18 in tires with 4 inch lift, club car precedent

[southernerd]

I'm trying to get an idea if this would work. I like the look of a more open wheel well and the allowance for more travel in the suspension since my cart rarely sees anything better than a dirt road. Problem is all the pictures I see of lifts tend to have the maximum possible tire filling the wheel well. Has anyone done a 4 in lift with 18 inch tires? If so how does it look? Does it look more like a long throw suspension or do the tire just look too small for the cart?

[StoveBolt]

It will look like this.

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[southernerd]

Sound like I'm going to need some good hydraulics and switches.

[tedstephens]

^ that pretty much described it perfectly

[Springbok]

Here's what my 1987 Club Car looked like with a 6" lift and the stock 18" tires before I put on the 22.5" tires.

[SouthCo]

Golf cart suspensions don’t flex like say a Jeep. You don’t need anywhere near that much room in the wheel well regardless of where you drive to keep from rubbing. Now if you just like the look of a huge wheel well gap, that’s different and nothing wrong if that’s the look you like.

Here is mine with a 3” lift and 22” tires. I have 4.5” from the top of the rear tire to the body. All I ride is off-road around a farm and never rub even with kids or my wife on the back.




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[southernerd]

Originally Posted by Springbok

Here's what my 1987 Club Car looked like with a 6" lift and the stock 18" tires before I put on the 22.5" tires.

I'm probably going to move up to 20 inch. Yours looks less bad that some of the others with 6 inch lift and stock rims. I think the precedent body makes wheels look smaller than some of the other models.

[kgsc]

Depends on the lift but some of them won’t allow the 8” wheel normally used with 18” tires. Usually a min 10” is required.

[superpro56]

One thing to watch with a smaller lift and large tires is turning radius. The tires may rub the frame when trying to make sharp turns. Usually need at least a 4" lift to clear 23" tires.

[Springbok]

Originally Posted by kgsc

Depends on the lift but some of them won’t allow the 8” wheel normally used with 18” tires. Usually a min 10” is required.

My lift kit said that in the literature, that you must run 10" wheels with the lift kit. It's a double A-arm kit. But the stock wheels fit just fine. Neighbor bought a similar lift for his 2008 Yamaha G22 and the literature said the same thing. Yet he was able to run his stock 8" wheels for a few weeks until his 12" wheels came in. Makes me wonder if it's just a ploy to sell wheels?

Here's my '87 with that very kit and I still run 8" wheels and have since 2013.