R1T Headrest Removal Tool

[GJPoss]

As many of you may know, it's next to impossible to get the headrests off of the back seats.

I have an R1T, and I swore my grandkids would never ride in the truck. Ha. Hey, it lasted a year.

Anyway, when I went to install the car seats, I found it impossible to get the back headrest to release. After searching around, I found out that that was by design as Rivian has stated that it is much safer to have the headrest for people sitting in the back seat.

Well....I needed to install two car seats The install instructions for the seats said there should be headrest if it pushes the seat forward. So the headrests had to go.

In searching the internet and forums, I found Ray Lepper's post about a tool he printed at home. So I contacted him and sent him the money. He promptly sent me the tool, which arrived just a few days later.

The tool Ray printed works GREAT. Took me a couple of seconds to remove the headrest.

My grandsons are VERY HAPPY to ride in Grandpa's Wivian!!

Contact Ray at: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/members/raylepper.14767/

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[KBabione]

Thanks for the testimonial - I bookmarked the first post about this just in case I ever needed it. Such a clever solution!

 

[NY_Rob]

Nice job!

I just kind of smushed my fingers in there when I needed to get the straps from the rear seat protector unstuck last summer. Your solution is much nicer (and much less painful!).

 

[akc5247]

Reached out and got the tool shipped by Ray.

It works perfectly, super easy to use.

Helped with both my kids' car seats! Appreciate the work, Ray!

 

[Kegs]

I also received the headrest tool from raylepper. It made the task of removing the second row headrests in our R1S 2025 second generation an easy one handed operation. I second the comment that this is a clever solution.

 

[Snowhite23]

Bless you Ray Lepper!! I struggled for almost 2 years to remove or even adjust the 2nd row headrests with zero success. Along comes Ray who developed and sells a simple tool that does the trick in under 10 seconds, and without any broken nails or smashed fingertips!! So simple, so brilliant! Thank you thank you thank you Ray!

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