Navitis SEMA Build

I’ve heard it many times over the years that “a custom cart ain’t custom with just a bunch of bolt-on parts.” I’ve always been in the camp that custom equals a bunch of parts, paint, material, wheels and tires done in a way that it looks like it is the only one made. It doesn’t matter if you bought everything yourself, bolted it on a cart, painted it, reupholstered the seats and threw on the latest, hottest wheels and tires. These usually look custom because it is your vision that made it happen and nobody else thought of it. It doesn't necessarily mean that there has to be a bunch of custom fabricated parts to make it custom, but it sure makes them unique. As the old saying goes, “Cool ain’t cheap, and cheap ain’t cool.”

Take Tyler Willett’s custom cart, for example. We’ll say it’s an E-Z-GO, but in reality, it is a 2022 Navitis chassis with a MadJax Storm body. Tyler of West Coast

Cartz built this cart for the 2022 SEMA Show to showcase the amazing build partners’ exceptional golf cart products. What makes this cart unique is that every part of this cart is bolt-on products that can be purchased by anyone. Custom? Yes. But even you can do it, and it shows that there are no limits when it comes to building a cart -- well, except your bank account. Tyler is no stranger when it comes to building show vehicles for SEMA. Back in 2013 all the way up to 2017 he built show trucks. If you know anything about SEMA builds, you know that this is no short order as they are always over-thetop builds. With a mind for custom things on four wheels, he decided to mix it up and he started building custom carts in his garage. By the time 2022 rolled around, he had built four fully custom gas and electric carts, all powder coated with chrome and custom paint. He was bitten by the bug of building carts, and he has been hooked ever since.

The foundation for Tyler’s build started with a 2022 Navitis Chassis with a 5Kw AC motor and 600 AMP controller. Powering the cart, a 70.4 v lithium EcoBattery was installed that runs the stereo system, lighting and the big green Navitis motor that thrusts the cart up to 40 mph. The Navitas cart gets its stance from an 18.7" Big Bad Carts bolt-on lift kit and is custom painted metallic red and chrome plated. While it’s not ready for BAJA, Tyler outfitted the cart with a Full Throttle Suspension 2.0 reservoir shocks to give the cart a better ride and dipped it in chrome for a finished look.

On each corner of the cart, massive 22 x 12 Forged Gear offroad wheels were added and wrapped in 33 x 12.50R22 Baja

Boss Mickey Thompsons, secured with True Spike billet spike lug nuts. A custom set of 4” billet adapters were CNC’d for the rear, and 3” adapters for the front, giving the wheels the right offset space for turning and suspension flex.

With a cart this tall it would be easy to notice the string of wires powering the accessories. Rather than exposing all neatly run wires, he opted for custom skid plate laser cut by his good friends at Collision Kings LLC in Redwood City, CA.

The cart is running a total of twenty-five FCK Lightbars RGB rock lights to light up the details of the suspension, battery compartment, and the cart’s interior. Adding to the interior a custom suede starlight headliner was built with 2,000 stars by Interstellar Interiors. Wanting to leave nothing untouched, Tyler sueded the plastic backing on the MODZ FS2 seats. The polished interior also has Xtreme Mats’ custom floor mats that pair well with the Big Bad Carts billet pedals and billet suede steering wheel and chrome steering column. This unique build uses Big Bad Carts iPad pro dash to play music through two SoundExteme by ECOXGEAR 32" soundbars and two 8" subwoofers. The golf cart has a tinted Madjax windshield mounted to chrome plated roof struts.

The golf cart showcases a custom painted MadJax Storm body kit and custom painted DOT extended roof in metallic red to match the suspension. For the final touch, the cart is completed with a West Coast Cartz custom chrome name plaque in the rear bag well of the cart.

As the venom from the golf cart bug bite spreads through his veins, his plan is to continue building top shelf golf carts for people and to continue to build carts for SEMA. By the looks of this build, we can’t wait to see what he does next.