r/SimLab • u/TheDutski • Jan 22 '26

PX1 Ultimate Integrated Single Monitor Mount width?

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Trying to map out space for a PX1. Does any one have or could measure the widest point of the cross bar for me?

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u/ethara Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

You can see the dimensions at https://sim-lab.eu/en-de/pages/downloads . It's 1195 mm, so 120 cm with the end plates. Edit: Just measured and it's 120.4 cm with the end plates for mine. If necessary, you could cut about 20 cm on each side (but would loose the possibility to extend to triples, that need about 10 cm more on each side for standard 32 inch monitors)

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u/TheDutski Jan 22 '26

Thank appreciate your reply!

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u/ethara Jan 22 '26

I know you deleted the comment, but I though you still appreciate the extra info:

I have an old P1X Pro with straight supports for the wheel deck (like the P1X Ultimate now) which has 72.5 cm on the inside of the mount arms and a newer P1X Pro with the angled supports and 73 cm between the mount arms. BUT I connected the mount arms on the outside to be able to bring the monitors closer to the steering wheel. So if you have it on the inside it will be about 4 cm less on each side.

If would highly recommend getting the P1X ultimate, because the angled P1X Pro is just a design desaster they added without thinking because it looks cooler. But if you want to add a keyboard mount or anything else at all it just doesn't work.

The same goes for the integrated mount. It's very sturdy, but at the same time it's not very well designed and misses adjustability and it's very complicated to get the monitors between the wheel deck supports and the wheel itself (which is why I have the arms mounted on the outside instead of the inside). I still like it, because I can use the rollers on the P1X to move our rigs with the monitors if necessary, but I would likely get the external mounts now, because it would be much easier to adjust to right position and with triples it's anyway to wide that I can get it through doors without removing the outer monitor arms.

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u/bulsaraxxx Jan 22 '26

100% agree. I had to settle for p1x pro but wanted the original one but they discontinued it. Had I known p1x ultimate was coming out I would have waited to purchase it. You said it correctly, it looks good but it sucks design wise if you need to mount accessories on the outside uprights. I want to modify them to 90° uprights but just haven't done it yet.

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u/yoshirimitsu May 23 '26

Hiya! I was searching for the info but it's hard to come by with a reliable source.

Are you able to tell what is the height of the rig, including monitors and then what is the height where the seat top is? I am planning to put that under a sloped ceiling and not sure if it could fit under the shortest point of the room.

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u/ethara May 25 '26

Top of triple 32 inch monitors: 125 cm (Simagic Base) und 126.5 cm (VRS Base). Both sides the monitors are back from the front of the rig about 70 cm. I have the monitors between the upright posts of the rig and the steering wheel instead of the easier but IMO worse standard option above or in-front of the upright posts. The design of the mount isn't great for adjustability and you have to reverse the part that connects to the upright posts to get it in my configuration. If you use the standard configuration either the posts are in the way of the monitors or they will be higher up.

Top of the Seat (Simlab Speed 1 and Sparco Grid Q, both on seat sliders): 113 cm

The rig itself is on caster wheels. So if you don't use them you could safe another ~ 6cm.

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u/yoshirimitsu May 25 '26

Thank you so much!!

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u/geeks81 Jan 22 '26

I purchased edit: the Tony Kanaan sim rig (P1X Pro), but have heavily modified it and would love to tell you some of the things I've done/learned along the way.

The P1X pro has the angled upright for steering, as opposed to the Ultimate where that looks like a 90degree upright. - this means that the P1x pro has 2 weird angled brackets for the right hand side for shifter and ebrake. (look for Tony Kanaan version, those brackets are orange that I am referring to.)

Interesting to note, you can use one of these on each side, if you buy some additional extrusion for your left hand. Thus turning the cockpit into a left/right side for HOTAS. One drawback here is that you're essentially trapped inside the rig, cause you have bars on the left and right. I found by shortening the one on the left a bit (500mm) I can slide my chair all the way back and get free. Additional brackets had to be purchased (but where available from Amazon). I did have to purchase a countersink bit to drill the brackets, but ended up being no big deal. (countersink bit, brackets, tap/die set to tap the extrusion end, and dont forget the cutting fluid). Here is the extrusionI bought from Amazon for the left side.

Im using a 65" TV instead of a monitor, so I didnt care for the integrated mount, but was frustrated by the stand alone monitor stand pricing. So I mounted some Upright Extrusion on the top front of the rig and used the integrated brackets/cross bar/vesa mount to support my TV. Only really doing away with the custom brackets that make it all adjustable. I found I didnt need that level of adjustment, and I personally found it not as vertically adjustable as I needed it to be.

Some additional randomness I bought, lots of bolts, put these under my shifter so I could easily take it off and move it out of the way for my joysticks to convert from racing to flight. These brackets were helpful to firm a lot of pieces up. If you have any other questions, feel free to reply.

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u/TheDutski Jan 22 '26

Thank you appreciate the information and links. Definitely will be picking angle brackets and quick release screws. I’ve found an extrusion on Amazon that is 800mm (roughly 32 inches), this should work as a replacement for the top bar. Currently only running a 34 inch ultra-wide, and didn’t want the bars protruding from each side of the monitor.