Go Rhino Universal Hitch Step for Rivian: Not a perfect fit for R1S

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!

Rivian Blue

Member

Friday at 7:15 PM

Been thinking about a new hitch for my R1S and I recently considered getting Go Rhino universal hitch before a group member told me about his experience with the Go Rhino hitch and that it wouldn't fit well for my R1S. He said had one of these on his old Chevy truck. Actually, two of them.

The first one got mangled when he was rear ended by someone in an F150 who was texting & driving and hit him at a stop light. But it absorbed all the damage and protected his vehicle. Given he had all seen the threads about the "41K repair estimate" from being rear-ended, he desperately wanted to improve his vehicle protection from the rear so he ordered one of these.

Overall, he said he was disappointed with the fit on the Rivian and after speaking with customer service, he ended up returning the product. They say it's a "universal" product, but does not fit well with the Rivian's recessed hitch. Neither the shaft nor the "anti-rattle clip" could barely reach the hitch in its recessed location, it rattled like crazy, and the ends (that angle in slightly) were dangerously close to scratching / banging into the back bumper & reverse lights, even when installed in the very last hole. I suspect any vehicle with a recessed hitch would have the same problem.

So he returned them but still keeping his eye out for comparable products. If they made something like this just about 4" longer hitch receiver shaft, I think it would fit really well. The pictures shared on this article, are photos he took when he had the Go Rhino hitch installed.

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