Hi, This channel is the home of BBJ SimRacing, manufacturer of button boxes and switch panels for racing and flight simulators. It is also where I post a selection of my races, mostly in iRacing but occasionally in other sims as well.
Major shame to see it never managed to turn into a product mate, this has huge potential. But who knows, maybe now, 7,5 yrs after the initial video, you can revisit and rework it? I've been workin' on some DIY iterations with an old Peugeot 106 indicator and it works, but something prebought would be awesome for in the future
I have managed to wire one upto a joystick board and it works fine. I am having some problems figuring out how to mount it cleanly. If I use the housing which it comes with, then its way too close to the wheel, and I cant remove the fanatec wheel to change it, unless I extend the wheel stem, But I have been thinking about cutting the mountings out of the housing, and then attaching them to the wheel hub, and slotting the indicator and wiper ect into the housing. its not too difficult to wire, you just use a continuity meter or multimeter in continuity mode. I have thought about maybe bending metal around the stem base too, and attaching the metal to the wheel hub that way.
I think the reason that this type of thing has never been released for reasonable prices is how niche the market for this is. If you think about what people are doing with their sims, 99% of them have absolutely 0 need for a turn signal, while I agree this would be very useful and fun for people like us and for new drivers learning through games like CityCarDriving, there just isn't a broad enough demographic to launch it and turn a profit.
Do you think you can identify for me the type of wire the potentiometer get soldered to. I see RJ12 wires for Fanatec but they have 6 internal wires. Whats the one called for 3 wires? Thanks
Great idea but just save 10 a week for 10 or so weeks and get a loadcell from Ricmotech. That actually measures force not travel! you could even still use these! I feel pedals are more important than the wheel! I have been sim racing over 20 years now and gone through 10 or more wheels. But, I have had the same pedals for about 10 years now. T3PA Pro pedals with a loadcell brake and adjusted springs along with additional hydraulic dampers for the clutch and throttle. I say this because 5 years ago my T500 shit the bed and I grabbed my old Logitech GT Force already had the adaptor wire. The GT Force was just my back up wheel I usually sell my "good" wheels. Other than it being VERY loud and a bit to cog/sprocket grinding feel I won and raced very well (Iracing) for about a week before my new wheel was delivered. Again I feel it comes down to the pedals more than the wheel! But, those pedals cost double the wheel so maybe it was just in my head to justify them. LOL Great product good luck and hope to see you on the track! Remember you don't win on the first lap... Buuuuuut going 3 or more wide into turn 1 on the green flag start seems like everyone else's strategy so I might be wrong. It is frustrating when it happens to you and you pick up damage or even a 0X that screws up your set up. It is fun as hell though if everyone can keep it clean!
Just finished fitting mine , took longer finding a metal tube to extract the nuts from pedals. One question I do have is why does it click everytime it's pressed in and out ? Thanks
Hi. Ordered Kit A and can't wait to install your elastomers. A quick question about that. I don't necessarily have to use the standard black elastomers, right? Are the yellow ones similar to the standard elastomers? Which combination do you recommend? Would like it to be progressive with some travel. Thanks and greetings from Germany
how soft will these go, I'm disabled and my body doesn't really work so great anymore, I would like some sort of resistance but not much at all. I decided I wanted to try out this mod so i installed i this morning and shortly thereafter, I chopped up the stock rubber [conical brake mod that came with the] tgt2 pedals and got it to stop at about 80ish% instead of just barely getting past 40 with way more force than I'll ever use sitting here nakey in my basement lol. it just seems like I would do better with a far far softer rubber rather than this hack and slash job, but I have a feeling the amount of resistance I'm looking for just isn't going to be on the market
I just received them and installed them yesterday. I love them, but the only issue I have is that there is hardly any pedal travel. any solutions? thanks ahead of time!
Note to all, don't touch this guy. If you get something that doesn't work, he'll ignore you and leave you to your own devices. I bought one, it hasn't worked properly since I bought it but have hit a wall of silence with my emails. Seems a bit of a fraud to me.
Just a note. When you show the rebuilding the stack there's a small black bushing between the 2 metal washers. That isn't from the stack. Its one of the 2 bushings that sit on the 2 nubs that slot in the back of the pedal. Noticed it as I just recieved the kit from you, and was checking how to install it. Having now used it for a couple of days, I'm really happy with the mod. I normally race Porsche Cup and GTE in iRacing. I'm finding it helps with my trail braking consistancy already, still miles off a good pace. But every little helps.
Thanks, The first time I dismantled this pedal parts flew everywhere as it sprang apart! I had to make my best guess as to how to put it back together. With this information I will get some new photo's done and manufacture some new bushings. In fact I can't be the only person to have lost one of the bushings so there may be a market for replacements.😀
All our mods are available internationally from the eBay shop: www.ebay.co.uk/str/bbjsimracing , we have had a damper set available for the elites for over 2 years: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pwPIXQJPJ5s.html However I have learned quite a bit from making this new kit so I am planning to go back and look at the elite set again and see if it can be improved. Detailed 3 way back to back testing takes me a long time to get through so don't expect a new elite kit this year.
@@bbjsimracing7070 I actually came across that vid for the CSL Elite kit about a year ago when I first purchased the load cell set but unfortunately it was not available here at the time.glad to know I can finally order them.will try today,thanks.
Bonjour ; Vous aviez dit que un kit pour CSR sera bientôt disponible et vous ne donnez aucune nouvelles... Est il disponible ou non ? Et sinon celui ci fonctionne t'il avec le CSR La moindre des choses serais de répondre. Merci !
I've been looking for best part of 2 years for an aux CB mic to use with the 2019 box. Nothing seems to work. I've used double aux and single aux plugs but nothing. Does anyone have any recommendations? Strong possibility it was broke on arrival as a few of the switches were not working as advertised but I've stayed hopeful so far.
Would love to know what you've done to the slippery throttle pedal. Update: Scratch that, I've just seen your Part 3 video! I too removed the tipton plastic piece from the throttle and noticed an *immediate* improvement in my lap times (I wasn't expecting that) as my feel for the pedal became much greater. Good to hear your existing rubber brake mods for the CSL elite work on this one, I'll be getting some.
I Don't know if anyone can help me but SV Mapper isn't working for me in game. I can set up the assignments, and they work on the pc. I can use the parking brake to pause videos, but it doesn't recognize it in game. It calls for button 19, when I try it...
Frankly I find the stock spring to be too heavy for me for playing truck sims. I end up with a sore leg after a few hours of having to press that hard ass pedal without any brake mod. I want tofind a way to make ieasier to press not harder
I already have a set of V3 pedals, but after buying the GT DD Pro bundle, it seems a shame not to make use of what could be a very capable set of pedals in their own right, especially if I buy the LC Brake. I have seen that ‘BK_lab’ already offers some mods to improve the clutch pedal actuation and throttle pedal stiffness, but they are quite pricey for what are effectively some AliExpress springs and 3D printed brackets. Look forward to hearing what you think of these and seeing what you mods you come up with, especially if the price is right 👍🏻
