Received my manual tonneau cover and the slats already broke

[fr4c]

I'm going to go on a limb here and say Rivians design was bound to a budget, inclusive of profit, set by the pre-march pricepoint. That amounts to a $1480cdn difference compared to todays config.

If I'm honest, it makes the @Bf3 solution look first party. I had a couple hesitations however, first was the remaining short piece at the cab end of the stack, and the potential for a better Rivian OEM solution.

I learned a valuable lesson. Never doubt the forum and it's members.

https://interrobang.store/products/tonneau-tableau-deposit

Yeah at this point, will probably just pick up BF3's version. Cheaper and looks to be able to take a beating. Add to that, who knows when Rivian will make the cover available on the gear shop (assuming they don't release a revised version seeing these are arriving broken during shipping).

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[shammyrocked]

Rivian already contacted me to work out a replacement -- FWIW. I'll gladly take the replacement but do feel like the plastic overall will be a problem for many people.

 

[Bf3]

Maybe some can touch base with @Bf3 and see if he can give us a delrin (or something similar) upgrade to that OEM plastic

Yikes. I’m a bit baffled by their choice to make the ends so delicate. I could probably make replacement parts if I had a Rivian tonneau to check out… but I don’t really see myself spending the $1800 on…that…

 

[dleewla]

another possible WTF moment for Rivian and its tonneau? bruh...

you're not the first to have this issue. they built an off-road/street beast EV and they can't design a powered or manual tonneau? all this time and the price point they're selling it at? smh...

 

[DaveA]

Rivian accessories…

 

[Christopher]

Isn't there many different types of impact resistance plastics available they could have used? Hope with the heat that plastic doesn't become even more brittle.

 

[SASSquatch]

Wow over a year in design phase and you got some dog shit plastic on those things. Isn't that tonneau a pretty penny as well? Some guy with a Home Depot run and a hundred bucks made a more durable tonneau than that on here. I'm so glad my power one still works but I'm worried that if and when it breaks I'm gonna be stuck with a replacement that's worse than what I have if this is anything to go by.

EXACTLY THIS. People have been waiting for how long for these things?

Aren't the slats in a padded case? If your UPS driver was tossing this thing around, the box would have told the story.

This is really, and I mean, really disappointing. If the plastic is that vulnerable, how safe are those slats on the truck? If someone puts any pressure on them, do they just crumble?

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Hard to tell from the photo, but the aluminum looks a little bent/creased in at least one of the photos. Kind of looks like someone probably used the package as a step to reach something else.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

The early price was $800, but now I think it's double that. I sure as hell wouldn't pay $1500 for that.

I'd be pretty pissed at 800. You can get an after market tri fold for less that won't actually break.

 

[AlphaTango]

Yesh, what’s the return policy? Might just cancel them before they are delivered and save myself the headache

 

[txtravwill]

Well, hopefully a 3rd party now can just copy them with a better material.

 

[COdogman]

I'd be pretty pissed at 800. You can get an after market tri fold for less that won't actually break.

Yeah, I have to agree. After seeing how they used that cheap plastic I would have purchased the interrobang cover instead. That is a very sturdy design. Expected better after this much time.

 

[Count Orlok]

sadly it seems apropos for Rivian's idea of a tonneau

 

[MXA121]

Isn't there many different types of impact resistance plastics available they could have used? Hope with the heat that plastic doesn't become even more brittle.

Yes, they could have used a number of impact resistant plastics over that stuff.
It's the winter cold that you have to worry about - it will turn brittle plastics into glass...

I really wanted the Rivian cover at $800 but when they upped it to $1800 I went for the Interrobang cover and it's SOLID.

 

[RWerksman]

Far be it from me to throw stones, but for the price they are charging for that, I would have expected more. Perhaps the same team that designed the power cover designed that?

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