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Hi all

We got another love letter from Rivian. Those that have known me or AO for a bit of time will know this is nothing new, and we'll figure something out at some point, but since Rivian refuses to have any discussion around licensing, we'll be removing them from our retail site in the next day or two.

This is just a heads-up, the links are below, we do not have any all-black for R1S at the moment, but everything else is in stock.

Satin Black Emblems for Rivian R1T (abstractocean.com)
Satin Black Emblems for Rivian R1S (abstractocean.com)
I know that pain. I made a Sublimated tumbler and was selling it on my ETSY page. It was removed and I got a email from RIVIAN saying I broke the copyright (which I more than likely did). I wrote to them asking how much a license would be.......**Crickets***

We've been advised before that's not really an option. It might prolong the inevitable, but ultimately it's playing games that any legal process would frown upon (so I'm told - not my area of expertise).
Someone posted in a FB group that they were selling the "Jeep" logo but they made it say "Geep" but included the "J" in the file.

I made a laser cut fileof the outline of a GLOCK as a flag, It was removed. A friend said "Just advertised it as "Glick"....LOL. I haven't yet.
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And . . . . the day after I say these are amazing, I go out to my truck and see this . . . . wow . . . that was 6 hrs in direct 85 degree sunlight. Disappointing.

Rivian R1T R1S Emblems - They're going away (again!) IMG_3388
 

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And . . . . the day after I say these are amazing, I go out to my truck and see this . . . . wow . . . that was 6 hrs in direct 85 degree sunlight. Disappointing.

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Hmm, I've had mine outside all summer last year. Did not have this issue.
 

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This is why I bought 2 sets of them, just to make sure I had extras/replacements if they eventually shut this down. Shame that there's no way to make this work with Rivian
 
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And . . . . the day after I say these are amazing, I go out to my truck and see this . . . . wow . . . that was 6 hrs in direct 85 degree sunlight. Disappointing.

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That's obviously not normal. Please reach out to support and they'll get this sorted out.
 

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Have purchased a few items from AO for my R1S and other EVs.
Had my R1S done with full PPF and ceramic coating; letter badging on doors and rear ripped off and replaced.
I do not care for AO black lettering kit. Nothing else for me but the same exact chrome lettering with yellow edges. But ugly is on the eye.
Not being an economist, my point is that I surmise why perhaps Rivian frowns on licensing. I had to purchase the replacement RIVIAN letter kit from Rivian, outrageously priced to the point that I genuinely beleve that the yellow edge of the Rivian letters on my R1S has actual gold in it.
 

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That's obviously not normal. Please reach out to support and they'll get this sorted out.
I didn't think so. Really odd! OK, well I sent a message via the website. Hope we can get it resolved. They do "look" awesome. :)
 

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Have purchased a few items from AO for my R1S and other EVs.
Had my R1S done with full PPF and ceramic coating; letter badging on doors and rear ripped off and replaced.
I do not care for AO black lettering kit. Nothing else for me but the same exact chrome lettering with yellow edges. But ugly is on the eye.
Not being an economist, my point is that I surmise why perhaps Rivian frowns on licensing. I had to purchase the replacement RIVIAN letter kit from Rivian, outrageously priced to the point that I genuinely beleve that the yellow edge of the Rivian letters on my R1S has actual gold in it.
At that point, except for the hood badge, I would just go badge-less. I still have the original letters, may even start offering them to fellow owners who have had letters fallen off.
 

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That's obviously not normal. Please reach out to support and they'll get this sorted out.
Have you seen this before? What could be cause? improper plastic mixture?
 

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My expert PPF installer actually did suggest that I go letterless on my R1S--the RIVIAN letters doros and rear plus the R1S badging, that other Rivian owners getting PPF have done just that. Not for me; it felt as if something serious would be missing, looked bare, and taken away from my glorious beast. He did manage to reuse and keep all the Rivian compass logos fortunately sitting recessed on the hood and pillars, no problem fitting PPF around them. Whew.
 

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My expert PPF installer actually did suggest that I go letterless on my R1S--the RIVIAN letters doros and rear plus the R1S badging, that other Rivian owners getting PPF have done just that. Not for me; it felt as if something serious would be missing, looked bare, and taken away from my glorious beast. He did manage to reuse and keep all the Rivian compass logos fortunately sitting recessed on the hood and pillars, no problem fitting PPF around them. Whew.
I keep forgetting the S has badges on the C-pillars.
 
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Have you seen this before? What could be cause? improper plastic mixture?
First time...these are manufactured many at a time, so it's difficult to see how it could happen. We've sold 1000's of these, and 80k+ if I include all the Tesla emblems over the years, so it's unusual, but in that kind of quantity there can always be a couple of random outliers.
 
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Last day for these on the site, will take them down sometime this evening. After that, stock allowing, they can be special ordered.
 

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Are you me? I just did this yesterday 2 days ago (days are going by too fast).
I was getting my truck tinted/ceramic coated and planned to have the emblems installed then (I also got some PPF in a few high-wear areas). My emblems were delivered right after I dropped the truck off an hour away, so I had them rush delivered by a courier and then got cold feet as I thought more and more about the rear lettering being too loud with the black and yellow so large. I decided to hold off, and am still torn about it all, but I think with all-black tailgate letters, it will strike the perfect balance.

Do you still have factory emblems, or are you looking to go from black/yellow to all black tailgate colors?
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