DIY Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) Using R1S Gadgets

Vincent · 2025-01-10T19:33:15+00:00

A friend needed to support his son who would be running a 'very cold' marathon on Sunday while rucking a 30 pound pack. The outside temps will be around 15F-20F the whole time. The location of the race is nowhere close to any L2 chargers, but he's not worried about driving distance to or from the race - it is 50 miles away from his house. He says he will be sitting in his ruck with his laptop and watching his live track+Garmin inReach data for the duration of the race (about 4 hours). He thought about taking his Honda EB2800i gasoline powered generator, if he can use the level 1 EVSE attached to the generator and keep the truck running with full heat + power - without really consuming much of the truck's main battery? He feels it's super dorky to have a gas generator running while attached to a Rivian in the woods, just so he can stay warm, but don't know if it would work ok this way and 'preserve' the main battery so he doesn't need to worry about driving range when we wants to head home. He talked to me about it and I told him the simple answer is NO. I tested this theory the other night when I was plugged into a 5.9kW charger. To maintain the interior amenities (interior and exterior lights, radio, heater, seat heaters), it took almost all of the charge. I charged for 15 minutes, it delivered 1.6kW, and the truck consumed 1.4kW, delivering only 0.2kW to the truck battery. Told him he would be using a laptop at another 200ish watts. The little trickle charger charges at 1.4kW on a good day, 1.2kW is normal for me. You can slow the bleed, but you cant stop it. My advise to him was for him to charge it up to 100% at home, and roll the dice is what I would do.

Rivian Mom

Active Wheeler

Dec 31, 2024

A fellow club member recently shared his experience with removing door dings from his passenger side using a DIY PDR kit. He purchased the kit on Amazon for approximately $100 and watched a few YouTube videos to learn the process.

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This is the link for the kit that he got on Amazon in case anyone might be interested.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C244KQTM?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_P5X2DHGXK3Q1J7HE49GK&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_P5X2DHGXK3Q1J7HE49GK&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apin_dp_P5X2DHGXK3Q1J7HE49GK&peakEvent=1&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1

The kit includes a hot glue gun with glue, as well as a heat gun to help remove the glue afterwards. To facilitate the process, he utilized the onboard outlet to power the glue gun and the torch to provide extra lighting for his work area.

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After completing the repair, he reported that it worked great and he was able to successfully remove the dent on his first attempt. He is now waiting for touch-up paint to become available in stores to finish the job perfectly.

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Hearing about these kind of experiences, made me realize how nice it is to have so many features of the truck, so close at hand, to help in situations such as this.

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