Rivian R1T Bed Tie Down Rails Installation: perfect for gear hauling

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If you're looking to add some more tie down points this might be an option for you. I was missing the versatility of the rail system on my previous truck. I do some track days and have to haul a lot of gear with the tail gate down. I ended up buying the 3 tacoma bed rails, end caps, and m6 bolts from my local toyota dealership. I purchased 2 extra m6 bolts, you only need 10. Cost me around 200 bucks all in.





Mounting bolts use the 3 capped points on the side of the bed and 4 on the header. Discard the plastic caps, and 10mm bolts, re use the large metal spacers. All three rails were slightly too long, I cut them down with a grinder. You will also need to drill 2 holes on the side rails and 2 on the header rail.



You can use 1 pre driled hole on the side rails and 2 on the header rail. My tonneau cover clears with plenty of space. I'm going to buy the tie down cleats off Amazon. The Toyota ones are 25 bucks each if you order from the dealership. It happens that on my truck, the tonneau just clears the OEM toyota cleats. The header rail is very close and the sides have more clearance. Really happy how it turned out. For those interested in getting these, you can check out their page via this link: https://billettiedowns.com/rail-tie-down-anchors-for-tundra-tacoma/