New owner of EZGO. Battery/Mod/ Questions

[zagfreak]

Hello-
First Post! I purchased a 2005 EZGO TXT PDS yesterday for what I believe was a fair price-$1900. Has Champion Batteries and newer terminal wiring going from battery to battery(obviously the original batteries have been replaced. The hour meter says 1000

A few questions (please direct me to any previous posts):

1) Batteries- how to check life? How often to top em off with water? Can I buy a display that will indicate if daily charge is getting low?

Rear Seat: This is the one I was thinking of buying today- http://cgi.ebay.com/TAN-REAR-FLIP-SE...item19bb2eab4f Thoughts? (I do not think I want the "grab bar"

Painting Body? Best way paint? Special paint needed etc?

Thanks in advance- I will continue to browse this cool forum!

Z

[bioevolve]

I just got that rear seat kit last week and just re-wrapped it. It's best deal on a rear seat kit I have found. I like it!
Oh I also found out that you will need to upgrade you rear leaf springs to handle the extra load. I ordered a 3 leaf kit for mine.

[zagfreak]

Cool. But when I search for the 3 leaf kit it says these are standard on 1994 and up EZ GO's? Is that not the case? Or are they only standard on EZGO's with a rear seat? How can I tell what type of Leaf Springs I currently have?

Thanks
Z

[cdb770]

Originally Posted by zagfreak

Cool. But when I search for the 3 leaf kit it says these are standard on 1994 and up EZ GO's? Is that not the case? Or are they only standard on EZGO's with a rear seat? How can I tell what type of Leaf Springs I currently have?

Thanks
Z

count the amount of leaf springs, if it is only two then standard. But, if you have four or five leafs than they are HD (heavy duty)

[scottyb]

You can get simple SOC (state of charge) meters or more complex LED voltage meters .... Water should be checked once a month on average.(depending upon frequency of recharge, battery condition, and temperature)