Thanks Chilliwilli for the .pdf link!
Quoting from an old post:
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I believe that adjusting the two upper hatch stoppers outward will cause more outward tension on the lower hatch. This is exactly what you shouldn’t want to do, because that will increase the problem. It’s slack between the lower hatch and the car body that causes rattle. C-S-S pointed at this before: “The main source of the rattle was movement between the upper and lower gates. I removed the covers to the lower gate striker bolts, closed the lower gate, loosened the bolts, then pushed in firmly at the upper corners of the lower gate while I tightened the bolts. Now the lower gate is seated tight, and the upper gate latches tight against it. All rattles are gone!” My only remark is that the lower hatch is not the “main source”, but the only source.
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I "shotgunned" the problem with the this method, and installing new gas springs (#6), and the revised style (spring loaded) trunk lid stoppers (#35).
edit: link to parts -
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...91&hg=41&fg=60