Body and interior

The body and interior guides cover the parts of a golf cart that take weather and wear rather than current: windshield scratches and replacement, seat cover repair and replacement, canopy fitting and leak fixes, faded plastic body panels, paint touch-up, mounting mirrors and small accessories, and tracking down body squeaks and rattles. Little of this work is difficult, so the guides focus on the details that keep a repair from creating new damage. A golf cart windshield is acrylic or polycarbonate, not glass, and it scratches far more easily than an automotive one. Wash it with plenty of water and a soft cloth, and never wipe it dry; dragging grit across the surface is what causes the hazing owners later try to polish out. When mounting mirrors or accessories to plastic panels, drill a pilot hole first and put rubber or nylon isolation washers under the fasteners. A screw overtightened into unprepared plastic starts the crack that eventually runs across the panel. Squeaks and rattles usually live at mounting points and hold-downs, and tightening them with a soft washer added silences most of them. Almost everything in this category suits an owner with hand tools and patience. The exception is damage that reaches the structure under the panels, or a windshield frame bent in an impact; in those cases send us the details through our support request form before starting cosmetic work.