Let's face it: The average golf car looks just like... well, an AVERAGE GOLF CART.

While lots of you golf car owners are perfectly happy with a simple and clean method of getting around the golf course or your neighborhood, there are those who desire a little more "flash" or "pizazz"... and some of you aren't willing to settle until you've reached the status of "outrageously customized".

While you can certainly add a little glitz to your golf car with just some upgraded wheels or upholstery, if you really want to make an impression you gotta go whole-hog and truly "trick out" your golf car. If you've got the time or the money, you can truly "pimp" your golf car to such extremes that your neighbor's golf car will be embarassed to leave the garage!

For those with the money and inclination to let somebody else do the work, several golf car customizers have taken their business to extremes. Bad Ass Golf Carts Inc. is located in the glitz capitol of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. True to the excesses of their location, Bad Ass takes in average golf cars and turns them out with wild flaming paint jobs and custom bodies to mimic classic roadsters, limos, and 4x4s, also offering custom suspensions and lift kits.

Southern California-based American Custom Golf Cars Inc. also has a knack for pimping out golf cars, specializing in not just roadster styling but also licensed GM-styled golf cars like Hummers and Cadillac Escalades. Riding one of these around your neighborhood will certainly draw a bit of attention and admiration, except from the gas stations you'll be passing up...American claims that "Going up to 70 miles on a single charge* and costing less than it's competitors, this car has set the new bar in the Custom Golf Car Industry".

For those "do-it-yourselfers" out there, several companies manufacture kits for rapidly changing your golf cart's body design. Hot Rod Golf Carts in Indiana can send you all the body panels, brackets, nuts, and bolts to change your ordinary golf car into miniature classic roadster or flashy pickup truck. If you can handle some basic tools, a golf car customization kit might be for you.

One of the simplest and most inexpensive ways to spruce up your golf car is with a paint job. No matter where you live, you'll likely easily find an auto paint shop that specializes in hot rods and/or motorcylces. These local artists will be glad to add flames, company logos, or whatever you desire to your golf car, instantly increasing its visibility and "wow factor". But even if you're no artist, you can do the job yourself, thanks to vinyl graphics. Visit www.CustomAutoTrim.com for a nice selection of vinyl flames, pinstripes in a large variety of colors that will immediately add some "wow factor" to your otherwise plain golf car.

Vinyl graphics are somewhat like giant stickers that you can apply to your golf car to totally change its appearance. You've probably seen trucks, vans, and city buses "wrapped" with advertising...that's done with vinyl graphics, and you can use the same to spruce up your golf cart.

Golf Car Graphics in Pennsylvania offers a variety of golf car vinyl graphic kits, from simple fender decoration to full-coverage "skins" in designs from the typical flames and stripes, to animal-skins, checkered flags, tropical themes, camouflages, and custom graphics for your own design or logo. Most orders are shipped in a day or two, and you can apply them to your golf car in a few hours.

Don't forget about your interior...if you've given your golf cart a new look on the outside, it just won't do to leave the interior in "standard" condition. (In fact, many golf car owners choose to leave their exterior "factory", while tricking out the interior for utility and comfort. Strech Plastics Inc. in California is one example of a manufacturer who has embraced the golf car and produces custom dashboard covers, billet accessories, steering wheels, drink holders, and more to give your golf car's interior luxurious appointments that are also functional by providing extra secure storage room