Showroom Tube Steel DIY Build

After some testing, I found the mount for the shifter was not sturdy enough and would shake around quite a bit from side to side (especially in something a bit more vigorous, like rally). The "arm" was held to the frame with two M8 bolts, but without a lot of vertical support, there was enough flex in the metal and nuts that it would sway side-to-side.

While I was hacking up the support arm I decided to redesign the QR mount for the shifter/joystick, making it drop in vertically instead of horizontally, hopefully providing a bit more support to reduce movement.

The Fanatec bolt hole templates were nice to use, allowing me to cut them up and tape together how I wanted the shifter and handbrake to sit. I also decided to switch my handbrake from vertical to horizontal, making the mount design a bit simpler and less prone to flexing. The paper templates made it easy to determine tube length, cut angles, and where the holes needed to be.

For the support bracket, I simply added 45-degree leg to give it some lateral stability.


Here's with a coat of paint and the QR pin. The bracket for the shifter/joystick simply drops in from the top.