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01-01-2021, 02:14 PM | #1 |
Gone Wild
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Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel
2013 Club Car Precedent.
As I understand, the Jakes Long Travel kit is adjustable for height? So I can raise or lower the front end as I want? What about the AllSports lift kit? Seems to me, and I'm just looking at photos, that the AllSports kit is a bit heavier duty. Do I have that right or am I mistaken? What are the differences between these two kits? Thank you! |
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01-02-2021, 10:23 AM | #2 |
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Re: Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel
Yes, the Jakes LT has multiple mounting points for the upper shock mount, which allows you to change the ride height. The rear would not be adjustable.
Heavy duty? Not sure what you mean. Either kit will work well on a golf cart that sees golf course duty, yard work, campground, or on road driving. Off road? Depends on the severity of the terrain and who is driving, but either kit will handle basic mild off road use. I can speak from experience, the Jakes LT handles really nice and has a nice soft ride and a good turning radius. They work well in most conditions but the shocks fade and bottom out on aggressive atv type trails. Swapping the coil overs to a set from an atv would solve that issue. I've never used the All Sports kit. It looks nice though. |
01-02-2021, 07:15 PM | #3 | |
Gone Wild
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Re: Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel
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Obviously, I'm still undecided on the lift kit. The back order wait time doesn't bother me. |
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01-02-2021, 09:40 PM | #4 | |
Getting Wild
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Re: Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel
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3 leaf double U-Bolt Springs in the rear. AllSports is Designed & Manufactured right here in Pensacola, FLA AllSports makes the OEM Lift Kits for Club Car. My next Lift Kit will be an AllSports unless I build a real hot rod and find a need for Front Disc Brakes, then I might consider the Jake's. My usage is all pavement at the beach. |
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01-03-2021, 08:24 AM | #5 |
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01-03-2021, 01:04 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel
The 489's I'm going to buy are listed as 23 tall x 10 wide x 12 rim, but they're really 9.5 wide so I think I'm good.
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01-03-2021, 01:47 PM | #7 |
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01-03-2021, 08:19 PM | #8 |
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Re: Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel
Those are fantastic tires! I had them on my cart for years and years.
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01-03-2021, 09:06 PM | #9 | |
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I figure the lawn will regrow and I'm not one of these "perfect grass" types anyhow. But one thing I don't want to do is have to walk home to get the farm tractor to tow it out. Still undecided on the jakes or allsports... not getting as much input as I was hoping for. |
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01-04-2021, 08:11 AM | #10 | |
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In contrast, I tried out some mud tires recently and absolutely hate them. They were used so the price was right, I like the tall size, but they are too aggressive. They do tear the grass up just a bit. They have more of a hard rubber edge on the tread blocks, they cut like a knife in soft soil. They work great for mud, terrible for hard surfaces. The 489's worked much better. The photos below show both tires on my cart. I prefer the 489's and would recommend them to anyone who wants a tire that will "do it all". The tires in the third pic are the All Trails (I think), more of an "all terrain golf cart tire" rather than an atv tire. They do ok on everything except mud and snow, they pack up too much and spin. They ride good on hard surfaces though. The owner of the cart picked those out. I've used those tires before on an Ezgo I built years ago. I've used the Jakes LT before. Good solid kit. It's designed very similarly to a sport atv suspension and works really well off road. It softens the ride up quite a bit, makes driving a cart off road much more enjoyable. Some have complained about the shocks, but I've never seen or heard anything negative from the ones I've built. I've also used the Jake's double a arm, Jakes standard a arm lift, All Sports a arm lift, All Sports drop axle lift, of various different builds. I've attached a photo of one of the carts I built with the Jakes LT. As you can see, my camo cart is a Yamaha G1. I originally started with a Jakes 6" a arm kit. It was terrible, had a bad camber angle that I couldn't resolve with different shocks. Jakes doesn't make an LT kit for the G1, so I had to make my own LT suspension from an atv. It handles fantastic! I'm a huge fan of long travel atv type suspensions, and the Jakes LT kits ride and handle as good as the one I built. I'm a fan. |
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