Top Street Performance Overland Tacoma Build with Heritage Livery

TheChadster · 2025-01-16T14:54:30+00:00

Hey gang!! New to this forum and really excited about my 2025 taco coming in a couple months as a factory order. I have (as most of us have) seen the thread about the aluminum top plate located in the front shocks breaking when off-roading, possibly due to a new design that eliminated the external bump stops on the 24’+ Tacos. Now I do believe Bilstein addressed the issue, stating that their bump stops are now built-in the actual shocks. My question is, if I decide to add the aftermarket Icon top plate, in the event of bottoming out and cracking the aluminum part by Toyota, would Icon reinforcement plate “transfer” the load to a more important part like a control arm, thus potentially causing more expensive damage? Or is the Icon plate a cheap and effective preventative measure, “solving” the potential issue? Any advice is welcome and greatly appreciated!!

BG

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Nov 11, 2024

This was a pretty clean build out at SEMA this year. Decked out with a ton of mods, some cool. Some not so much. That heritage livery gets me every time though. Even though it's super played out, it still looks pretty damn good. Especially when its paired with a KC Pro 6 Light Bar.

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