The Interroblog: Rivian Gear Mods, Shop Experiments, and Half-Baked Ideas
This is where we document the experiments, updates, field
tests, and occasionally poor decisions that shape our gear. Expect a mix of
product development insights, customer builds, and weird science from the
Interrobang team. It’s part dev diary, part shop talk, and occasionally useful.
Interroblog?!
A Rivian R1T owner needed help installing their Interrobang manual tonneau cover just as dinner was hitting the grill. Here's how one install question turned into a conversation about tacos.
Building great Rivian accessories also means finding products that deserve a place beside them. Here's what we've added to the shop and why.
Not every scratch sends a product back to the drawing board. Sometimes a Tunnel Tray comes through production with a cosmetic flaw that doesn't affect performance one bit. This is the story of how we decide between rebuilding a product and turning it into B Stock.
We gave a couple a tour of our old Akron workshop, talked truck storage, and accidentally held a live product demo in the parking lot.
We set out to fix a small surface issue and ended up learning a new process. Using a simple acetone vapor setup, we were able to smooth 3D printed parts without sanding or reworking each piece by hand. It is now part of how we approach finishing.