ICON built the stage system so you can start where your budget is and add to it later without throwing away what you already bought. We are an authorized dealer and we install every stage.
ICON Vehicle Dynamics operates out of Riverside, California, led by head engineer and SCORE champion driver Dylan Evans. Their stated approach is to start from a desired outcome for the specific vehicle and work backward through the forces acting on it in motion — which is where the “Vehicle Dynamics” in the name comes from, and why their shocks carry that V.S. vehicle-specific designation.
We are an authorized ICON dealer. Everything we sell from them gets installed in our own bay at 4020 Trey Ln in Argyle, with the alignment done here afterward, at our $150 per hour door rate.
What each line is actually for.
| Family | What It Is | Who It Is For |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0 Aluminum Series | Monotube, 5/8″ polished shaft, vehicle-specific valving | The rear shock tier on most stage systems, and a solid standalone upgrade. |
| 2.5 Series EXP | Reuses your OE coil spring | The step above a spacer lift without paying for a full threaded coilover. Tundra, Tacoma, Bronco, Silverado/Sierra. |
| 2.5 V.S. Series | Internal reservoir, piggyback or remote reservoir | The core of most ICON truck builds. Where you add reservoirs and adjustable valving as budget allows. |
| 3.0 Series | V.S. remote reservoir and CDCV coilovers | Raptor-focused and high-speed work. |
| Omega Bypass / Zeta | Secondary and bypass shocks | Position-sensitive damping for trucks that see real speed on rough ground. |
| Billet & tubular UCAs | Caster correction plus Delta Joint | Almost always Stage 2. Restores geometry a lift throws off and fixes the angle a stock ball joint hates. |
ICON covers Ram and Dodge, Ford, GM, Jeep, Nissan and Toyota. Notably, ICON is one of the few brands on our shelf with real Nissan coverage. Ford runs through F-150 including Tremor and Raptor generations 1 through 3. Toyota is deep — Tacoma, Tundra, 4Runner and FJ. GM covers 1500 and 2500/3500 HD. Jeep covers JL and JT. Bronco is covered through the EXP line.
Most people cannot spend the whole number on day one. The stage system is built for exactly that: buy Stage 1 coilovers now, add upper control arms in the spring, add reservoirs next year. Nothing you bought at the lower stage gets thrown away when you step up. That is unusual in this industry and it is the single best reason to go ICON on a truck you plan to keep.
What we will not do is sell you a stage number off a chart. Stage contents differ by platform. Give us the year, model and drivetrain and we will pull the actual kit list, the actual part numbers and the actual price.
The stage is a bundle, and here is the part most sites get wrong: the stages are platform-specific. They are not a universal ladder. A 2025 4Runner runs stages all the way to 14; other trucks have far fewer, with different contents at each step. Broadly, Stage 1 is coilovers and shocks, Stage 2 adds upper control arms, later stages add remote reservoirs, rear links, adjustable track bars, and finally CDCV, CDXS and CDEV valving. Do not trust a generic stage chart you find on a blog. We pull the actual stage list for your exact year and model before quoting.
It is ICON’s upper control arm pivot, and their description is that it “combines the durability of a ball joint with the performance of a traditional uniball.” A uniball articulates beautifully and wears out fast because it is open to road salt and grit. A stock ball joint is sealed and durable but binds at the angles a lifted truck asks for. The Delta Joint is a sealed, greasable, zinc-plated high-angle retrofit ball joint that tries to get both. ICON lists it as patent pending and warranties it five years when it is part of a complete ICON system.
Vehicle Specific. The valving is tuned for that platform’s weight, geometry and spring rate rather than being a generic damper with a lift spacer. It is a literal designation, not marketing.
ICON positions it as bridging “the price and performance gap between spacer lifts and high end threaded coilovers.” It reuses your factory coil spring instead of including a new one, which brings the price down considerably. Currently offered for Tundra, Tacoma, Bronco and Silverado/Sierra. If a full coilover is out of reach but you do not want a spacer lift, this is the honest middle.
Lifetime on components, springs and weldments. Shocks are covered for manufacturer defect for 12 months from purchase. The Delta Joint carries a 5-year limited warranty when it is used as part of a complete ICON suspension system. Read that split carefully — the lifetime coverage is on the hard parts, not the dampers.
We are careful with this one. ICON’s own claim is that “all of our laser cutting, metal forming, CNC machining, welding and assembly is done in house” at their Riverside, California facility. That is an in-house fabrication claim, not a “Made in USA” claim, and we are not going to upgrade their wording for them. It is a strong statement on its own.
They are three rungs of adjustability. CDCV is a compression damping control valve — a knob on the reservoir you turn by hand. CDXS adds dual-speed compression, splitting slow body motion from sharp impacts. CDEV is electronically controlled valving running on ICON Intelligent Control. Most customers are well served at CDCV or below. We will tell you if you are buying adjustment you will never use.