Once you bolt a direct drive wheelbase, loadcell pedals, a sequential shifter and bass shakers onto an 8020 aluminum rig in you quickly end up with a rat's nest of heavy power bricks and dangling USB cables. Instead of paying $40 USD for brackets, anyone with a budget desktop FDM 3D printer, or even your local library (yes they have 3d print programs for pennies on the dollar) can print custom 40-series T-slot hardware for a fraction of the price.
High-Impact 3D Prints For Extruded Rigs
Standard 4040 and 4080 rails use an 8mm slot width. Printing brackets that bolt directly into those T-slots keeps high-current power supplies off the carpet and prevents heel-and-toe footwork from snagging loose pedal cords.
RaceReady3d Wind SimPrint a two-piece honeycomb cradle with M6 counterbored mounting tabs to hang your 280W or 480W wheelbase power supply vertically along the outside of your rear seat upright, leaving 10mm of airflow clearance between the brick and the rail so the supply runs cool during two-hour stints. Then keep yourself cool with custom mounted wind sim fans for those longer sessions.
Use twist-lock T-slot clips every 15 centimeters along the underside of your main base rails to separate thick AC power cords from unshielded USB data cables, preventing electromagnetic interference spikes from dropping your shifter or pedal connection mid-corner.
Print a slotted bridge that bolts to the front M8 mounting holes on your direct drive motor housing, positioning an old smartphone or 5-inch SimHub DDU screen right behind your rim so it aligns cleanly with your in-game cockpit camera pitch and horizon line or a keyboard mount to rotate it away from you when you're in a session is crucial.
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The journey doesn't stop at just a few items, soon you'll find yourself sharing and creating custom prints you designed yourself to suit your needs and hey... maybe you'll start up your own shop just like our partner RaceReady3D. He started by printing some items for the community and it snowballed into a part time hobby and huge demand in the sim world.
