Trunk storage tray question

[monty23psk]

My car came with storage tray accessory above the battery tray. I can't find any info under the ETK/RealOEM for the BMW PN: 72601929409  which is listed on the underside. I want to know if there is a clip that connects the tray to battery cover as they both have a hole in the middle. This is a longshot but maybe someone knows the answer.

TIA

[keflaman]

I don't have the exact answer you're looking for, but after rooting through my 20-year bin I used a nut plate similar to this http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/Nut_Plate/ES74224/. It took a little trimming of the hole, but it works.

[monty23psk]

Cool, that's one option.

[romeomike]

Hi:

The connecting part for the two tray halves is made of metal, black rubber and hard white plastic, and is 7/8th inches in length. At the top of it is a slot for a screwdriver to turn it to expand the rubber section and hold it in place. I should have enough time on the weekend to take a picture and post it.

That being said, I don't have it hooked up in mine. As long as I don't flip the car over, gravity and friction hold the upper tray in place quite nicely by themselves.

[monty23psk]

Thanks.  A pic would be nice to see what it looks like for my curiosity. But with the new battery tray I bought, no hole was there. I guess not to many flipped in the past that they required to keep the lock...lol.

[romeomike]

Link to the picture, as the embedded image requires too much scrolling for my taste.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/199/c1b5.JPG/

[monty23psk]

thanks. Would have never thought it looked like that. The biggest with this part is the rubber as it needs to seal the hole. You dont want a liquid falling from the top onto the battery. That is my guess for it.

[DRTE30]

Happen to have a part number for that bolt?

Also, it looks like it's sealing and pinching at the same time.