Icon Stage 1, 3” six month review

[gxroman]

Thank you guys for the info. So I’m ordering the caster correction plates 2 30mm spacers and the front adjustable trac bar. All from iron man. Debating on the rear track bar or not.

 

[Nad Aitch]

Hey folks,

Anyone running this lift with the eimkeith ram?
I'd like to go delta arms, but doing headgasket, axle service and new shoes is adding up.

Thinking of going ram as a stopgap while I replenish the funds.

 

[alia176]

Hey folks,

Anyone running this lift with the eimkeith ram?
I'd like to go delta arms, but doing headgasket, axle service and new shoes is adding up.

Thinking of going ram as a stopgap while I replenish the funds.

I'm not sure how stopgap this will be because it is rather invasive. Of course you can always opt to return to the original holes and cut off the added material but I doubt you'll want to go through that effort, at least I won't!

I want to do the same and was about to start on that project until I noticed how buggered up my rear mounts are due to rock rash. It will take me a fair amount of time and effort to clean all that up so that the RAMs actually fit inside like they were designed.

 

[Nad Aitch]

I'm not sure how stopgap this will be because it is rather invasive. Of course you can always opt to return to the original holes and cut off the added material but I doubt you'll want to go through that effort, at least I won't!

I want to do the same and was about to start on that project until I noticed how buggered up my rear mounts are due to rock rash. It will take me a fair amount of time and effort to clean all that up so that the RAMs actually fit inside like they were designed.

Should be just a little welding and grinding right?

So are you running the rams?
I'd keep them long term if the caster was close to 1.5-2.

The delta 3" arms are no doubt better- just wondering how close I'd be. Not sure 1.7* of added correction is worth a grand atop a 5-7k bill if the caster is already relaxed enough to eliminate nervousness.

Also considering a slightly lower 1.75-2" spring with a different kit altogether.

 

[Perfected]

I haven’t seen much written about the Icon Stage 1, 3” lift so I’ll go ahead and contribute.

Installed on a 1997 Collectors Edition, ARB with 12k warn up front, Slee sliders, IPOR rear, 315/75r16 BFG KM2.

Installed the lift approximately 6 months ago. Very standard install, same as any other 2.5” lift. Orded the kit from Bilstienlifts.com to avoid paying for shipping. Seemed to be the best price. Only problem I had was I was 2 extended bolts short on the front swaybar drop brackets. I called Icon, told the nice lady what was wrong and she sent the bolts out to me at no charge. Good customer service and I received them 3 days later.

I love the ride. The suspension soaks up the bumps very, very well. Very comfortable at any speed. I have no solid info to back this up but i think this lift might be over 3” just judging by how it dwarfs 285’s

The only advice I can give is DO install the front and rear spring spacers they provide for the driver’s side springs. They are about 1/2 thick. You should probably just go ahead and order 30mm spring spacers for the driver’s side front and rear. Initially I didn’t install any spacers and my cruiser developed a 1” lean on the driver’s side. Luckily i had some 30mm ftont spacers from Slee on hand. I modified one of them to fit on the rear. We’ll see how it holds up.

This lift might be a little weight sensitive. The sliders alone brought the cruiser down about 1/4 inch

My last bit of advice is don’t mess with 285’s on this lift, they’ll look tiny. Moved up to 315’s this week.

With the 285’s there appeared to be about an inch of stinkbug, with the 315’s it’s gone now (heavier spare??).

Overall i love the ride and the ride height (now that i have 315’s). I would definitely buy it again... now for the good stuff...

With 285’s (no sliders at this point) View attachment 1591513
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With 315’s sliders and 30mm spacers

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Thinking about this setup exactly. Same lift, tire, spacers. Did you add an adjustable panhard bar? How did you do the caster correction? I think I'm just gonna get the Man A Fre bracket for that bit and call it a day.

Any input welcome guys.

 

[alia176]

Should be just a little welding and grinding right?

So are you running the rams?
I'd keep them long term if the caster was close to 1.5-2.

The delta 3" arms are no doubt better- just wondering how close I'd be. Not sure 1.7* of added correction is worth a grand atop a 5-7k bill if the caster is already relaxed enough to eliminate nervousness.

Also considering a slightly lower 1.75-2" spring with a different kit altogether.

No, I'm not running them. Maybe this summer I might feel up to the task of dealing with this project. I would really like to move my arms more forward and eliminate caster correction plates.

 

[Nad Aitch]

If I had to take a wag I'd say the ram would leave you around .5-1°.

Might as well just jump straight to the delta arms or stay with a 2" spring.