I've been waiting to hear from Yakima whether they had any plans to build this and they got back to me on Monday. Their answer was "this could potentially be our next modification for a "BedTrack Kit", but there is nothing in the works right now". They make the current crossbars for Rivian. I...
I apologize for not keeping up by posting. My concern is how many of these could I sell. It's expensive and time consuming to do this right and only sell 100 or so. I also know that the cost will contribute to the number I can sell and to do this well they could be 3 to 4K. Another concern is...
Once I've designed the cross arms I plan on sending the design to an independent test lab for feedback. I'm also going to reach out to Rivian to see if I can get the stress test data on those anchor points because without that data I cannot expect an accurate analysis.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to design cross arms on the back side of the oval tubing.
I thought about just connecting the 2 together but the real strength will come from connecting the top to bottom using cross arms. The aesthetics of cross arms bother me but safety should come 1st.
I designed and made these cab high crossbars. I'm thinking about going into production of these and was wondering how much interest there might be. They install using the existing anchor points on the bedrails in under 5 minutes. I use the Yakima heavy duty bars so all the accessories that work...
One thing I notice like so many other vehicles is the steering wheel hides the items I want to see. I put in a feature request for different configuration options. For instance, I would like to see the cruise speed at the lower center of the screen instead of the top center.