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

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A note on lead time for those who are still waiting on their Hh + 3.6 shackles. In the past 6 months, our orders have continually increased, and on top of that, the percentage of people ordering shackles with Hh is up, so sort of a double increase. We are increasing production for the growing demand.

 

Hi @ARCHIVE,

Question kind of off topic but a little related. On the your Spring Under Axle Kit you have. I think the answer is the stock springs will not work/reach. Can you let me know if the kit will work with stock springs on a 3rd gen tacoma? I am guessing the deaver LT or HD springs are recommended.

Thanks

 

I responded to your email

 

Did stuff today

 

Cleaned that then painted

 

How long did it take you? Any tips you can give me? I’m installing mine next weekend and I want to be prepared

 

You can see the tools I used. One thing that helped (not pictured) was a longer metal Sawzall blade- the blade you see was my back up. . Using fresh drill bits goes a long way and keep them lubricated while drilling. Make use of that center punch and be patient. Hope this helps.
Oh yeah used a grinder here and there

 

Link from post#1 to post#1974 @EatSleepTacos install tips
https://www.tacomaworld.com/posts/23354765

 

Thanks for the replies, I was going to take it to a shop for the install but decided to do it myself.
Today I went and buy the supplies I needed to remove the hangers but I forgot to buy the paint.
Is there any recommendations on the paint I should use?
Also, the instructions did not specify in which position I have to install the hangers when using Icon rxt leaf but I’m guessing they go in the rearmost position(I don’t have to drill a new hole). Can someone confirm this?

 

Rearmost position, and satin black engine paint or vht suspension paint

 

Last day of sale pricing, if you want them, get them now, because price jumps up tomorrow

 

I just ordered a set!

Now for the wait.................

 

What an amazing product! I just installed them yesterday and I do feel a big difference on the rear suspension.

removing the rivets was way easier than I thought, it took me like 15 mins to remove the rivets on both sides once they were flush with the chassis and the stock hangers removed. A good quality drill bit and cutting oil helped a lot!

 

Thanks for your input on Hammer hangers and the install process

 

Maybe they were already loose. Jk. Congrats on the upgrade, just wait until you're driving and feeling the improvement!

 

My review of the Hammer Hangers with stock leaf springs:

I installed the hammer hangers with Eibach Pro-kit rear shocks, stock leaf springs, 1.3125" rear lift block and P rated 285/70R17 tires. I will note that I installed the Eibach rear shocks first and drove around with just that modification for three weeks to compare them to stock TRD sport shocks. Just changing to the Eibach rear shocks resulted in no noticable ride difference over the stock TRD sport shocks.

My primary goal with purchasing the Hammer Hangers was to smooth out the harsh ride in the back of my stock TRD Sport 4x4 when going over small to moderate imperfections in pavement at speed. After the install, I can definitely say the Hammer Hangers addressed my goal. To provide some context to my opinion, assume you drive over an expansion joint in the road at 30mph. Assume further that the pavement on the other side of the expansion joint is one-half inch higher than the road before the expansion joint. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being no noticable bump and 10 being jarring that causes your teeth to rattle), I would say jarring from the the stock rear TRD sport suspension is about a 8-8.5 and the jarring with the Hammer Hangers installed dropped to a 4 or 5 (or what you would normally expect by hitting that type of bump in a truck). While some of the improvement may have come from the increased sidewall height of the new tires, I attribute most of the improvement to the Hammer Hangers. Bottom line, I am pleased with upgrade.

 

That is an extremely specific height lift block.

 

Thanks Jay for the review, and explanation of benefits. I am in agreement that stock hangers make the ride suck pretty bad, approaching '10' teeth rattling.
I think if you were to add the cross tube, that might get you into the '3' range, then invest in well tuned shocks, even a Fox 2.0 remote reservoir tuned by AccuTune offroad, it would get you in the '2' range. It is a truck with open channel frame, it's not likely to get to uni-body RX-350 ride quality.

 

if ride quality is the target, i agree that the crosstube with high end shocks will get you there. adding the crosstube after upgrading everything else still got me a hugely noticeable improvement with ride quality.

 

So I wasn't the only one thinking that