Golf Cart Rear Seats
Along with a golf cart radio, golf cart rear seats are one of the best custom parts and accessories available to those who are seeking modifications for either their electric or gas golf carts. While not all cart models allow for rear seats to be installed and used, the vast majority are built to sustain mounted rear seats because they can be applied and removed very easily from the vehicle's frame. They are often sought by owners of a two-seat golf cart who are looking to add more passenger capacity. Here are some tips to installing golf cart rear seats and what to look for in a purchase so you can be sure that the accessories will work correctly the first time around.
Parts and Installation
When you begin to mount or have rear seats mounted for you, remember that how tightly they are fastened means how safe the vehicle is going to be to drive with additional passengers. It is always important to test the vehicle without any passengers beforehand to ensure that the golf cart rear seats aren't going anywhere. While it is cheaper to install the accessories yourself, you may still seek the help from a professional if you feel that they could do the job faster or with more quality. However, you should make sure that they are utilizing basic parts of the process so that you know they're doing it correctly.
For example, if the material being used is vinyl then it needs to be cut larger than the plywood on all of the sides of the rear seats. Vinyl is the most common material used for golf cart rear seats because it does not rip easily and is extremely comfortable. However, this isn't the case in a humid climate and awning fabric is frequently used as well in these situations. Foam for the seat is important as well and remember that it should be applied before any type of seat fabric is attached. Most often, an adhesive will be sprayed to the plywood and then the foam will be carefully placed on top of it to ensure that it looks stylish.
When the fabric is being added it should lay against the foam with the plywood positioned in the center. Once it is pulled around the wood very tightly, the material can be stapled to the boards multiple times on each side to keep it firmly attached to the golf cart. There should also be a good amount of measuring done when installing golf cart rear seats. There are a couple of pipes that need to be cut in order for the rear seats to be supported and incorrect measurements will lead to problems involving the integrity of the golf cart model. In order to do this accurately, the distance from the stabilizer bar to over the back bumper is going to need to be recorded and then added to the distance from that point down towards the bumper.
Golf cart rear seats also require the distance between the back roof bars to be measured in order to cut a piece of pipe to work as a stabilizer bar for further support. This should follow with the marking of the supports for the rear seats of the golf cart at the individual points where they are going to bend. This will be at a 90-degree angle towards the vehicle's bumper. Knowing where to place markers is important for the golf cart rear seats because it helps to indentify where to bend the pipes so that they support the frame evenly. Usually the pipes can be placed in a regular table vice and then heated using a propane torch where the markings were made.
This process quickly gets the metal for the golf cart rear seats heated so that it will become easy to bend and shape to the angle you need. After both of the pipes are bent correctly they needed to be fixed to the golf cart. The angled pipes should be clamped into place while holes are drilled through the roof stabilizer bar. A bolt will secure the pipes while the rest of the installation is being done. A regular electric drill with a 1/4-inch drill bit will often be used for this job and greater sizes may affect both the performance and the appearance of the accessories.
Typically, the stabilizer bar is then attached to the support bars on the front side. These can also be fixed to the vehicle using an electric drill and then fastened with bolts. The last step generally is to place the golf cart rear seats up onto the seat support system and to keep them in attached with a couple of durable straps made out of material such as elastic that will not easily snap or become loose and fall off.
