Go Fast Camper for R1T Announced

[pklomboy]

Can't wait till someone does a full review! I'm on the waiting list and do need to contact GFC back.

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[agame32]

Any new news/pics/videos from the Boardroom event in SoCal?

 

[ElectricMike]

GFC installed the V2 Pro camper on my R1T in Belgrade on Wednesday, October 9. I am waiting to share something of a review until I have more experience with it. My background is that this is my first pickup with camper, having previously had a Sprinter campervan (combustion, ugh). In the meantime, I offer this:
1. It paid me to drive from Colorado to their location in Montana, saving sales tax and fees, plus enjoying a beautiful, if smoky, drive through Wyoming and across southern Montana, plus, there's more: they are great folks to work with in person!
2. It looks marvelous, simply marvelous, actually enhancing the appearance of my Glacier White R1T. And that's not just me saying that: as I have made my way east to Minnesota, others along the way have said it looks great as well.
3. Build quality is very good. Comfy mattress. Tough tent material. Strong zippers. Strong aluminum topper. Nifty design of removable platform sections. Bed camera fine. Rail buttons fine. Overhang of bed over cab is secured to R1T crossbar attachment points. Fairing in front of that.
4. No precipitation yet, so no info on water resistance.
5. No high winds overnight yet, so no info on noise from sleeping through that.
6. While driving, ever so slight wind noise. I do not mind it at all, as my brain quickly filtered it out. Really slight.
7. No interference with operation of the shark fin antenna.
8. Truck handles almost as well as before. I feel crosswinds moreso than before, as expected.
9. And now, the moment we've all been waiting for: impact on range. This is not science, rather this is my impression. Range has decreased maybe 10%. That was my expectation.
10. Overall, after a few days of use, I am a happy camper.

Picture of truck front shows my contribution to decreasing the mosquito population in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

 

[Natashamalasha]

GFC installed the V2 Pro camper on my R1T in Belgrade on Wednesday, October 9. I am waiting to share something of a review until I have more experience with it. My background is that this is my first pickup with camper, having previously had a Sprinter campervan (combustion, ugh). In the meantime, I offer this:
1. It paid me to drive from Colorado to their location in Montana, saving sales tax and fees, plus enjoying a beautiful, if smoky, drive through Wyoming and across southern Montana, plus, there's more: they are great folks to work with in person!
2. It looks marvelous, simply marvelous, actually enhancing the appearance of my Glacier White R1T. And that's not just me saying that: as I have made my way east to Minnesota, others along the way have said it looks great as well.
3. Build quality is very good. Comfy mattress. Tough tent material. Strong zippers. Strong aluminum topper. Nifty design of removable platform sections. Bed camera fine. Rail buttons fine. Overhang of bed over cab is secured to R1T crossbar attachment points. Fairing in front of that.
4. No precipitation yet, so no info on water resistance.
5. No high winds overnight yet, so no info on noise from sleeping through that.
6. While driving, ever so slight wind noise. I do not mind it at all, as my brain quickly filtered it out. Really slight.
7. No interference with operation of the shark fin antenna.
8. Truck handles almost as well as before. I feel crosswinds moreso than before, as expected.
9. And now, the moment we've all been waiting for: impact on range. This is not science, rather this is my impression. Range has decreased maybe 10%. That was my expectation.
10. Overall, after a few days of use, I am a happy camper.

Picture of truck front shows my contribution to decreasing the mosquito population in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

This is a great first sum up. I can't wait for you to have more adventures with it and report back to headquarters. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[jctownsley]

GFC told me a few weeks ago that they have not started on the topper at all and have no timeline.

I was at the GFC shop today getting my camper installed and asked about the topper. First one was built a couple of weeks ago and is headed down to LA soon for testing. They said it could be six months till it’s in production as they want to get it right.

Sounds like one of the issues is the bed camera. The topper is lower than the camper, so they’re still figuring out how to have a working bed camera. The top beam of the topper is right at the camera height.

 

[jctownsley]

I’ll get more pics and a review soon, but in case anybody wants to see a black GFC on a forest green R1T, here you go! I’m super happy with the quality, install, and customer service from the GFC team today. Now just need to drive back 14 hours by tomorrow morning!

