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SOLVED - Mystery Part - Rear Panel

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It's been a mystery to me and I haven't gotten an answer. They showed up when I ripped my entire interior out. I can't tell if they are from the truck or if they were part of some packaging with a bunch of parts I received. Either the rear panel behind the seats or from inside the door trim. Have you ever seen them? I think there was 2.

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Hey.. so this is an OEM piece. I just had it fall off of the panel behind the passenger rear while it was out for my audio install. Now to figure out how to reattach it.

Here's a pic of where it goes.
I've taken most of my interior apart and have never seen anything like that. Doesn't look like an OEM part.
 
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I want to know what this is and I feel like I have some in my bolt bin… but really I have no clue. 🤷
 
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I've taken most of my interior apart and have never seen anything like that. Doesn't look like an OEM part.

Everything down to the bare metal? I swear they showed up in a pile of hardware when I was taking everything out.

I want to know what this is and I feel like I have some in my bolt bin… but really I have no clue. 🤷

Might just be from packaging. Something large that could puncture a cardboard box, so they put it on the edges and wrapped it. It's a dense rubber.
 
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Everything down to the bare metal? I swear they showed up in a pile of hardware when I was taking everything out.



Might just be from packaging. Something large that could puncture a cardboard box, so they put it on the edges and wrapped it. It's a dense rubber.
Yup for sound deadening. Definitely looks like it's not from the truck. Most OE stuff would have a part number on it as well.
 
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Yup for sound deadening. Definitely looks like it's not from the truck. Most OE stuff would have a part number on it as well.

Challenge accepted!
Similar "part". That's a place holder or spacer. Ever take off your side view mirrors? The holes where the bolts are? There are those black circle stickers. No part numbers on those. I'm not wrong...
 
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Similar "part". That's a place holder or spacer. Ever take off your side view mirrors? The holes where the bolts are? There are those black circle stickers. No part numbers on those. I'm not wrong...
Yes. And 🤦‍♂️
 
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Hey.. so this is an OEM piece. I just had it fall off of the panel behind the passenger rear while it was out for my audio install. Now to figure out how to reattach it.

Here's a pic of where it goes.
 

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Hey.. so this is an OEM piece. I just had it fall off of the panel behind the passenger rear while it was out for my audio install. Now to figure out how to reattach it.

Here's a pic of where it goes.
F'IN MVP BRO!

You solved a long mystery. Wonder if it's lined up to this residue. Double sided tape? Maybe my sound deadening job remedied what it was put there for. Wonder if I threw it out now. They sat around for like 2 years. But then I went to clean up the garage.

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It looks like there are provisions for 2 to be next to each other back there. This one had a round circle embossed under it so it came from the inner-most one, but maybe there were 2 at some point. I don't see another in the garage or remember seeing a second but that's definitely where they come from. For now I sprayed it with headliner adhesive and it seems like it's going to hold. Hopefully never have to fill these out again so I won't have to find out.
 
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It looks like there are provisions for 2 to be next to each other back there. This one had a round circle embossed under it so it came from the inner-most one, but maybe there were 2 at some point. I don't see another in the garage or remember seeing a second but that's definitely where they come from. For now I sprayed it with headliner adhesive and it seems like it's going to hold. Hopefully never have to fill these out again so I won't have to find out.
Wonder what held it on there. I need to go back and see if I can find where mine went.
 
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