trunk lid won't open enough
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trunk lid won't open enough
As title states, my vert trunk lid won't open far enough. I did a search and saw that '96 325I BMW rear deck stops would fix it. The ones that BMW sold me are too big in diameter. Did they give me the wrong ones or did GM change the size on an '03?
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Originally Posted by Jim Taylor
WD-40 sprayed onto the latch will fix it for a while. I just keep spraying it periodically.
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Just unscrew the rubber stops a little to add a bit more preload to the lid when it's closed. Try a quarter turn at a time...but don't go to far or it won't close flush anymore. Easy peasy. 
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Originally Posted by Its_Go_Time
Just unscrew the rubber stops a little to add a bit more preload to the lid when it's closed. Try a quarter turn at a time...but don't go to far or it won't close flush anymore. Easy peasy.
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Originally Posted by darkredlt1
As title states, my vert trunk lid won't open far enough. I did a search and saw that '96 325I BMW rear deck stops would fix it. The ones that BMW sold me are too big in diameter. Did they give me the wrong ones or did GM change the size on an '03?
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deck stop
Thanks for all the replys.
jjvet
The part that BMW gave me has a hard plastic fitting on top. Maybe for an electrical connection for a trunk open monitor. This plastic part is too big to even start. The rest is made just like the GM stop, but bigger. Maybe, I could cut it off and it would allow me to squeeze the rubber enough to install them.
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darkred
jjvet
The part that BMW gave me has a hard plastic fitting on top. Maybe for an electrical connection for a trunk open monitor. This plastic part is too big to even start. The rest is made just like the GM stop, but bigger. Maybe, I could cut it off and it would allow me to squeeze the rubber enough to install them.
Thanks,
darkred
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Originally Posted by c-5-steve
Here's what I do with my vert. Pop the trunk lid then roll up the windows, get out and shut the door. The air pressure will pop the trunk high enough to get your finger under it. 
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Originally Posted by c-5-steve
Here's what I do with my vert. Pop the trunk lid then roll up the windows, get out and shut the door. The air pressure will pop the trunk high enough to get your finger under it.
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Originally Posted by c-5-steve
Here's what I do with my vert. Pop the trunk lid then roll up the windows, get out and shut the door. The air pressure will pop the trunk high enough to get your finger under it.
