Salt air is attacking my Icon

[Kong]

The paint on most of my suspension parts is coming off after a year, and the rust is setting in. Anyone else having this problem? I wondered how the cart would hold up in the beach conditions. I'm now wondering if the Club Car and EZ Go would have been a better choice for this environment. Might be making a trip to the powder coater.

[KRAZYMATT]

Originally Posted by Kong

The paint on most of my suspension parts is coming off after a year, and the rust is setting in. Anyone else having this problem? I wondered how the cart would hold up in the beach conditions. I'm now wondering if the Club Car and EZ Go would have been a better choice for this environment. Might be making a trip to the powder coater.

Ezgo uses steel frame also. Club car has aluminum so does bintelli. Vivid ev also has aluminum frame on thier peak model.

[anpgator]

Originally Posted by KRAZYMATT

Ezgo uses steel frame also. Club car has aluminum so does bintelli. Vivid ev also has aluminum frame on thier peak model.

While true, for one reason or another the steel frame EZGO’s hold up a lot better than any of the Chinese carts in my area (FL panhandle on the gulf).

[DaveTM]

Rustoleum sells a very high quality paint that works incredibly well. I've used it on partially corroded steel...did a quick wire brush....painted it....and 20 years later it's still not rusting. (This was a metal hand rail on the outside of a home)

If you live in an area of salt air, that environment will be very hard on unprotected or under protected metals.

Use the right "stuff" and you will be very happy you did.

[dundeebarnbuggy]

Disassemble everything that is rusting that you can. Mask heim joints and any other part [bushings ect] that you don't want touched. Sandblast, prime and paint [or powdercoat] and you will have a job that will last. Last step, and this is important, spray the chassis with Fluidfilm, or chainsaw oil. It will creep into areas that you can't reach with paint and help keep the rust from eating the metal from the inside out. You will probably need to reapply once or twice a year depending on how much water you drive through.

[mtollin]

The new Lithium Club Car Onward with AC motor starts at around $13,000. Far cry from what Icons / Advanced EV list for.

[KRAZYMATT]

Originally Posted by mtollin

The new Lithium Club Car Onward with AC motor starts at around $13,000. Far cry from what Icons / Advanced EV list for.

Your also getting an aluminum frame and lithium battery pack. The lithium pack is 2000-2500 alone… also adding a lithium pack to an icon will void your warranty.

[mtollin]

Originally Posted by KRAZYMATT

Your also getting an aluminum frame and lithium battery pack. The lithium pack is 2000-2500 alone… also adding a lithium pack to an icon will void your warranty.

Yea, didn't say it wasn't a good cart, I own one. My CC compared to my Advanced EV is like driving a Rolls-Royce, but not as fast. Void warranty on the lithium in an Icon? Did not know. My Advanced advertises installing Roypal from factory and pretty similar carts, except I don't have magnetic brakes...thank goodness.

[KRAZYMATT]

Don’t say that directly but says any modification which alters the weight distribution of the vehicle voids warranty. Changing from lead acid to lithium is a drastic shift in the weight. I don’t what other modification they could be talking about that would have anything close to the change in weight distribution that the lithium would cause… also lists changing the charger out from the factory one in the very next line and 99% of the lithium packs come with thier own charger to replace your current one. Very coincidental these 2 items are listed back to back in the warranty terms…

[DaveTM]

Any company that states in their warranty verbiage that get's that company out of a claim to fix it for a modification by the owner is typical.

OTOH, I was looking to buy a "low end" thermal scope (low end is $1,500-$2,000) and one company's warranty specifically stated their warranty is "void" if the company discontinues the "model" of the scope.

So, change it from a BS50-1 to a BS50-2 and your 5 year warranty lasted 6 months.

Imagine if vehicle makers did that! We offer a ten year warranty.....unless we quite making that vehicle. You buy a 2022 whatever....then next year they make a 2023 whatever.....Hey we quit making the 2022....warranties are all null 'n void!!

Yeah....what a business plan!