MOVING A Gen1 R1S COMPACT SPARE TO A Gen2 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 Mom

Member

Oct 31, 2024

When I traded-in my Gen1 R1S to a Gen2 R1S earlier this year, I really wanted to keep the compact spare from my Gen1 R1S. I couldn’t find any details about how to “un-install” this, so I had to figure something out and here’s what I figured out.

So in your “old” R1S that has the spare you want to move:

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How the Gen2 R1S spare wheel well comes. Note no tray.

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Use a utility knife to follow the pre-cut stencil to remove.

1. Remove the entire spare wheel assembly, including the wheel and the tools/ jack insert.

2. Use an M10 socket and remove the four screws holding in post that the spare attaches to. Keep this bracket and the 4 bolts.

3. Set aside the tray that nests above the spare and provides some extra storage, the Gen2 R1S does not include this.

In your new Gen2 R1S:

1. Find the corresponding area that the bracket would attach to. The carpet is pre-cut. Use a utility knife to remove this section of the carpet.

2. Re-attach the mounting post with the (4) M10 bolts.

3. Re-attach the spare to the mounting bracket

4. Insert the tray that you kept from previous R1S.

5. Done!