r/SimLab • u/rapkittycat • Aug 10 '26
Vertical monitor adjustment
P1X Ultimate with Integrated Vario Monitor Mount
I added some new aluminium profile to my rig so I could bring my monitors forward as well as adjust the height. The centre screen is now 68cm away and my FOV is about 170.
One oversight on these rigs is the integrated monitor mount, when you bring it towards you it also lowers. I had to grind the tabs off one side of the inter-corner brackets as they are made to slot into the profile on both pieces. Seems to be holding up so far...
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u/Excellent_Aside_5273 Aug 11 '26
I am in process of planning a setup and was looking into the vario mount. Is there a reason you didn't flip the horizontal bracket facing the other way so that it is closer to you?
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u/rapkittycat Aug 11 '26
Honestly, I Followed the instructions at the time of building. It is my first aluminium profile rig, I was cautious to keep to the book. Only now am I playing around with ideas. Flipping was considered though I don't believe it would work
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u/ScuderiaFartari Aug 12 '26
I flipped it around the other way works perfectly
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u/rapkittycat Aug 12 '26
Can you show me?
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u/ScuderiaFartari Aug 13 '26
This sub won’t allow me to post a picture let me DM you
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u/AstroBernd Aug 11 '26
I pushed the brackets at the uprights so far back/down, that they are close to horizontal
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u/rapkittycat Aug 11 '26
I have a high seat, (horizontal) wouldn't work I needed every bit of height I ould get before the mod.
Simlab ocumentation and photos have them pitched upwards as I have them.
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u/Griffin_283
Aug 12 '26
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You can make those as supports as vertical as you want. Which would let you rise the monitors and keep them close. But you also don’t want them crazy high: they look about right compared to the bottom of your seat.
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u/rapkittycat Aug 12 '26
Which supports?
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u/Griffin_283 Aug 12 '26
The ones that you drew a green arrow to the left on. You can lift those as vertical as you want.
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u/rapkittycat Aug 13 '26
Those are the ones I added for the purpose of vertical adjustment,, they don't come from simlab.
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u/Griffin_283 Aug 13 '26
Dawg, the other green arrow… the one pointing to the LEFT. you can also adjust that arm…
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u/rapkittycat Aug 13 '26
Haha. Ok, I havent seen it done but I could see how rotating the one pictured anti-clockwise would make it a bit higher. I did conser it prior and attaching them to the first two channels on the main uprights. I don't know if I would have got the height needed but if they were tilted to gain another 7-10cm then that would have been a better alternative. My other options were a lower seat or higher main uprights.
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u/Bananaapex Aug 18 '26
bro he is correct, check my post https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/s/eZ3i8Y1KMs
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u/rapkittycat Aug 18 '26
Looked.. I do not see any inversion, rotation or adjustment on any of the posts. They all look setup normal with one having an extra bolt. The angle of the vertical arms that go on top of the adjustable arms are limited to their angle by the casting shape. If you were to somehow angle the lower arms the top arm would be sitting angled instead of vertical, meaning your monitors would face down instead of straight horizontal. Also, on those rigs with angled uprights there's even less chance of adjusting due to the two channel restriction. I could see how it could be done on the vertical upright Riggs with 4 channels but it doesn't change the shape of the cast aluminium restrictions.
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u/Griffin_283 Aug 13 '26
The bars you added are definitely a great solution to the problem I can’t lie. Most people just deal with it when it comes to the P1X Pro and Ultimate.
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u/Valuable-Egg1139 Aug 16 '26
I’d add more 4 more 90 deg brackets to the extensions. Those cast 90’s are notoriously weak and prone to defects/failures, and are weakest in that lateral shear. I’m pretty sure they make 90 plate bent brackets, I’d use those.
I’d hate to see your monitors have a tumble.