Make Your Aluminium Profile Simracing Rig Better!

Aluminium profile has been the material of choice for many people's simracing rigs for many years. I've been using mine for 2 years and it has undergone several reconfigurations to suit my evolving needs - in this video I document some of my personal touches that I found interesting, useful or otherwise unique.

I also enjoy a bit of cinematic flare so I tried to make the video as visually interesting as possible.
My partner asked not to be shown hence the pixellation in some scenes, which was a fun effect to implement.

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Music in order of appearance:
Snowfall by Hotel Pools
Eclipse by Hotel Pools
Gang by jiglr
(Thanks for making great music!)

[pwsmanowar]

I came here to improve my rig, I stayed for the shoes and socks.

[brettdarren]

The girlfiend pic is a nice touch atleast you wont forget what she looks like even if she's a bit on the blurry side lol

[noone-ty]

Very clever improvements, and a great place to start. I also have a playseat base that I have completely worn out after just a few months and will be making my own out of 80/20 aluminum. My sincere gratitude kind sir! Well done! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊😊😊

[MixedRealitySimRacing]

Regarding the inclined pedals, you can use the extensions from the D-shaped pedal faces also with the standard faces. As this gives you the option to angle the faces way more upringt you can keep the pedals and heel plate more flat, almost horizontal.

[Leynad]

I did quite some similar mods and now lot more mostly thanks to hopping into 3D-printing and -designing. I've designed holders for wheels, tablets, speakers, gamepads, VR-headsets, TrackIR, button-box, dashboards and printed my own keyboard-tray, mouse-holder and recently did a DIY wind-sim etc.

[pyz]

Great vid. Love the sticky tape hack and addition of the personal touches 😂

[wwjnz]

Just got a 40 series monitor stand. Now I'm looking to make improvements to prevent arm sag and also to change some 90⁰ angle brackets with sandwiched plates. Also I want to make some gussets to support the arms. Time to pay the hardware store a visit for some "L" angles and a couple of mending plates.

[Minerikus]

Oh man of many talents. Great video Alan!

[marksutherlandjr.]

Really inspired by your SIM concept. My favorite things is that no detail has gone wasted. Every touch impacts your needs in some meaningful way. Just love this. Thank you for the peak behind the curtain. I really enjoyed this. 😊

[babaletsgo]

I am also a lover of photography. Glad I found your channel man.

[jonboy]

You have the right idea, 80/20 is designed exactly for this. To be able to customise your rig in exactly the way that it suits you. You could probably add a bit of a finishing touch by adding some end caps to parts of your profile. It will improve the look as well as provide protection against sharp edges for you and family.

[nyrrkyh]

Fantastic video, Alan - love the graphics and the personal touches :D

[JSmith]

Awesome work, aluminium rigs are so much fun. I've lost count of how many hours I've spent customising mine for work, driving and flight.
Great videography and editing as well, kudos.

[Verklunkenzwiebel]

I'm using a seat I got from a car junkyard. Obviously also took the sliding rails from the car wreck. A bit of cleaning, and now I have a seat that reclines and slides. 50 Euros in all

[The_BenboBaggins]

Great to see human/Minecraft relationships thriving!

[RCSPARTAN]

Great Vid. I also think you'll start a new trend with your unique sim racing shoes!!

[crikycrocky]

Nicely done. I am in the early stages of doing a bit the same, starting off with a Mazda MX5 seat which I got for cheap and intending a 1440p triple screen monitor setup, Hoping I can make half as good a setup as you have done. Maybe include some old fabric under the packing tape to give some padding in there.

[a-platty]

I'm designing a fly/drive rig & using those DIY store angle brackets saves quite a bit on overall cost.

[pandacongolais]

Nice socks !
That's what I love in these profiles rigs : customization is only limited by your imagination !

[simmytech-rs]

Very creative I'll subscribe to see future videos. Good energy in that video... gave me some ideas too.. thanks bro.