Yakima Grandtour 18 with Rivian crossbars on R1S: A solid combo!

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 2:09 PM

Had the opportunity to see the Yakima Roof Box and I'd be sharing some positive learnings on the Yakima Grandtour 18 roof box with Rivian crossbars on R1S.

As I was looking into it three factors were bubbling up:
1. Front v back crossbar position - and their trade-offs
2. Wind noise
3. Banging on the roof

Can report that the Yakima Grandtour 18 (largest size) supports the ideal back crossbar position (ie middle and back brackets) for best aerodynamics (range) and noise (MUCH quieter than the front position) AND without tailgate interference (i.e doesn’t touch the box when opening the back trunk). I also observed the box bouncing at higher speed and bumps certainly but never banging on the roof (as I saw someone had reported elsewhere). It even has a handy channel to avoid any antenna interference.

The front position was tried first and was genuinely deafened by the wind noise. Foils and voodoo were looked into, to suppress it. I was quite impressed the back position works and reduces the noise by so much (as others had hinted).

So would recommend based on my experience and particular given the Yakima claw/clamp comes closest to acceptable spec for the very wide Rivian crossbars (also Yakima). It also looks pretty smooth too.