My $300 Upgrade

Fishwater

Sold my 2002 DS 36v resistor cart & bought this 1997 48v with a back seat. I'm going to be able to lift it now & use it as the family campground cruiser. Thanks to all the generous folks around here I found out the resistor cart wouldn't do what I wanted it to do without spending a ton of money so I went 48v plus got the back seat I was going to buy anyway! Plus the batteries are only a year old! So before I lift it I need to figure out what to do about the sagging top, maybe make a brace out of some steel? I'm looking for ideas, I'm sure a lot of these tops sag & I can't be the first person to face this dilemma. Next thing is figuring out if I want to replace the rear springs with HD ones or just do a helper spring? The drivers side sage an inch lower than the passenger so I'm thinking I should just replace the springs? Finally I'll need to make sure its running 100% before i start thinking about a new controller, I GPS'd it at a whopping 12 mph with myself, my wife & two toddlers. It's 35 degrees here today & the pack was registering a little over 51 volts when charged, it ran down pretty quick though which I'm hoping is due to the cold? I didn't let it rest 12 hours though when I tested the voltage.

So I know, a thread is useless without pics so here you go...

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Fishwater

Here's a pic of the sagging top.

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Dadog70

Fishwater if you are wanting a comfort ride I would not choose the HD springs, I installed them on my cart and they are way to stiff.

CRK

First the top. You can make a precedent top fit. I got mine for free just by asking at a mom/pop cart shop. It was a take off.

Second the springs. You can take a leaf or two out to soften the ride, So I have heard. I will be finding out soon as I have the HD springs in a box ready to go on my cart.

We have almost the same cart as you know. Mines a series, no run/tow switch.

Fishwater

Yep, your cart inspired me to start looking, mine is also a series cart. I'll keep my eyes open for a roof, Iffigured they'd swap over easy enough but for now I want to figure out how to brace it. I doubt I have your luck of cheap carts & free tops :-)

I would try a helper spring but I'm worried these rear springs are shot. They aren't bent but I'd hate to buy the helpers & find out I still need to replace the springs anyway.

Fishwater

Tested my battery pack this morning after sitting overnight from being charged. It read 50.9v which according to the state of charge sticky is a full charge

CRK

Woohoo

Dadog70

I was looking through EBAY and they have a used top for $49.00 I will try and post a link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/102508902-Cl...857b4f&vxp=mtr

Fishwater

What are the chances, that's about 2.5 hours from me, I drove right past it to pick this cart up, had I only known! Not sure when I can get down that way again, hmmmmm.

89GatorClub

I would be careful with not using the HD rear springs, since you are going to use this cart as a 4 seat family ride