I was originally in the market for a simple easy way to get rid of the Daystar 2.5 spacer that was installed on the truck from the dealer (Dave Smith in Idaho). I wanted about 2.5" of lift in front for clearance issues over rocks and to help with the bad approach angle with the sport bumper.
I was looking at Bilstein 5100 first. Then I considered other companies like Rancho that may be more off roady. Then I decided on the Bilstein 6112 as the best for the buck solution. While doing all my research, I was always drooling over Icons and Kings and Fox...but dismissing them as way to expensive.
I was also shopping for UCA's to compliment. I did not want uniball due to noise, longevity and maintenance drawbacks. I kinda settled on the Zone UCAs largely from reviews here, but was considering upgrading to the tubular BDS ones. I still like those!
In a twist of fate, when I sat down to actually buy the Bils 6112...they were ALL out of stock EVERYwhere.
Luckily for me, it was Black Friday week. I did not want to get anything less than the 6112..so I started looking at Fox and Icon. So expensive...but maybe I could swing it? SoCalSuperTrucks and SDHQ had the best deals...that is until I spoke to
nick@gotexhaust here on the forum.
HOLY ****. I had a 6 page DM conversation with Nick and he answered all my questions and beat or matched every black friday deal and then some. He went above and beyond in helping me, answering questions and providing amazing deals. THANKS!
In the end, I bought the Icon Stage 2 (2.5" coilovers, 2.0" aluminum rear shocks and 1.5" progressive coils) and the Delta Joint UCAs (all from nick)....at the end of November...
Fast forward to January 17 (!!!!!!) and I FINALLY got my Stage 2! The UCAs were delivered the next day.
Apparently the long wait was due to a huge order volume for Icon from Black Friday (they were offering 20% off on their site and other online retailers) also, they predominately stock Toyota parts, but build to order most other brands due to much less demand.
Regardless...I got my stuff and was happy.