Neighborhood Golf Cart I'm building. Started as a 95, I think.
Wanted to run the 14's and keep ride height as low as possible. This year has the axle that is angled in at both ends. I cut off spring perches and flipped axle to push wheels away from body to see if this would give me the clearance, added some coilover mounts since I had these coilovers laying around. They're only rated for 100 lbs/inch but with the leaf springs I was hoping they would suffice. Obviously it's not a long travel but it sure smoothed out the ride.
Mockup pic here, going to take out a little of the angle then weld reinforcement to frame for upper mount.
Wheels now fit nicely, I think I can stand another 1-1.5inch drop with no rubbing. Stock leaf springs were shot and the only thing I had at the time were club car hd springs. Took one leaf out but they're longer and pushed the axle too far back. I have some 175 lb progressive coilovers that only have 4" of travel I might install and play with new stock springs or the old worn out springs and see which combo rides better. Will lower rear to match the additional drop in front as well.
Still have to paint, add a few cosmetic goodies and replace the pre 01 steering rack and gear and possibly add a dampener to try to tighten up the steering.
Right now I'm at 24 mph and the steering is questionable at best at this speed.
New parts installed so far-
Alltrax 400amp series controller
400 reversing contactor
500 amp main solenoid
6-8 volt us batteries
2/0 custom cables
48v smart charger
Ausco rear disk's
Still need-
Motor was painted black, when pressure washing I noticed underneath was blue. It's a D&D motor but I'm not sure what model. It's got a good amount of torque and does 24mph with the 48v upgrade. Going to fix steering then install 8:1 gears. My top speed after that will be the deciding factor on motor choice.
Paint- thinking red to match the wife's Durango R/T with black racing stripe and all black accents
Seats- custom black seats with red stitching and R/T emblems embroidered in
Have an 80" black top with black trim, going to cut a few inches from the supports and install it
Cut four inches from steering column
A few other cosmetic goodies and lights etc.
Wanted to run the 14's and keep ride height as low as possible. This year has the axle that is angled in at both ends. I cut off spring perches and flipped axle to push wheels away from body to see if this would give me the clearance, added some coilover mounts since I had these coilovers laying around. They're only rated for 100 lbs/inch but with the leaf springs I was hoping they would suffice. Obviously it's not a long travel but it sure smoothed out the ride.
Mockup pic here, going to take out a little of the angle then weld reinforcement to frame for upper mount.
Wheels now fit nicely, I think I can stand another 1-1.5inch drop with no rubbing. Stock leaf springs were shot and the only thing I had at the time were club car hd springs. Took one leaf out but they're longer and pushed the axle too far back. I have some 175 lb progressive coilovers that only have 4" of travel I might install and play with new stock springs or the old worn out springs and see which combo rides better. Will lower rear to match the additional drop in front as well.
Still have to paint, add a few cosmetic goodies and replace the pre 01 steering rack and gear and possibly add a dampener to try to tighten up the steering.
Right now I'm at 24 mph and the steering is questionable at best at this speed.
New parts installed so far-
Alltrax 400amp series controller
400 reversing contactor
500 amp main solenoid
6-8 volt us batteries
2/0 custom cables
48v smart charger
Ausco rear disk's
Still need-
Motor was painted black, when pressure washing I noticed underneath was blue. It's a D&D motor but I'm not sure what model. It's got a good amount of torque and does 24mph with the 48v upgrade. Going to fix steering then install 8:1 gears. My top speed after that will be the deciding factor on motor choice.
Paint- thinking red to match the wife's Durango R/T with black racing stripe and all black accents
Seats- custom black seats with red stitching and R/T emblems embroidered in
Have an 80" black top with black trim, going to cut a few inches from the supports and install it
Cut four inches from steering column
A few other cosmetic goodies and lights etc.
