An end wall arrangement for an engine compartment of a motor vehicle is provided that includes an end wall, at least one component mounted on the end wall, and a planar covering element having sound-absorbing properties. The grip of certain embodiments includes a flexible mounting tube that engages the proximal end of the rod and a sheet including a polymer outside layer and a fibrous inside layer. The device further includes a drawstring that is threaded through a proximal end of the anchor, and barbs that extend from the exterior surface of the anchor. Methods for assembling the enrollment and alias database are included. The mixing assembly also includes a water passage disposed in the integrated housing. Narrow pitch is obtained by offsetting the location of the write gaps of successively stacked coplanar head arrays.