 12, 2010 at 12:25am

Just to clarify, I meant same price for Icon shocks and TC UCAs I didn't realize that Demello was still having a 20% sale, that's a great deal. I might have gone for it, but too late lol.

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Permalink Reply by Swingshiftworker on February 11, 2010 at 7:49pm

Icon Stage 2 retails for $2735. I got mine for 20% off from Demello for $2188 - pretty close to FJK's SAW/Total Chaos set up. If anyone's interested, I believe that Demello is still holding a 20% off store wide sale to stimulate business.