Alternate Mounting for MaxTrax Recovery Boards

installing of EveryAmp snapPlate on R1T

Morgan · 2024-12-22T17:10:59+00:00

Now that I've installed the SnapPlate front license plate holder, I finally filled out the EveryAmp review. Here it is. Hope it helps others: Shipped promptly, so the license plate holder arrived well before we picked up the car. Engineered and built VERY precisely to hold the plate very close to the front bumper without scraping. Installation instructions were clear, would have benefited from one more picture showing how to find the center slots in the grille. Grille Depth Adjustment instructions were also clear; with one half-turn adjustment of three screws, the license plate holder fit PERFECTLY in place. Check the EveryAmp web site for photographs of how much their product blocks the front camera image at every setting. After reviewing the photos, I chose the center setting. I find the camera interference at that setting is trivial for me. There's a lot of competition for the front-of-R1 real estate. My understanding is that Rivian's front plate holder requires drilling a hole in a perfectly good vehicle, and can also block a small part of the camera image. Tow hook mounts take a tow hook out of commission, and can block a sensor. EveryAmp's mount is designed to protect the grille by snapping off when attacked by a car-wash brush, so you have to dismount it (relatively easy to do) and remount it before washing. I'm still happy with the EveryAmp product, which we have installed in our R1S and now R1T. Very best wishes!

Vincent

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Nov 22, 2024

I made a post about mounting the MaxTrax recovery boards before, and recently I just started playing around with different ways on how to mount them. Thought I should share my discovery with you guys haha:

I mounted them laterally across the vehicle on the cargo bar closest to the rear window. This will keep them more in the "shadow" of the roofline.

Thoughts?

To be honest, because the mounting bolts are all inline across the cargo bar, there is a bit of torsional wiggle/twist allowed with this setup. I'd be concerned that over a long haul, what would be the results from vibration/stress. Also if someone tried to steal them, it gives them a lot more "twist" to play with (and fail), again stressing things.

Not an optimal setup, but could improve the aerodynamics.

I for one am NOT going to use them this way unless I were out of space in the gear tunnel or in the bed.

Please post your thoughts and comments below.

Alternate Mounting for MaxTrax Recovery Boards

Vincent

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