Aluminum Profiles for Simpit: where to buy them?

N o i r · 15 Aug 2019 at 17:58

Hello everyone,

last week I somehow managed to snag two great car seats from ebay at a great price:

The idea is to build a simpit for flight/space simulators around it, and I saw that a lot of people are using aluminum profiles. I have the design more or less already in mind, but I wanted to know if any of you could recommend me a good place where to buy the profiles from - in the UK of course (I live in London).

Title says it all really, if you have any suggestions feel free to let me know!

Uncle Petey · 15 Aug 2019 at 19:35

https://www.motedis.co.uk/shop/index.php

Greboth · 16 Aug 2019 at 09:54

http://www.aluminium-profile.co.uk/

Not sure how the price compares to others, I used them simply as they are relatively local to me so I can collect and avoid delivery costs / waiting.

N o i r · 16 Aug 2019 at 14:49

Thanks everyone! I'll definitely compare those two. Yesterday I almost finished sorting the power on the seat, so the frame is next.

Dwaindibbly · 21 Aug 2019 at 13:01

I've used both but I only got brackets ect from alu profile as they were down the road, I could collect and I only recently found out about them.

Ive had a few deliveries from motedis. On the is. Side, I don't think they can be beaten on price and selection of products.

On the negative, The delivery charge is a little steep if you only want the odd thing.
They dont package things very well and things can easily get damaged.
Quality control isnt the best, I bought a sim rig kit from them. Some sections were short and the replacements were wrong, it was sorted in the end but each time it was a week turnaround, which was frustrating. Plus side is I got to keep the profile that was wrong.

Bit to sum it up, if your not in a rush and willing to accept the odd scratch / error then I would have no problem In using them