Protect Your Rivian R1T's Bed: A review of the best bed mat alternative

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

Dec 5, 2024

So if you're looking for a bed mat that was rubbery and sturdy, or you were dying for a custom fit bed liner solution that stops things from sliding around and is super strong, you could go for this alternative. The plastic on this one is already chipping from light use and it's also water proof as well.

It has been trimmed to fit and it took only like 15 minutes to cut it up to fit with a new utility knife. It's like the easiest project you could ever carry out. And the excess at the bottom just rolls up nicely when you close the tailgate and provides "spring" to help open the tailgate as an added benefit.

Until Rivian makes a custom fit liner like this, this seems like the best alternative out there. Would be sharing some more pics below.

Above is the front. Just trimmed straight across leaving 3.25" between the wheel well and the front of the bed. Probably closer to 3.35" but please do well to measure.

Last edited: Dec 6, 2024

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