Removal of Second Row Seats in R1S: A suitable option for more storage room

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

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Wednesday at 1:52 PM

I've been curious to know if anyone had successfully removed the second row seats in their R1S. Until I stumbled upon someone who had his second row seats removed. It was super easy. With just a single socket wrench, the seats came out super easy. 2 cables with quick connects unplugged and they stuff back down under the carpet and the hardest part of the whole thing really was just lifting them out of the truck.

He has driven about 800 miles with them out already and no warnings, no errors, nothing. He has an outdoor rug in the back that kinda fits and is perfect for the dogs and goes over the bolts and bits. I imagine could easily find a proper carpet to cover things to look a bit better.

Having the R1S for over a year, he usually has the middle seat folded down sometimes, before taking them out, and it always felt a bit high and was hard for his dogs to jump into. With that middle row out it dramatically changes the feeling inside the vehicle, it feels almost like a cargo van or a minivan with so much room, and it's a dream for loading stuff in and out as he transports a lot of random stuff almost everyday.

I can't make such a change to my vehicle because of the kids and the fact that some days, the vehicle is usually filled up. So I do need all the room I can get for now. Probably in the future, when the kids are all grown and it's just me and the dogs, then I can go for a change like this, so give the dogs more room to roam about in the vehicle.

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