CHEAP Cockpit Alternatives ONLY

[PASM]

Thanks for this idea! 👍

It has come to life in my place.

Nice one! Are you happy with the stability?

 

[Speedy6543]

It's already better from where I came from,

but I think it'll need a cross like here,

 

[nmcp1]

Out with the old...









In with the new....








This is how I keep the seat attached....







Wife Mode...

 

[Speedy6543]

Nice work. 👍

And the misses happy it's out of the way when not in use.

 

[Dean]

Wow, that looks very comfortable 👍.

 

[Ferrari458Italia]

Here's my cheap cockpit. Costed me only about $60, no more than $70 and I (somewhat) had fun with it
Need to run by Lowes and grab some kind of a carpet to finish the flooring so it looks a bit nicer, and I need to finish up on the painting and finally stick a big 24" tall Ferrari logo on the very front

to elaborate:
+seat was free from my buddies junk yard (if anyone can tell me where that seat came from I would really be interested.. I have no clue where it's from and I really find it to be comfortable)
+PVC fittings costed me about 45 bucks
+pvc pipes were free, my dad had a lot of extras
+all the wood was free, my dad had extras
+paint was free, found it around the house
+had to buy a few nuts and bolts
+tonight hopefully I'll get some kind of a carpet for it

 

[gman1647]

I started out with the design at http://buildawheelstand.blogspot.com/ (mentioned earlier in the thread), then I:

1. Attached the wires to the frame so they don't get tangled or in the way
2. Added a floor so I could bolt my pedals on (which is nice because they are always in the right spot and don't move)
3. Added a cheap bath mat to the bottom so it doesn't slide on carpet or hardwood


Easy storage


Wires out of the way


Pedals attached to the floor (Sorry it's a bit out of focus)


Bath mat so it stays in place.

 

[Speedy6543]

Looks nice! 👍

 

[HaoleHatingWRX]

Sparco Fighter from my car with DFGT/WheelStandPro

 

[Jet Badger]

I started out with the design at http://buildawheelstand.blogspot.com/ (mentioned earlier in the thread), then I:

1. Attached the wires to the frame so they don't get tangled or in the way
2. Added a floor so I could bolt my pedals on (which is nice because they are always in the right spot and don't move)
3. Added a cheap bath mat to the bottom so it doesn't slide on carpet or hardwood

Bath mat so it stays in place.

Love it. Though one suggestion: you could drill/cut a hole in the table under the wheel and route the cables through it, it would look even neater

 

[gman1647]

Love it. Though one suggestion: you could drill/cut a hole in the table under the wheel and route the cables through it, it would look even neater

Good idea 👍. One other small improvement from the original design: I use cotter pins and bolts for the bolts that must be removed to collapse the stand. It makes set up and take down that much easier. The pine wood is light, but the downside is that there is a bit of flex. It's not too bad, but a fixed position stand could be made a bit more rigid.

 

[PRO755]

Playseat makes a rookie model that sells for $129 that's the way I'd go and it's sturdy an comfy and hard to beat for the money

 

[Speedy6543]

Playseat makes a rookie model that sells for $129 that's the way I'd go and it's sturdy an comfy and hard to beat for the money

And that's where this thread is completely in it's place.
I made mine for about 30€ and a day's work.

 

[Masi_23]

Here's mine. Cost me $100 in raw materials. Seat cost $50 from a friend, so $150 total.
Includes many features (beer holder, too!), developed w/ limited space in mind.
Every (hardware/peripherals) fixture you see is adjustable.

More info in this LINK.

 

[Gunstar]

I like that Masi. Very tidy and cool!

 

[DegenThought]

Hey guys, I recently moved and have not yet moved my furniture including my desk which supports my sim rig.

As you all know GT6 comes out tomorrow and if I'm not playing it TOMORROW I will be curled up in the fetal position crying about it.

Therefore I need ideas for a cheap temporary setup for my G27 that is not only low cost but also able to be purchased and set up in a day. (Parts I can find locally etc)

Any ideas? Or can someone link me to a PVC build guide or something? Searched around a bit but haven't found anything that can be built quickly. Thanks

Edit: pedals need to be secure my biggest pet peeve in the world is pedals sliding around when I'm driving

 

[Speedy6543]

I started out with this.

It's a foldable laptoptable secured to a wooden plank.

The wooden plank must be narrow enough so the table fits on the outside.
Fit 2 pipes on the wooden plank, 1 on each side and just slide the table in the pipes.
For pedal fixation I just screwed 2 screws in the plank so the pedals couldn't be pushed away.
The plank also had rubber glued on the bottom.

 

[Mr P510]

Here's my set up.

 

[DegenThought]

What is the frame?

 

[Mr P510]

custom job.

 

[Spiderman_Geek]

I just bought my very first wheel about 2 weeks ago and had been playing GT6 while sitting on an ottoman and hunched over my living room coffee table, lol. It wasn't the most comfartable setup.

