The 2013 Toyota Dream Build Challenge features four teams, comprised of Team Toyota athletes and world-class brand partners, face off to create their most extreme dream Toyota. Can the teams build their dream vehicles within the seven week deadline? Or will the tests of time, logistics, and engineering become their worst nightmare? Your votes will […]
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SEMA helps fuel Southern California’s car culture with ICON Vehicle Dynamics
Mike Spagnola, SEMA’s vice president of product development, is shown here with some aftermarket, high-performance automotive parts at the organization’s Diamond Bar facility. (Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb/SGV Tribune) By Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune Posted: 10/21/13, 8:55 PM PDT | Southern California’s car culture is big business, and the Specialty Equipment Market […]
2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor – Head Rush featuring ICON Vehicle Dynamics in Truckin Magazine
With an elevation of more than a mile high, the city of Golden, Colorado, takes a toll on a person’s breathing. Mother nature isn’t kind to newbies to the area, and more often than not, you’ll see people pausing to let their bodies catch up to the extreme conditions. For brothers Jake and TJ Hill, […]
Manufacturers and Students Customize WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose F-150 at SEMA Garage
By SEMA Editors The students from the Alex Xydias Center for Automotive Arts work with SEMA manufacturers in the SEMA Garage to customize the WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose Ford F-150. The students install Amp Research running boards on the truck. Dylan Evans from Icon Vehicle Dynamics shows one of the students how to install shocks. Ten […]
The Tacoma GS – A capable “adventure” based Toyota that gets the job done.
The Tacoma GS By: Bill Dragoo Two wheels or four, does it really matter when the road ahead says “ADVENTURE?” It does when the wife wants to come along, unless she’s the rare variety of the fairer sex who can tackle an off-road machine in the rough. My work as a moto-mounted adventure journalist has […]
2009 Ford F-450 Super Duty – SEAL Team Six
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday By Maxwell Matthewson, Photography by Maxwell Matthewson In 2001, an unthinkable act of terrorism was carried out against the United States. From that day, a manhunt was underway to capture and/or kill the man behind this attack. Almost ten years later, a few dozen men from the elite SEAL […]
Alexander Motorsports wins at the 2013 General Tire Vegas to Reno
Alexander Motorsports wins the 2013 General Tire Vegas to Reno The General Tire “Vegas to Reno” race is “The Longest Off-Road Race in the United States!”. This would be Alexander Motorsports second attempt to complete this legendary race. As the bright yellow car #5001 approached the starting line at […]
ICON Ford Raptor Rear Bolt-on Hydraulic Bumpstop System
Overview: ICON Vehicle Dynamics’ Ford Raptor Rear Hydraulic Bumpstop System has been through extensive R&D, testing, and tuning before ICON could introduce a product we were confident in labeling the most comprehensive Raptor bumpstop solution on the market. What does the bumpstop do? In short, a bumpstop’s job is to control the final up travel […]
FRF Havoc in the Hills presented by ICON Vehicle Dynamics
The Ford Raptor Forum has joined forces with Great Lakes Raptor Excursions in setting up a large scale Ford F-150 Raptor gathering in the heart of Eastern Pennsylvania’s “Coal Country.” This is going to be a 3 day event based out of Rausch Creek Off-Road Park in Tremont, PA. We have rented more than […]
FJ Cruiser / 4Runner Rear Hydraulic Air Bump Stop Kit
ICON Vehicle Dynamics is proud to introduce our bolt-in Hydraulic Bump Stop Kit for the 2007 to current Toyota FJ Cruiser & 2003 to current Toyota 4Runner. This kit reduces rear-end “kick” and helps to improve the overall offroad performance of the vehicle. The OEM rubber bumpstops have a limited energy absorption capacity that is […]