Show me your sim racing rig

I'll start:

Racing Sim Rig

Is it sad that I'm a married 35 (almost 36) year old male with two kids, a serious career, etc, with one of these in the house?

BTW - I built this myself with about $40 in supplies from the local Home Despot.

hmmm. any pics of the build process?

unfortunaly, no. I built this a few years ago. It's 1 inch square aluminum tubing and such. It's all bolt-together as well - no welding! I can provide more pics and detail if interested.

i need to build one......i need to find a place to live first.

That looks like a celica seat

No idea what the seat came from, it was sourced by a buddy who was also building one of these.

Interested, yes. Please provide more details. For $40, how could I not build one of these?

Mark

Dude after you're married with a family, who cares how big a nerd you are? You've got everyone you need to impress right there.

More info please. My 6 year old is now playing NFS Shift and has been asking when I am going to build one of those. One that bolts together and is on casters will go a long way with my wife.

38 with two boys and a girl on the way, go nerds.

I will take more pics and try to put together a build sheet over the next week. It was pretty easy and has quite a bit of adjustment (seat and wheel are both adjustable fore and aft) so it fits most adults but I'm sure it could be scaled back to fit a youngster. If you can find a seat for free, and you already have a wheel, then everything else is off the shelf. My caster set up is probably over kill, but I was going for height so I have big wheels and 6 inches of wood added in there as well.

I'll have to post pics later - I meant to get mine built this past weekend using an old E30 sport seat and a pile of scrap 1" square tubing but... time being what it is - I ran out before I really even got started.

I need a guide (a human guide) to lead me in exploring a junkyard in MI to find one... I'm one of those types who it helps (a lot) to have someone mentor me in potentially intimidating circumstances...

Frankly, I don't even know where to look for a junkyard, but I've been dreaming of a similar setup for a while...

scardeal wrote: I need a guide (a human guide) to lead me in exploring a junkyard in MI to find one... I'm one of those types who it helps (a lot) to have someone mentor me in potentially intimidating circumstances... Frankly, I don't even know where to look for a junkyard, but I've been dreaming of a similar setup for a while...

Ask around your local car show, cruise night, etc. Google is also your friend - that will turn you on to some of the larger pick 'n pulls in your area. Most seats are held in with 4 bolts, so with a basic set of hand tools/sockets, you should be able to find a seat pretty easy - if it's not already out of the car.

I've got 2 standard seats out of my old E46 BMW (pulled when I put the amazing M3 seats into it) that I've been meaning to build out - one into a rig like that for racing sims and one into an office chair complete with functioning power adjustment and heated seats. Looking forward to seeing a build sheet for your rig. Of course, then I'll have to finally put together a decent gaming setup - I'm thinking one of the $100 XBox 360s, Forza and an inexpensive wheel/pedal setup would do just fine. Then again, I've been really wanting to try GPL out, which would require building a newer computer or upgrading the currently unused beast sitting in my home office. All around a busy professional career and a wife and 2 kids...

That cat is thinking "Why'd they move my favorite sleeping spot?"

Cool setup btw. I was thinking if I get a wheel and pedal setup for the Xbox I'm going to have to go all in with one of these.