Homebuilt Wheel Stands

[Jkersh]

Anyone have any pictures / plans of any homebuilt stands for their pedals/wheel set ups? Im looking at doing one myself (cant afford the $400+)

Thanks.

 

[EFFalcon]

handy with a welder?

 

[breezy]

Playseats are $400, you can get a quality wheel stand for $150.

 

[Jkersh]

handy with a welder?

Not bad actually, was thinking of using conduit instead of having to weld. Was hoping to build it all for under $100 (structure)

If anyone has any pics/ plans post em up please

 

[JTSnooks]

You should check the existing homebuilt stand/cockpit thread in the hardware forum.

 

[jato4x4]

Homemade by ME
I had a thread in the Wheel & cockpit section w/ a bunch of pics. It only cost about $150 - 200 for steel tubing and the seat

 

[naterpatater77]

i built mine for 5$ (used wood) its not pretty but works

 

[M40_Sniper]

At 1:55 into this video some chap has knocked one up out of some PVC and an old blackboard.
http://www.youtube.com/user/edgarproductions#p/u/9/v9a21-3SVVA

Total cost for about 3 metres of 1/8" thickness PVC would be about £10 or so.

 

[Jkersh]

Awesome posts so far, thanks guys.

Anyone have any written plans or did you just "go for it"?

@Jato - looks really good, close to a quality i would like to achieve...did you just use steel tubing?

@nater - Do you have a picture of your wood one?

 

[EFFalcon]

not as pretty as the above, but cost maybe $40 in materials + the seat.
no plans, just winged it

 

[Vtecing]

Nice eg6 seat

 

[jato4x4]

Yeah its all 1 3/4" steel tubing.
Here's the thread: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=132415

 

[Nuck81]

I'll have one by the end of the week..

 

[Deadmeat238]

About $25 or so, works great.

 

[Renfro88]

About $25 or so, works great.

This is almost exactly what I had in mind when I was going to build mine, i'll definitely use this as a reference in the future. Also, do you use the helmet while sim racing?? I

 

[thinkfreemind]

Here is mine. Easy to make, sturdy, and total cost is less than $40.

 

[CSLACR]

Anyone have any pictures / plans of any homebuilt stands for their pedals/wheel set ups? Im looking at doing one myself (cant afford the $400+)

Thanks.

Buy a 30$ 36" bookshelf from walmart.
Buy 2 L brackets long enough to bolt to bottom of bookshelf to extend pedal reach sufficiently.
Use screws to drill bookshelf together for stability, place 1 and only shelf up very high so it's out of the way, but handy for keeping stuff and stability.
Pull up cushy house chair or any chair with pillow.
Easy as hell, cheap as hell. Works great

 

[BrettTheThreat]

Build yourself one of these!

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=914885

 

[SFX_Adavicro]

Theres some good information here. I need to look into getting that wooden stand, the $25 one. Where did you get it?

 

[MasterFocus]

Here's mine, still missing carbon fiber on panel (dinoc style) and a racing seat (as of now, i'm using a 1986 Corolla seat)

 

[ll_-LUCIFER-_ll]

Here is mine. Easy to make, sturdy, and total cost is less than $40.

You do know thats just a table right?

 

[racerx13]

I was also looking for a cheap solution. I have a wobbly table can anyone tell me how important stability really is?

 

[MasterFocus]

I was also looking for a cheap solution. I have a wobbly table can anyone tell me how important stability really is?

Try it and you'll know 💡

 

[racerx13]

Try it and you'll know 💡

Is it really that great? Is it a performance type thing?

 

[dhandeh]

Here's mine, still missing carbon fiber on panel (dinoc style) and a racing seat (as of now, i'm using a 1986 Corolla seat)

What a strange place to play! Cool oven though, doubling up as a television.

 

[ken2903]

 

[MasterFocus]

What a strange place to play! Cool oven though, doubling up as a television.

I dont have any picture in front of the tv now, waiting for the carbon fiber viyl to come

 

[ilonioum]

Here is mine

 

[saintadjg]

My DFGT currently resides on top of one of my camera tripods.Its a bit crude but functional and suprisingly stable.Will at some point make something a bit more substantial but for now it will suffice.

 

[Deadmeat238]

This is almost exactly what I had in mind when I was going to build mine, i'll definitely use this as a reference in the future. Also, do you use the helmet while sim racing?? I

http://buildawheelstand.blogspot.com/
That is the basis for mine. I wrote up some info and took some other pics for someone else, happy to pass that along if you'd like.

The helmet is my sisters for her motorbike... You're idea is tempting though haha.