How High Can You Lift a Golf Cart

What is a Golf Cart Lift Kit?

A Golf Cart Lift Kit is a set of parts specifically designed to be installed on your golf cart to raise the height of your cart by an additional 3“, 4”, 5“, 6” or 8”. The lift kit provides your cart with higher ground clearance (for driving over rough terrain), a wider, more stable driving position, and the ability to install offset wheels and larger tires!

Increased Passability

Allows the golf cart to travel better over rough surfaces, speed bumps, potholes and other obstacles, avoiding the chassis scraping against the ground, and is especially suited for driving on unpaved surfaces or off-road environments

Suitable for large-size tires

Lifting the body can provide space for installing larger size tires and wheels, which not only enhances the off-road performance of the vehicle, but also improves the visual effect of the vehicle’s appearance, making the golf cart look more dominant and personalized.

Golf Cart Lift Kit Types

Drop Spindle Lift Kits

Drop Spindle Lift Kits are easy to install, affordable and utilize the cart’s standard suspension. Drop Spindle Lift Kits replace and increase the length and size of your cart’s spindle, giving your cart wider support and greater stability. The wider support provided by the spindle kit also allows you to install larger “offset wheels” on your golf cart, which also allows you to use larger (wider and taller) tires on your golf cart.

A-Arm Lift Kits

Golf cart A-Arm Lift Kits are more powerful than drop spindle kits and can almost completely replace a cart’s front suspension for a smoother, more comfortable ride and the ability to accommodate larger tires than the factory configuration.

A-arm lift kits are becoming the best-selling type of lift kit because people are using their golf carts for much more than just a round of golf. Heavy-duty A-arm lift kits are constructed with larger diameter round tubes to increase the rigidity of the cart (and look just as good).

These lift kits are easy to install and offer great value for money, giving you the best bang for your buck.

Drop Axle Lift Kits

Drop Axle Lift Kits are an affordable lift kit solution. These kits replace the factory front axle with a “drop axle” design. Drop Axle Lift Kits have a longer radius than the stock front axle, tapering down to the stock spindle of the golf cart. This increases the height of the axle and allows you to reuse the factory spindle while replacing the front axle.

Most axle lift kits are less expensive than spindle lift kits, but the ride is not as smooth as spindle lift kits or A-arm lift kits. Although not difficult to install, drop axle lift kits also take slightly longer to install than spindle lift kits.

Block Lift Kits

Economical block lift kits are easy to install and will instantly raise the height of your car. Block lift kits are typically 4 inches (about 10 centimeters) in height and allow you to add block steel pieces underneath the stock suspension to get your ball car up in the air!

These lift kits are affordable and efficient, but at only 4 inches (~10 cm) in height, they are not as flexible as the Drop Spindle, Drop Axle, or A-Arm lift kits. While effective, block lift kits also tend to result in an overall poor driving experience.

Long Travel Lift Kits

Long Travel Lift Kits are the most expensive and capable lift kits you can purchase for your golf cart. Most everyday golf cart or neighborhood use does not require the use of these kits. What makes long travel kits so powerful is that they come with independent front and rear suspension systems (with long flex springs). The extended springs on long travel kits act as shock absorbers when traveling over extremely rough or rugged terrain.

Long-travel kits are typically offered in lift sizes of 6 inches (about 15 centimeters), 7 inches (about 17 centimeters), and 8 inches (about 20 centimeters). Height. These long travel kits are often referred to as “Extreme Heavy Duty Golf Cart Lift Kits”. Another type of kit in this category is the coil spring lift kit. Coil spring lift kits are similar to long travel kits, but usually only come with independent front suspension and static/fixed rear suspension units.

How Much Lift Do You Need?

Tire lift kits aren’t just for 4WD vehicles and pickup trucks. In fact, many golfers are starting to use tire lift kits as well because they are essential for bigger tires and the ability to carry more weight. Not to mention, they make your car look more rugged and durable. Whatever your reason, tire lift kits are very practical and will allow you to have the biggest, most durable tires possible. So what size lift kit do you need for your golf cart?

3” Golf Cart Lift

A 3″ lift kit on your golf cart will give you room for 20” tires. Almost all popular 3″ golf cart lift kits offer corresponding lifts such as A-arm, block, spindle, and sunken axle. If you want to mount larger tires without drastically changing the height of your golf cart, then a 3″ lift is ideal.

4” Golf Cart Lift

A 4″lift on your golf cart provides room for 22″ tires. The most common 4″ lift devices on the market are block style lift devices. Some A-arm and sunken shaft 4″ lift units are also available for golf carts, but they cost and take almost as long to install as the 6″ version. Therefore, a block lift is the most common way to lift a golf cart to 4”.

5″Golf Cart Lift

The amount of tire clearance allowed by a 5″ lift depends on your golf cart model. Club Car and Yamaha golf carts can use 22″ tires, while EZGO typically uses a 5″ lift kit for 23″ tires.

6″Golf Cart Lift

6″Golf Cart Lift Kits provide plenty of room for 23″ all-terrain tires! 6″ Golf Cart Lift Kits offer the popular choice of Spindle Lift, A-Arm Lift, and Drop Shaft Lift! Whether you own an EZGO, Club Car, or Yamaha, installing a 6-inch lift kit provides plenty of tire and wheel options!

Other Golf Cart Lift

Other Golf Cart Lift Kits are available in 7″ and 8″ heights and are considered “extreme loads”. These lift kits have longer travel and greater tire clearance for the ultimate in off-road performance. For most golf cart owners, these lift kits are not a necessity.

Factors That Influence Lifting Your Golf Cart

There are many factors that influence golf cart lifts, including safety, stability, performance, customizability and aesthetics. For example, golf carts are often designed to hold a certain amount of weight, so it’s important to make sure that the cart can safely support the extra weight of all the lift components. You should also consider the center of gravity of the golf cart, as this can affect the stability and handling of the golf cart. Additionally, the golf cart’s suspension should be considered when lifting, as this can affect the ride and performance of the golf cart.

There are many ways to customize your golf cart, including installing larger wheels and tires to improve performance on the golf course, or installing liftable seats and custom dashboards for a sleeker look. Keep in mind that if you want to install larger tires on your golf cart, you’ll likely need a lift kit anyway. If you install tires but don’t lift the cart, the tires will oversize and rub against the frame of the cart. Not only will this cause problems with your new tires, but it will also have an impact on your cart.

Finally, many lifted golf carts are not allowed on golf courses due to their all-terrain tires. So, if you want to take your ball cart onto the course, it’s best not to lift it.