SPEC 282 Sim Rig

Anodizing converts the outer layer of the aluminum into a hard, colored oxide. It is an electrochemical process, and the color is part of the metal itself.

Powder coat is a plastic coating sprayed on and cured, so it can chip or peel at an edge or an impact. Anodizing has no separate layer to chip: the color goes into the aluminum's surface. It's why SPEC anodizes the frame and the CNC connectors instead of powder-coating them.

No. Because anodizing converts the surface rather than coating it, there's nothing to chip or peel the way powder coat does. Direct sunlight over years can dull any anodized finish slightly, same as it does any car or bike part. Keeping the rig out of direct sun keeps it looking new longest.

The 282 is designed for single-person assembly in about 60 to 90 minutes. A complete setup including wheelbase, pedals and seat takes roughly two hours. Every part is machined so the connector plates align without forcing, and step-by-step instructions ship with every rig.

See every step in the 3D assembly guide.

Prefer to watch? The assembly video is on SPEC's YouTube channel.

The 282 is designed as a complete, integrated system rather than a kit of parts. Frame, mounts, monitor support and accessories are engineered together for proportion, alignment and visual coherence, and color is integrated into the metal through full matte anodizing on both the frame and the connectors.

The difference you feel first is how easily it installs. Every extrusion is laser-marked, so each part lands where it belongs without measuring. The open slot lets a connector go on anywhere along a profile instead of being threaded in from the end. And Hook & Tilt lets you hang a wheelbase, monitor or seat on its mount with one hand, set the angle, then lock it down. That is what makes the 282 a real one-person build rather than a two-person afternoon.

It is built on the same idea: an aluminum profile frame that bolts together and that you keep building onto. The profile itself is SPEC's own. The 282 uses SPEC 40 Series custom extrusions (4080 and 40120) in 6063-T5 aluminum, each one laser-marked so every part lands without measuring, and the whole frame is sandblasted and matte anodized in the colors you pick, not left bare or powder coated.

The frame is 641 mm wide, 1300 mm deep and 760 mm high (25 1/4 × 51 3/16 × 29 15/16 in), not counting the monitor mount. If you run a free-standing monitor stand, add its depth in front. Full measurements are in the specification below.

Fanatec, MOZA, Simagic, Simucube 3, Asetek, Conspit and PXN direct drive bases bolt straight to the wheel deck. Simucube 2 Sport, Simucube 2 Pro and VRS need SPEC's separate front mount plate. Every model is listed under verified fitment.

Yes. The 282 is engineered for direct drive wheel bases up to and beyond 30 Nm. The aluminum extrusion frame with structural connector plates eliminates flex even with the strongest force-feedback wheels.

Most sim pedal sets on the market fit. The pedal base rides on 4040 extrusion and the plate adapts to different bolt patterns. The sets SPEC has verified are listed under verified fitment.

One monitor up to 57″ ultrawide on the rig's own support, triples on SPEC's triple monitor stand, and a large TV through an adapter plate. Sizes and VESA patterns are under verified fitment.

SPEC's triple is a free-standing stand, and it is built differently from most: the center extrusion extends and retracts, so the stand adapts its width to whatever displays you run inside its size band instead of being fixed for one screen. Each monitor sits on its own upright, so you can move one without taking down the other two.

It comes in two sizes: one for 27″–42″ displays, one for 42″–65″. Leg width is monitor-size dependent: the larger stand plants wider, so check the footprint against your room as well as your screens.

One thing to be clear about: there is no triple monitor mount that attaches to the 282 itself. Triples always run on the stand, set in front of the rig.

Yes. The 282 is hardware-agnostic: it mounts any wheelbase, pedal set or peripheral built for PC, PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S, including the console-licensed Fanatec, MOZA and Simagic direct drive systems above.

You pick a main color and an accent color. The main color covers the anodized extrusions and some of the connector parts; the accent color covers the rest. Which parts fall on which side is set part by part, so a pairing reads as one designed object rather than a frame with contrasting brackets. Ten colors on each side, any pairing: a hundred combinations from one page.

Abyss Black, Frosted Silver, Titanium Mist and Heritage Green are kept in stock. Circuit Green, Amber Drift, Spectral Purple, Klein Horizon, Golden Apex and Obsidian Red are anodized in scheduled runs; the swatch tells you the ship date before you order.

$1,299 to $1,599, set by the exact pair you pick. Abyss Black, Frosted Silver, Titanium Mist and Heritage Green are the core colors. A core main with a matching accent is $1,299; a core main with any other accent color is $1,399. A premium main color adds $200, and on a premium main the accent adds nothing when it is a core color or matches the main. Only a second premium color on the accent adds $100. The price shown on the page is the price for your pairing, no math required.

Monitor mounts, handbrake supports and other accessories are sold separately.

Six of the ten colors are anodized in scheduled runs rather than kept in stock, because each one needs its own tank. If your pick is between runs, ordering locks your set into the next scheduled run and the page shows the date that run starts shipping next to “Preorder”: the day it leaves our warehouse, with transit on top. You're charged in full at checkout, the same as any order, with no separate deposit step.

Every date on this page is a ship date: the day the finished set is in our warehouse and shipping can begin. Transit time is added on top of it.

The date shown is the later of your main and accent color's ready dates. SPEC holds the set until both are done, then ships everything together. If your two colors come out of different warehouses (Los Angeles and China), the set may arrive as two parcels on the same shipment window.

Not on the same order: a 282 is one bundled line item, and Shopify doesn't allow swapping the variant on an order already placed. Contact us and we'll cancel and rebook it in the color you want.

In China, and under SPEC's direct control. Extrusion, CNC machining, anodizing, metal work and laser etching each happen at a specialist plant, and SPEC manages every one of them directly rather than handing the whole job to a single supplier. Quality control and packaging are done in-house: every part is inspected 100% by SPEC before it goes into its retail box.

SPEC runs warehouses in Los Angeles and China for global distribution, and most international orders ship through SPEC's reseller and distributor network.