Blown Icon Stage 2 (1 Viewer)

Bcmathes · 2026-07-09T14:49:59-0500

Hey everyone! Yesterday I was out on the trails outside of Los Angeles. Easing down a 3/10 trail on my way out, and I went over a small rut and BOOM! My rear passenger ICON Stage 2 shock burst/detached.
I was able to drive it out and even make it the 50miles home on the freeway to my mechanic. The good news: called Icon, and they were great! Very responsive and are sending a new shock ASAP. Highly recommend their product—especially given how they responded to a defect.

Ctprelude · 2026-07-09T15:34:08-0500

Glad they're taking care of you, but dang that's a major failure. Any idea if something wasn't done properly in the install or just something in the shock itself gave out?

Bcmathes · 2026-07-09T16:00:30-0500

Ctprelude said:
Glad they're taking care of you, but dang that's a major failure. Any idea if something wasn't done properly in the install or just something in the shock itself gave out?

ICON believes there was something faulty in the shock itself. They haven't said exactly, but between the tech at ICON and the tech I work with, both had said they've never seen this before and that it looks like something was wrong with the way it was welded which made it so the threads didn't join when connected.

rocksallday · 2026-07-09T18:38:17-0500

This is why I don't trust "rebuildable" shocks.
The non-rebuildable shocks don't seem to be expensive enough for me to sacrifice the reliability.
I have BP51 rebuildable shocks on my other car, but when I actually tried to see what's involved in rebuilding a shock, I figured it'll be easier to just get new ones if they ever fail.
I know Kings/Icons have local parts available, but you still have to take them off, rebuild, put back, re-align, ... so not sure how much of the cost you're actually saving vs the reliability risk.

edit: have just seen a pair of Kings 2.5 being rebuilt on an older Tacoma. They've been on it for probably 2-4 years but they look like hell. That body is corroded and I personally wouldn't trust them to hold much longer. Attached a pic I found of how they look if you don't constantly take care of them.