DIY: Rivian R1T home-made tonneau cover

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

Member

Dec 12, 2024

Unlike like many of us, there are a few people I know that have been waiting on a manual tonneau cover. With a ski trip coming up, a friend of mine wanted the space in the back of his truck to be able to lock and store skis. So he went ahead and made one. Yeah, be decided to make a tonneau cover for himself.

It's an home-made tonneau cover and he got all the materials he neededl from Home Depot:

-1/2” sandeply, 2 4x8 sheets
-36”x1.5”x1/8” aluminum bar
-stainless screws
-9/16” weather stripping
-exterior paint

It cost him about $200 in materials and 2.5 hours work. He seems happy with it for now at least. It’s probably not waterproof but should at least be water resistant and is pretty secure. It’s a bit flexy, to improve it I think he could add some square aluminum bars underneath or something (would pitch that idea to him). It’s 3 panels, so it does fit In the gear tunnel, but takes most of the space in there.