I found Lithium Rhino while researching lithium batteries for my Club Car DS cart. I loved their reviews and videos of their products. Theirs was the most complete kit that I found. Their kit that included mounting hardware brackets and everything else that you need to install this battery yourself including safety glasses and a battery removal strap for your old heavy batteries. While I was making my final decision, they even added the charging port to their kit. That made it even better. Add to that, they were offering free shipping at the time, so it was a total no brainer to order from Lithium Rhino.
Shipping was fast, 3 business days. I picked it up from the local shipping dock (about 20 minutes from my house) which saved me 2 more days waiting for delivery. Thanks, Michael, for the heads up on that one!
The packaging is unbelievable. I think you could drop this box upside down from a few feet and there wouldn't be any damage. Their packaging should be the industry standard!
During installation, I couldn't find the connection cord for the charger, so I called customer service and explained my problem. He walked me through it saying it was in the brown box. There are two brown boxes. I looked in the small brown box; nope that was the 12v converter. I swore I didn't receive it. He said no it's in the brown box. So, I looked in the big brown box that held the charger that I had put back in the original crate and covered with the foam packing material. There it was. Ooopps, I'm an idiot. Since I had them on the line I asked them about the voltage converter. I had already installed one for my light conversion kit. Mine didn't go to the ignition switch so that was my confusion. No issue, now I have a spare.
My whole installation took me about an afternoon. I had to build some brackets to mount the charger to my frame which added a couple of hours. Michael had said that the conversion would be a tight fit in the DS, but I don't think it was that bad. We had to deviate from the instructions a little to mount the battery. Since my cart used 4 12v batteries, we had to bolt the mounting bracket to the frame first and then to the battery. This meant that the brackets were upside down according to the instructions. It took a bit of measuring and head scratching to figure out, but it wasn't hard.
All in all this was a great experience. Anyone who knows how to use a wrench and a drill can do this. Now my cart zips around faster than it's ever gone before and I don't have worry about those louse lead acid batteries. I would highly recommend Lithium Rhino if you are thinking of a lithium conversion for your cart. In my opinion they can't be beat. They've got the best price, best kit and best packaging of anyone out there. You won't be disappointed
