I got a little OCD in the midst of my OCD...

Ya see, I spent the morning cruising an X5 in the pull a part yard. No, I did NOT take any pics of the donor, but I *did* find a silhouette of my lil wifey's past lovah... (It took a minute to get her on the dark side, but she's here to stay. )

The worst part ab this whole thing? Is what I wanted.. I wanted those little plastic nuts that hold the plastic shit that buttons the floor nice and flush into the damn whole car! I mean.. you guys know what I mean?.. RIGHT? And so it was after unsuccessful attempts to unlatch the damn thing in the junkyard, I fished those little plastic bastards out of ab 2" of water. Further, were it not for the bravery of my extended magnet, a 10mm 1/4" driver might've given it up for the cause. I'd already fished glass out of my fingers for the front door glass. The finicky nature of a finger cut was annoying enough. While standing atop the base of what I assume was a GM product, I fished three of those little bastards out of the donor. This is what I needed to button up the vibes on mine. Simple enough, right? But who among us can just keep it simple? It was after all, a birthday of sorts..

So, after changing in the parking lot the $5 part from the donor into which the left rear floor snaps and STILL not finding satisfaction, I was off with the OCD-bug buzzin. Once home, I found myself determined to install replacement rear deck lenses I'd bought a few years ago. (It's been a weird time, lets just say that. ) You know how they crack and stuff? in a way that only we can see? Well.. mine are sparkly new. (These are the old ones) Free to the reader for shipping:

Well, the sound deadening material I had to move out of the way made me wonder if I couldn't go one (OCD) step further... I was quickly disassembling the plastic cover and test fitting the stuff I've had for years with this project in various stages. Everything came together so well and the hatch closed with such.. affirmation that I forgot to take a pic until the final application.

So for those of us with one of 'those' X5's that sounds like no BMW anyone has ever heard, you know, we can hear that in the cabin, right? O I was thinking.. I wonder if adding this will allow me to hear some of that audio that I installed a couple years ago.. And dewd.. That JBL stealth with a measly 500w amp and narry a rattle to be found will *hit*! The *armrest* vibrates! And yet.. you can have a conversation (albeit not a quiet one) among the front and rear passengers. It's just crazy. It sounds SO good.

And so, after taking the time to button up a loose spare tire and finally get the rear floor flush with the body, I am finally ready to hand over the keys to my wife. Until the *next* road trip that is... Mooohahahha

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