Icon i20 - Suspension Question

[mtollin]

Originally Posted by dundeebarnbuggy

First thing to do is dump those wheels and tires and get some 8 or 10" rims and tires. Tire sidewall is the most important suspension "part" for street driving in a lightweight vehicle like a cart.

True. But they advertise these carts as state of the art and claim developed by dealers after years of experience. If Yamaha, Club Car, Ezgo.... All have better ride, then they could easily do it or at least offer an upgrade. You don't need to go larger than stock tires on any of these other carts for a decent ride. All 3 I named also use same suspension on lead acid battery carts as they do for optional lithium and they ride fine either way. It's not rocket science, just need to have an engineer, mechanic, or tinkerer figure it out.

[BackNine29]

Originally Posted by HoleIn12

Had mine for about a month now. Same tires/rims. It was so hard the right mirror glass popped out. Luckily it was the blinker mirrors and it was dangling by the wire. I checked my tire pressure and they were at 34psi from factory. I have lowered and found a bit of a sweet spot at 22psi. Still has some stiffness, but all around better than it was.



The seat when in the down position sits on the hard lip plastic. This does not help, plus it grinds plastic on plastic. I actually got some 1” wide x 3/16” thick foam tape and put on the inside lip (cart side) when the seat comes down. In my opinion this minor change seems to help the smoothness of the ride slightly. Although maybe just in my head. But it does not grind plastic on plastic anymore.

Added the foam striping as you suggested. Wow. Amazing difference in ride. Thank you!

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[BackNine29]

Originally Posted by TAG Prez

I was wondering this same thing - I'm happy with the cart except the ride is quite rough. In all fairness I upgraded to 12" wheels to gain more speed and I know that contributed to the ride, but it seems like someone should make a kit designed for those of us who use the cart almost 100% on the street. If anyone has a suggestion please share. I have even thought about trading for a polaris GEM which I believe has an independent suspension.

On the street is my best ride. On-course is the majority rough ride issue.

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[derelicte]

Will the disc brakes clear a 8 inch wheel?

[Becker135]

I posted somewhere in another thread here that I recently replaced the original crappy tires on my non lifted i40F with steel belted radials 205 - 65/10s and it is a huge improvement. I also added 1in foam tape under both seats. Now I'm going to add spacers to the fronts to see if it eliminates the slight rubbing when making tight turns and if not I'll probably shave a little of the wheel well covers where it rubs. I also picked up about 4mph , so I'm happy with the results so far.

[derelicte]

Spacers will probably make the problem worse. They'll move the tires c!oser to the wheel well when you turn.