My R1S Big Blue Tire Mishap Repair

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

Dec 9, 2024

Almost 2 weeks ago, I ran over a knife in the road and punctured a tire and wheel well liner. So this is an article about the repair process and some photos to show the extent of the range done.

So Rivian came out to the house to replace the tire and wheel liner about two weeks after the incident. The repair was actually done over two visits because the wheel liner took a little longer to source.

The wheel was removed for tire replacement. And yes because I put Big Blue in max height as instructed for tire swap I added a reminder to lower her before attempting to back out of the garage.

A close up of the wheel liner with the yellow tireject solution sprayed along the wheel well liner. Until the tire sealed it sprayed a layer of this stuff over the wheel liner. It formed a little rubbery layer that would take a little effort to clean off (kind of peal off like a thin layer of glue) I didn't bother to clean it since I had the entire liner replaced.

Wheel Well surgery. A sneak peek of the stuff behind the wheel well liner. Notice the air compressor fittings in the lower right corner with one line going into the reservoir tank. Lastly, here's a photo of the wheel liner that was damaged.