16 tacoma smooth riding shocks? no lift wanted
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Trophycummins
Adventurer
You could rephrase that question to "King, fox, sway a way, blistein, radflo vs icon" since icon is the only company I know of that's claiming better offroad damping from digressive valving.
In an offroad application, with big sidewall tires that are aired down, I don't find enough of a difference.
Icons digressive valving allows it to be very mild on the street, however. but I still wouldn't buy their product, personally.
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DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
Truth. I believe the only advantage to digressive is that it probably prevents wallowing on pavement for a soft suspension while crawling. Whether that does the trick or not is the basis of pulling the pin on a discussion like this. For me a very major reason I wanted better suspension was the feeling that I was losing control on washboards at moderate speeds and going even softer valving as the shaft speed increases seemed to me to be the opposite of what I wanted. I can tell you OME and now FOX are both worlds better than stock shocks for that, but I've never had Icon to compare directly.
WillBeck
Adventurer
I agree with this. I lifted my truck a very small amount to take advantage of the increased travel, and my truck rides like a dream.
gmtech
Observer
im prolly going to go with this kit
https://www.amazon.com/Bilstein-Spr...308&sr=8-2&keywords=2016+tacoma+bilstein+6112.
struts are already built for easy swaping. ill just use strut compressor at work here and install on lowest snap ring groove.
https://www.amazon.com/Bilstein-Spr...308&sr=8-2&keywords=2016+tacoma+bilstein+6112.
struts are already built for easy swaping. ill just use strut compressor at work here and install on lowest snap ring groove.
Trophycummins
Adventurer
tacollie
Glamper
It will be way better than stock it just won't be as good as the higher end setups. It will also handle way better than stock. It's probably what I will replace my 5100s with when it's time, at least in the front. It's a good balance of performance and money. It depends where you want to spend your money.
I have fox 2.5 coilovers with about 2.5" of lift and they are pretty nice. Thinking about lowering rear when i need new springs in the near future and dropping front to maybe 1.75". Just wondering if anyone here has lowered this setup or similar 2.5's and if you notice much difference in ride