The air reel

Rivian trucks (gen 1, anyway) came with an air compressor built into the bed. It’s useful for airing up tires after letting air out for offroad segments, but coiling up the hose the trucks come with sucks. Luckily Apex makes a nice product in the form of the Compact Reel System. A person I met online showed me his idea for a bracket that used the Gear Guard sockets to hold the Apex Designs CRS. He intended on selling them. After waiting a few months, I chose to design my own based on the concept, and have it machined.

CAD of the air reel bracket

The bracket is three pieces:

  • A bent 5052 aluminum laser cut piece
  • 2x Gear Guard sockets, which are milled from 6061 and powder coated black

Rivian Air Reel

(note: pictured without the short leader hose to the truck’s outlet)

The end result is a super quick to deploy and put away air system, making changing tire pressure for the terrain much easier.