 

[HighVoltOverland]

I’m a huge fan so far

 

[jctownsley]

I’m a huge fan so far

Nice meeting you today!

 

[Team_GFC]

Stoked to see customers enjoying their campers!

We shot a few photos of the camper on our R1T yesterday, and wanted to share those here.

Also, to answer a couple of questions: We'll have some more to share about the topper tomorrow. And with the 3rd brake light, there is also some good news in the near future pipeline. We're just making sure our solution is robust, reliable and easy, rather than fault-prone sensor based.

 

[zgStevieD]

I’ll get more pics and a review soon, but in case anybody wants to see a black GFC on a forest green R1T, here you go! I’m super happy with the quality, install, and customer service from the GFC team today. Now just need to drive back 14 hours by tomorrow morning!

Hi Josh... nice looking rig! It was my understanding that the V2 Pro included the 3-piece headliner, is that not the case? (It doesn't appear you have it) TIA

 

[jctownsley]

Hi Josh... nice looking rig! It was my understanding that the V2 Pro included the 3-piece headliner, is that not the case? (It doesn't appear you have it) TIA

It does! GFC is making them as fast as they can and shipping them out after installation of the camper. Hopefully soon they'll have enough in stock to provide it at installation. Looks like self-install is super quick.

 

[Team_GFC]

It does! GFC is making them as fast as they can and shipping them out after installation of the camper. Hopefully soon they'll have enough in stock to provide it at installation. Looks like self-install is super quick.

Yeah, we ran into a freak supply chain issue with the headliner material and had to kinda create a whole new supply and manufacturing process around it. That's in the final stages of being resolved, we've been slowly catching up in the meantime, and will be able to massively accelerate getting everyone their headliners very soon. Sometimes it's the most unexpected things that cause the biggest headaches.

 

[HighVoltOverland]

I also am waiting on the headliner

Although, I am happy to report that the vents seemed to work flawlessly

my first night in the tent was 37 degrees, raining, and windy with 40 mph gusts

myself, my partner, and our 70lb American Dingo were bone dry inside and had zero moisture build up

 

[Team_GFC]

And here's a photo dump of a prototype topper we just installed on Jonny Lieberman's truck. As with Ben Moon and the camper, Jonny's helping us refine a bunch of details. So don't look too terribly closely at these photos.

We'll have a timeline on topper very soon.

Oh, and here's some footage of the tonneau cover working. The topper (or camper), plus tonneau really turns the lower half of the bed into a very secure vault.

 

[HighVoltOverland]

I’m sharing this a few places, hopefully it’ll help future GFC Rivian owners.

Wiring the rear brake light:

Step one
Remove the rear seat bench
it is held in with two 15mm bolts under the headrests, on bolt on the bottom middle (15mm ) and one nut centered under each passenger back area (15mm as well)

don’t forget to unplug the two white plugs behind the seats.
Once removed, pull the small kick/ sill plate from the driver side floor

peel up the next two trim pieces, the dark grey going up the side and the lower headliner piece that matches your interior and has the seat belt passing through

In the loom locate the plain green and plain black wire (black wire is smaller 22awg)

verify it is the plain green and not the stopped green

this is the chsml pair

I tapped into the wires using a positap
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In the truck bed remove the rear plastic panel it is held in with 8 M6 (10mm socket) bolts that are hidden under the plastic circles

once pulled you can see the tonneau stack if you have it and a few grommets

I don’t have a tonneau so I used the higher location to not have to fiddle with the sliding over the gear tunnel

you can use the lower grommet and fish any wire around the felt of the gear tunnel and out the space behind the passenger seat

Drill a hole in the plastic piece in the location of you liking, or figure out a seam to tuck the wires through if you are nervous about drilling

I don’t like pinching wires so I went the hole drilling route and will use a weatherproof mini box as I have other cables using this area to run power

hook up the lights to the provided pigtail (gfc came with some positaps, which I moved to the splice location, and then used the twist connectors to connect the short length of jump wire needed

that’s it!
It works

No extra sensors or modules to burn out
No false trigger of trailer mode
No issues with turn signal behavior

it just works.

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