Fox 2.0 vs Icon 2.0

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rc51kid

rc51kid

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Yes i used search. Has anyone used both of these shocks? I have OME 861/862 with 40mm spacers, shorter of the Fox 2.0 shocks. LOVE the setup. One of my shocks started leaking a little. I called Icon, yes Icon, and they felt my mileage was reasonable to service the Fox shocks. They were very informative. I also emailed Fox. But before i remove and mail these back i am also thinking of going icon 2.0 which are owner serviceable. I would still need to have someone charge them. but it might be less downtime in the future.

Does anyone have experience with the Fox 2.0 vs the Icon 2.0? Anyone have experience rebuilding Icon 2.0 shocks? Any issues? Any opinions of quality of the two shocks?
 
Yep thats what i am seeing also. I know shocks feel is very subjective. So unless someone has had both i guess it is hard to tell how the two are different
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I loved the Fox 2.0s until I had one fail early. Out of curiosity, is it your front passenger that failed? I just got done rebuilding one and it is doable by the end user, but I wouldn't say it was easy. If I have another early failure I'd probably look at the Icon 2.0s as replacements, although for my use the OME shocks would be fine too.
 
Ridgerunner78 said:
I loved the Fox 2.0s until I had one fail early. Out of curiosity, is it your front passenger that failed? I just got done rebuilding one and it is doable by the end user, but I wouldn't say it was easy. If I have another early failure I'd probably look at the Icon 2.0s as replacements, although for my use the OME shocks would be fine too.
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Hmm, I have a noise that sounds like a bad shock coming from my front passenger area. It happened shortly after installing my lift (fox 2.0, ome). I also had one shock doa right out of the box. Apparently it wasn't charged at the factory.
 
How many miles on the Fox before servicing?

Curious since I'm installing on all 4 corners today.
 
My driver front is leaking after about 22k miles. Foxes. Debating weather to refresh all or go for something different to change it up.
 
I am looking at about 40,000 miles on my Fox. It is my front driver side that started leaking. I had the truck up on a lift the day it started leaking while having a differential guard welded on. I know that can put stress on a shock for some reason. I have had two other vehicles have shocks piss oil after being lifted on a lift. But that is no excuse.

I could rebuild just the front driver for $75 and carry on. Or rebuild all and have basically new shocks for $300. Or i could sell the Fox for something cheap and move over to Icon 2.0.
 
~30k on Fox 2.0 when my passenger front started leaking.
 
I can live with that; especially since the TJM progressive coil 50 mm and the Fox 2.0s are about 50,000 times better than my aging stock suspension with KYB Gas-a-justs. Took her for a test drive tonight and da-um.

So, my vote is for another set of Fox's, OP
 
rc51kid said:
I am looking at about 40,000 miles on my Fox. It is my front driver side that started leaking. I had the truck up on a lift the day it started leaking while having a differential guard welded on. I know that can put stress on a shock for some reason. I have had two other vehicles have shocks piss oil after being lifted on a lift. But that is no excuse.

I could rebuild just the front driver for $75 and carry on. Or rebuild all and have basically new shocks for $300. Or i could sell the Fox for something cheap and move over to Icon 2.0.
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Are you shocks too short and limiting down travel on the lift? No bueno if so.
 
One last comment; I'm looking at the manual that comes with the shocks. It says they have a service interval of:

For 100% on road use - 50,000 miles
For 50% off/50% on road use - 10,000 miles

Seems like numbers guys are putting up are within manufacturer's expectations.
 
Beej said:
One last comment; I'm looking at the manual that comes with the shocks. It says they have a service interval of:

For 100% on road use - 50,000 miles
For 50% off/50% on road use - 10,000 miles

Seems like numbers guys are putting up are within manufacturer's expectations.
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You are right. I am not happy about the leak but not totally pissed about it. Even the Icon sales rep i had on the phone felt 40,000 was "not bad". He felt it should be ready for service but it would be better if it was not leaking.
 
Fox 2.0 all around. Was enamored with them initially. They seem to have lost their luster after only a few thousand miles. Will be going a different route next time.
 
Sorry I can't compare the two but I just installed Icon 2.0 shocks on all 4 corners with TJM 50mm springs, prog. front, heavy-duty rears. I literally just finished the install a few hours ago so not much drive time on them at all and only on-road, but initial impression is very good (anything would have been a monumental improvement over the stock coils and shocks which had 240,000 mi. on them). I went with the Icons over Fox because they are supposedly valved specifically for the 80 and 100 series LCs, rather than the Foxes which are an off-the-shelf shock, and the Icons are suited for springs that provide between 1 and 3 inches over stock ride height. Gives me a little room to grow if I step up to 35s and want a little more spring.
 
Berzerker76 said:
I went with the Icons over Fox because they are supposedly valved specifically for the 80 and 100 series LCs, rather than the Foxes which are an off-the-shelf shock, and the Icons are suited for springs that provide between 1 and 3 inches over stock ride height. Gives me a little room to grow if I step up to 35s and want a little more spring.
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My thoughts exactly
 
@rc51kid Any updates in the action you took with the leaky Fox? My Driver front just started leaking pretty good after 20000 miles and isn’t dampening much so lining up options on what I can do.
 
My Fox ended up leaking too; front passenger. Less than 10,000 miles. I swapped for Icons because that was all that was available in my area. They're nice; feel about the same.
 
I installed Icon 2.0
After 45,000 on road miles
2 leaks
Replaced seals and 2 bad front shafts
Cost about $1,000 w/ labor
640 shock rebuild and parts
440 R andR
Original shocks lasted 250k...
 
e9999 said:
I'd rather have the pointy metal shelf below the slider than above and relatively close to the door. And it's easy to make / get a semi-circular notch adapter that fits the slider and slides over the lifting shelf if you would like to enhance stability.
A soft shackle may be great for the ARB front bumper with the tie down rings to lift the front, though.
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Shoredreamer said:
@rc51kid Any updates in the action you took with the leaky Fox? My Driver front just started leaking pretty good after 20000 miles and isn’t dampening much so lining up options on what I can do.
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Yes I sold them cheap and paid coin for radflo 2.5 remote reservoir. I was told by a few people the 80 is a big heavy truck for 2.0 shocks. The radflo are 100% user Serviceable. The larger oil capacity should keep them cooler and go longer between rebuilds
 
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