How To: Reattach The "One-way" Clips On The R1T Bed Caps

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

Nov 22, 2024

This is one of the many series of how-to articles that I plan on writing. In this particular article, I would document step-by-step instructions on how to reattach the one-way clips on the R1T bed caps.

Word has circulated for a while now that the bed caps on the R1T use "one-way" clips. In other words, they break off and can't be reused. After a little investigation, I was able to reattach 100% of the clips.

Here is the dreaded sight after removing one of the bed caps:

Close up shot of the clip:

Close up shot of the plastic "wings" it attaches to:

I'm not sure what Rivian's reasoning for this was. The attachment isn't very strong even from the factory. There are also several spots with double-sided tape. I wonder if that was added further along in development or in the manufacturing process.

To reattach the clips, I pushed them back on as much as I could and then I used two big flat head screwdrivers to press down on either side of the plastic wing:

Here is what they look like reattached

Some of them were tough to get back on because the plastic wing on the bed cap would bend to the side. For those, I used a smaller flat head screwdriver and pushed up on the clip's teeth to open them up a bit more to make it easier to get onto the plastic mounting point.

Here are all the clips reattached to all the bed cap pieces (28 clips total - not counting the normal automotive clips):

I found it interesting that they even included magnets on the cab side of the bed rail caps. They likely didn't have a place to put a clip because of the auto tonneau cover box so they just used magnets.