So yesterday we had some milder weather and I decided to put something together that would improve my comfort and would at least have me sitting on the sofa.

So here it is. Essentially just a prototype. I already have plans for tweaks and adjustments (for one, I will build a mount for the pedals instead of using a 20lbs dumbell, lol).

It's really nothing fancy, but it's sturdy and I simply used whatever scrap wood I had laying around. So in essence, it didn't even cost me anything.

 

[Jimmy_Pop]

My current situation is a bit unique. The only room in the house I can set up is my bedroom. My bed sits 27" or so up to the top, butt to ground. my TV is eye level at the bottom of the tv, so my eyes look at the pretty Samsung logo. Looks like a custom job. I am getting a Logitech G27, if Fedex ever delivers the darn thing.

Any suggestions what material I should use (wood or PVC), or what design. My dad's idea is the spare wood we have, cost would be very little. those boards consist of 1/2" x 12-18" x various (27"-6').

Thank you

 

[MatskiMonk]

Oh yeah, built myself a totally crap-tastic rig last night. I'll put some pics up tonight

 

[Terence D]

So Way back in 99 a friend asked me to build him a racing pit that he got the plans for when he ordered a $1200 set of wheels and pedals. Wanting him to keep all his fingers I agreed. Looking back at the pics I am thinking that it was fairly easy to build. 2pcs of 4 x 8 x 3/4 MDF and some hardware which i could McGuiver. Folds ip small and its interesting to get into. With the pics and 2 visual size references (logitech speaker and blue mattress pad) I think i can fumble through the measurements. That do you think?

Now for the bad part. Its -25C outside and i have no workshop so it will be interesting. But come to think of it I build the original over christmas 99 also outside. hmm glutton for punnishment.

One thing I have herd people on about with mdf is finishing. I sprayed these with enamel from Home Depot 1 oz cans and a clear also cheap from Home Depot. Used a small cheap (under$30 gravity feed gun 2 hp cheap compressor and sprayed in the back ally. They came out looking bomb.

Sorry about the image quality. It was 99 remember 640 x 480 stills. ugh...

 

[Jimmy_Pop]

So I got my wheel Tuesday, built the stand Tuesday! Working on a better solution for the shifter and pedals, but it was free!

 

[Spiderman_Geek]

Mounted the pedals on mine and did a bit of trimming to fancy it up. Now I'm done except for paint. I can play comfortably at either of my couches with it. I've also laid out where I'm going to stencil in the GT logo.

Total cost so far: $75 including the wheel.

 

[opelgt1969]

Mounted the pedals on mine and did a bit of trimming to fancy it up. Now I'm done except for paint. I can play comfortably at either of my couches with it. I've also laid out where I'm going to stencil in the GT logo.

Total cost so far: $75 including the wheel.

What's on the bottom (underside of base)? As I also have hardwood floors and you might end up scratching up your floors, I use a rubber mat under my setup . It also helps keeping it from moving around, looks like you could glue something to the bottom of yours. Just remember that if you put something on the bottom it will be harder to slide across the floor.

 

[Spiderman_Geek]

What's on the bottom (underside of base)? As I also have hardwood floors and you might end up scratching up your floors, I use a rubber mat under my setup . It also helps keeping it from moving around, looks like you could glue something to the bottom of yours. Just remember that if you put something on the bottom it will be harder to slide across the floor.

I used "Wobblestop" rubber wedges at the front only. it creates just enough height at the front that only a small portion of the rear of the base is touching the floor. What's nice is that it creates a very small "bounce" in the base which amplifies the forec feedback at times, but it's still rock hard at the pedals, so I'm not bouncing the rig whenever I throttle or brake.

I couldn't add any thickness to the back of the base at all, or else I wouldn't be able to tuck it under my sofa in the basement living room (not the one pictured).

 

[coalase]

My Ikea Dave laptop table has served me well, hard to beat for the price, gets extra points for being able to blend in as a regular piece of furniture when not in use as a wheel stand.

more pics here: http://imgur.com/a/2DyFi

 

[Nemo Niente]

Well heres my cheap cockpit,

The design is my own, i call it the Z-Design (all the uprights kind of look like a Z from birds-eye-view), designed it by measuring up my 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer VR-X so it fits me perfectly but also all my mates fine aswell as the chair adjusts just like a car and the pedals can be moved (for now).

Just made out of 4"x2" wood, few tech-screws and a couple of nail plates for stability, Worked out real good, and was very cheap.
The seat is out of my old 1985 Mazda 323, purely for sentimental reasons but when i decide i want to finish it off it will be easy to change the seat.

Iv got a 5.1 surround sound system for it that im going to build into it, close in the sides, fix up the wiring, paint, do something with foot pedals, heaps of other little ideas..

This is very much just the foundations of my cockpit but does the job great untill i get around to finishing it off

Plans - instructions on how to build?