Hammer Hangers® by Archive Garage 2005-2023 Tacoma Shackle Hangers

Noon update for those interested, stock hangers and rivets are out, stock upper shock mounts are out. Just have to cut the lowers off, then it all goes back together!

 

You can do it!!

 

Done! Cleaned up and back on the road! As y’all said, the two installs plus brake lines and adding a leaf took 12 hours on the dot lol

 

Is the website down ?

 

works for me. Looks a bit different so maybe he was working on it for a bit.

 

Keeps giving me a file not found error on 3 different devices. Must by my ISP.

 

Hopefully not, GoDaddy pushed me to their new "better" storefront, but so far I lost the categories for easy navigation. Work in progress, please let me know if there are issues and I'll work to fix it.

https://archivegarage.com/


Eric

 

My new GoDaddy storefront

 

sums up your experience perfectly?

 

Just putting this out there because I'm always concerned about the crash ratings on my vehicles, and it bothers me to see people adopting this .

This style cab mount severely retracts from the gold safety standard that the Tacomas have built in to them. 2016-2021 Tacoma IIHS crash ratings
Whoever designed this mount showed zero regard for this.

On the 3rd gen frame, the forward cab mounts got larger than the 2nd gen and has more strength than on a 2nd gen, showing Toyota had a reason to do it. The purpose this mount serves in a frontal offset crash is to stop the tire/wheel from being jammed up into the footwell, limiting g loads on your's and your passenger's legs, hence why it got larger, as crash testing standards are getting more rigorous.
The footwell is already the weak point in the Tacomas crash worthiness, passenger side has poor lower leg/foot rating.

This aftermarket mount has no surface area to stop a tire/wheel, plus will simply fold rearward, or rip the welds off the frame. This could cause the cab to come loose from frame and let the the tire/wheel assault the footwell.
IMO, doing a normal Cab Mount Chop (CMC) will have a minor impact in safety

In this video, you can actually see the stock cab mount doing its job to stop the tire/wheel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=eouRDQ417mU

 

I completely agree. That “relocate” is sketchy at best. There’s hardly any weld even holding it to the frame.

 

I believe someone made a thread that was somewhat similar but in regards to CMC.. white that said, what’s your opinion on a CMC?

 

In the post he says "IMO, doing a normal Cab Mount Chop (CMC) will have a minor impact in safety"

 

Totally missed that

 

Archive Garage has remained focused on suspension parts, and this focus helps Archive have complete and sorted products. From the start of offering Hammer hangers for sale in Nov 2017, the optional Hh cross tube has been available and still is. The cross tube fits any production hangers from the beginning.
The cross tube DOES add an additional improvement in ride quality (~10-20% of hanger improvement), because it connects the 2 hangers and frame rails together which adds torsional rigidity. This also protects the frame from stress applied to one hanger like rock hits. Archive's Hammer Hanger kit was the first replacement hanger kit offering a cross tube option.

https://archivegarage.com/products?olsPage=products/cross-tube-option-for-tacoma-hammer-hangers

 

FINALLY ORDERED. I CANT BELIEVE HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THE HH AND CROSS TUBE TO DIAL IN MY REAR END. My Dakar leaf #2 on the standard duty pack is catching the OEM hanger. Thanks to Eric for creating an incredibly flexible rear hanger setup that appears to be as durable as a block of solid steel while also riding significantly better than stock.

 

Why is your third leaf so short?

 

well you see, I live by this motto maybe you’ve heard it before “measure once, cut twice”

 

I always say that to my Dad when I'm working with him, he gives me this look like "I'm sorry son, I've failed you"