Icon 2.5 adjustable coilover install (Self Squatch)

Installed icon 2.5 adjustable coilovers along with Camburg upper control arms, nitto trail grapplers 315/70R17, and Sasquatch take off wheels. Did the install with my dad (he’s on the forum so hi dad) in our driveway, overall it’s a straight forward install which means it took us 15+ hours.

Started with a non squatch black diamond 2.3L manual, there was nothing wrong with the ride stock it was good on and off road. However the switch from stock to icon was night and day, it rides incredibly smooth and plush while also drastically reducing body roll and pitch. Haven’t been able to take it off roading yet but am sure that my bash plates will appreciate the added ground clearance.

There were some difficulties with the instal, the position of the front reservoirs either pushed the hose along the spring rubbing on 4 of the coils or rubbing the the tire at full lock. After speaking with icon we were told we could losses the nut to spin the hose on the revisor without leaking oil, it leaked oil. Icon then got to work on new set of custom front coil-overs and had them ready in an impressive amount of time so props to them. This is a new vehicle and a brand new suspension kit so not that suprised that there’d be issues.

Overall it rides amazing and looks great, programmed the tire size with forscan two days ago so really don’t have enough data to make any real mpg claims but doesn’t seem to be a change. I’ll post updates when I get some time to take it off road with the new set up. It also got a buff, polish, and ceramic coat while we waited for parts and looks better than factory now.

do your tie rods come close or touch the lower part of the shocks when the steering wheel cranked ?

Alank34 said:

do your tie rods come close or touch the lower part of the shocks when the steering wheel cranked ?

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No there’s a decent amount of clearance

clpray16 said:

No there’s a decent amount of clearance

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Check the threads in the ICON page on the forum, lots of people having issues with that. Maybe you can shed some light on what’s different with your

thanks in advance

Alank34 said:

Check the threads in the ICON page on the forum, lots of people having issues with that. Maybe you can shed some light on what’s different with your

thanks in advance

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I’ll go look, it was tight at first but the alignment fixed it, I’m actually gonna look again to make sure we were focused more on the hose rubbing

Looks good. Nice work!

Looks Great.

Love it. Looks good. Are they adjustable to level of some of the factory rake?

Gil Carolina said:

Love it. Looks good. Are they adjustable to level of some of the factory rake?

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Yes I did some adjustments to get it almost perfectly level

Looks great.

Much respect to your dad for wrenching barefoot.

clpray16 said:

Yes I did some adjustments to get it almost perfectly level

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Send pics when you get a chance.

You picked the perfect trim for your build, well done.

*looks like Ridge Grapplers (not Trail)

Looks good, I just did the same thing on my 2Dr A51 Badsquatch. I don’t rub tie rods (had them put some extra castor in the alignment) but because of how low their spring cup is, there is no room for any type of tie rod brace. They are sending me a new lower pin to see if that gives enough room for something. Luckily the disconnectable sway bar seems to have a little more room in the rear.

Many are having rub issues in stock configuration but the alignment may be key. Unfortunately not thought through by Icon before launch.

Triceratops said:

*looks like Ridge Grapplers (not Trail)

Looks good, I just did the same thing on my 2Dr A51 Badsquatch. I don’t rub tie rods (had them put some extra castor in the alignment) but because of how low their spring cup is, there is no room for any type of tie rod brace. They are sending me a new lower pin to see if that gives enough room for something. Luckily the disconnectable sway bar seems to have a little more room in the rear.

Many are having rub issues in stock configuration but the alignment may be key. Unfortunately not thought through by Icon before launch.

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Just found out about that issue, did you or anyone else have issues with the resivor hose rubbing?

clpray16 said:

Just found out about that issue, did you or anyone else have issues with the resivor hose rubbing?

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I need to play a little more I think my fronts are in contact with the spring in one place. I’m not sure how much it matters. I really had to adjust the rears. The installers were a little baffled by it it seems.