How to: TIGHT parking for R1S in garage

[Rivian Blue]

We were at our other home last weekend that was outside of the city and like many modern homes has a pretty small garage. Long before we received our R1S I had somewhat perfected the art of jamming a full explorer Platinum edition into the garage with the existing shelving. As you'll see in the pictures I fully embrace the third dimension for storage with heavy reliance on pulleys. With the R1S being just a little bit longer (although about the same with) it was time for some upgrades...

First up I had already padded the front of the shelf for the vehicle to nose right up to it without any scratches on the bumper. Heavy use of pool noodles here and tie wraps or staples on the back side.



My husband was concerned though that he doesn't usually pull up quite that far and it's a necessity now for the back to clear the garage door. So I went with a curb from Amazon. Pretty good for the price and the tallest one they offer at 4 inches. It is all rubber. It does have two places for you to use bolts but my husband didn't want us drilling into the garage floor just yet. So I went with 3M super automotive adhesive on the bottom. He did the tape a little bit with a torch and the concrete quite a bit was a torch after spraying and cleaning with de-icer fluid that's practically all alcohol to evaporate. Set a bag of fertilizer on it for a couple hours and it's pretty strong already and should be full strength in 72 hours. The curb does a good job of stopping the big tires though, but of course they will climb it if you give it enough power so... THRUSTERS ONLY IN SPACE DOCK please.



In the back more pool noodles segmented and tie wrapped to the parts of the garage door just in case there was an error in judgment in something were to rub there's at least a little room for error. The inside handle of the door was removed with my porta band when it was deemed unnecessary risk and unnecessary parts since the door is kept locked by the garage door opener and I long since removed the lock bars to make sure somebody didn't lock it and burn out the motor anyway.

Finally for a left to right alignment to make sure there's enough room to swing open the door in the garage without hitting another vehicle or anything else I drew a line on the shelving unit that should align with the ridge in the hood directly in front of the steering wheel when parking.

Working out pretty good so far. It does give me a great idea though....



It would be cool if Rivian could allow you to "set" a parking spot. That is put the car where you want in the garage and then using the front camera somehow allow it to snap a photo with virtual lines on it and then when you came back another time you could have it pop up that photo in virtual lines (like the reserve camera lines) that you should maneuver to match the template lines. I know they have other software improvements that are a higher priority though.

Here are links to the tape and curb:

Guardian Heavy Duty Rubber Parking Curb - 22" Long https://a.co/d/6qb0OY4

3M Super-Strength Molding Tape, 03616, 7/8 in x 15 ft, 1 Roll https://a.co/d/0Qw6kdz

 

[BG]

This is a solid option to make sure you aren't hitting the rear and/or front. I need to do something to prevent the rear hatch from hitting the garage door when we open the rear hatch. It's so close to hitting the garage door when open, I have to hold the cargo hatch door from going all way up. I was thinking about putting a strip of thin rubber on the bottom of the garage door and then using some 3M tape to tape it into place. I'll post up a thread on this one here soon.

 

[Rivian Blue]

This is a solid option to make sure you aren't hitting the rear and/or front. I need to do something to prevent the rear hatch from hitting the garage door when we open the rear hatch. It's so close to hitting the garage door when open, I have to hold the cargo hatch door from going all way up. I was thinking about putting a strip of thin rubber on the bottom of the garage door and then using some 3M tape to tape it into place. I'll post up a thread on this one here soon.

That's a great idea! Adding a rubber strip to the garage door is a simple and effective solution to prevent damage. Using 3M tape to secure it is also a good call. I'd love to see your thread on this and hear how it works out. Have you considered any other options, like adjusting the hatch's opening height or installing a hatch stop?

 

[BG]

That's a great idea! Adding a rubber strip to the garage door is a simple and effective solution to prevent damage. Using 3M tape to secure it is also a good call. I'd love to see your thread on this and hear how it works out. Have you considered any other options, like adjusting the hatch's opening height or installing a hatch stop?

I didn't know you could adjust the hatch opening height... I just Googled it and came up short. Doesn't look like you can manually set the rear hatch lift height or am I missing something?

 

[Rivian Blue]

I didn't know you could adjust the hatch opening height... I just Googled it and came up short. Doesn't look like you can manually set the rear hatch lift height or am I missing something?

Seems like the hatch opening height can't be adjusted cause I also had to look it up online. I'd keep searching for a potential solution tho. I'm sure there should be one