I built a thing

"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura)
08/10/2015 at 19:54 • Filed to: RacingRig

So after being down at my apartment for a week I finally got around to assembling my racing rig/sim. Its not the greatest thing in the world but it works and the feeling of building something yourself is pretty satisfying! So, here it is!

DISCUSSION (19)

E92M3 > Trunk Impaired 318
08/10/2015 at 19:59

Actually that’s brilliant for those of us without a welder!

Trunk Impaired 318 > E92M3
08/10/2015 at 20:00

PVC cement is rather impressive for what it is!

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Trunk Impaired 318
08/10/2015 at 20:50

Awesome!

Trunk Impaired 318 > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
08/10/2015 at 21:11

Thanks!

DoYouEvenShift > Trunk Impaired 318
08/10/2015 at 21:23

Thats amazing! Does it have seat warmers? If I didn’t have such bad ADD I would buy a console and build me one of those.

Trunk Impaired 318 > DoYouEvenShift
08/10/2015 at 21:26

Haha, no seat warmers and I had some plans to work off of so with a little modifying of them and some time it really wasnt too bad

MM54 > Trunk Impaired 318
08/10/2015 at 21:41

The PVC is a really good idea. I’m planning a simple seat setup with wood, but before I can design anything I need to convince myself to 1) buy a wheel and pedals and 2) go get a seat

Trunk Impaired 318 > MM54
08/10/2015 at 21:59

The seat is easy, I went to my local yard and found a really nice seat out of an early 90s Prelude for $25. Pro tip: look for/get the passenger seat, it usually has significantly less wear. The wheel and pedals is a bigger call, you can get them as cheap as $50-$75 or as expensive as $500+, I went with a Thrustmaster T100 which is the cheapest force feedback wheel around for $150 I think. As for wood, my original idea called for a wood frame but I decided that would be too heavy and cumbersome while the PVC would be fairly light and portable

MM54 > Trunk Impaired 318
08/10/2015 at 22:02

Something about this region, there just aren’t many you-pull yards at all. It also seems like they’re all only open M-F, 8-4, which is when I work. Eventually I’ll go pick one up, though.

I do really like the PVC - my only question would be rigidity but properly done it (which it looks to me) it should be good. I do enough woodworking that I’m not too concerned with doing mine in wood, other than finished size and my relative lack of space.

Trunk Impaired 318 > MM54
08/10/2015 at 22:04

I was originally going to use 2 inch PVC but cheaped out for 1.5, and I didnt exactly take my time so the fit is less than perfect but Ive one cemented the supports for the steering wheel and so far I havent had any issues with rigidity and if I do theres a lot more joints I could cement

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Trunk Impaired 318
08/10/2015 at 22:25

Have any blueprints or measurements you can share? I have a g27 and some find Corinthian leather seats

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > Trunk Impaired 318
08/11/2015 at 08:50

That’s pretty awesome! You do appear to be missing a pedal and a shifter though...

MonkeePuzzle > Trunk Impaired 318
08/11/2015 at 12:49

Kinja'd!!!

now that its all together and checked, I bet painting the PVC parts all black (perhaps except the bottom so paint doesn’t rub onto carpet) would make it look substantially less ghetto.

damn fine work, I think PVC may be my choice for the next ride. I made one for the kids using their old booster seats, but as they’ve grown they are now sitting on an old subwoofer box, need to fix that

Trunk Impaired 318 > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
08/11/2015 at 12:56

I’ll send you the plans I used when I get home today. I modified them a bit but the important stuff is pretty much all the same

Trunk Impaired 318 > Van Man, rocks the Man Van
08/11/2015 at 12:58

Once the funds come in, those two things cost more than the wheel and pedals it came with!

Trunk Impaired 318 > MonkeePuzzle
08/11/2015 at 13:01

I’ve thought about wrapping it in a carbon fiber vinyl or plastidipping it but for right now it’s probably gonna stay ghetto. The work itself wasn’t too hard as I had some plans to go off that I modified a bit to make it a little simpler

Trunk Impaired 318 > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
08/11/2015 at 22:28

Plans/Measurements

TheHondaBro > Trunk Impaired 318
10/01/2015 at 11:54

How heavy would you say it is?

Trunk Impaired 318 > TheHondaBro
10/01/2015 at 11:56

The seat is by far the heaviest part, the PVC is probably no more than 10-15 pounds