[Blasirl]

Nice start. I am interested in seeing you finish. Any of the Cruze diesel rims should fit as well. You could also pop the center caps and see if any will exchange. Subscribed!

 

[Blasirl]

MISTAKE NO.1

Wrong wheels, those equinox wheels (purchased) are 5x120, so now to see about another set of 17x7 wheels

EDIT:
I did my research but the guy at the local used parts depot assured me that wheels from the 08 equinox and wheels from the later 2012 were the same... I shall be returning there in the morning to exchange them for some 17x7 '08 Saturn Vue wheels that I know are 5x115 as my family used to own one.

So, I am still curious. Did/Does the Buick Cap's interchange with the Chevy ones? Did the Saturn actually have Chevy bow-ties on the rims or did you find some different caps?

 

[Blasirl]

I would hope to see the 2.0 at Lordstown next year. This is going to be an interesting car to check out.

 

[Blasirl]

So far I've got the heatshields, exhaust, fuel system, rear suspension, and shifter cables moved over. Not sure if I'm going to run the buick exhaust tips or use downturns to make it look like a stocker, not really sold on the look of the buick tips anyways. I'll probably make up my mind as soon as I get a bumper on the car to see where they end up.

Will the Buick exhaust fit without any modification? What do you think the possibility of connecting it to a Cruze 1.4 is?

anthonysmith93- Harsh

It's possible, just not easy. I've done alot of this stuff before but never at this scale. Unless you can find someone to program the computers to play nice, using the buick harness is the only option and will require quite a bit of modification to fit the cruze. The worst part is just figuring out what is different between the 2 vehicles, and that NONE of the wires to the same things are the same colors and most of the connectors are a different pinout. I think i spent as much time doing wiring things as I did changing over the drivetrain and pulling the dash.

How much of the changeover have you documented?

 

[Blasirl]

Not bad!

Cheap hood

 

[Blasirl]

Got the condenser in, the bumper put togeather and on the car last night, I'll get a pic of it this evening. Still need to find some way of calibrating the steering sensor and finish some interior things like the radio controls and seat wiring. Also pulled the bent hood off my Eco last night and set it aside to get painted rattle-can black, picked up the replacement hood for the Eco this morning and it makes a heck of a difference.

First pic is of the Eco before I straightened the hood and made it a bit more ugly (but so it would close), seccond pic is it with the new hood. I'll get a pic of the red good this evening as well.

Probably going to stop and pick up a black rear bumper and move the sensor mounts from the buick part to the cruze part. I wanted to get one with the sensor mounts but they are hard-ish to come by as they only ever came with blind spot on the later cars and only the Ltz (I dont want an rs bumper).

Starting to look pretty good!

 

[Blasirl]

Got the start button installed in its final location, loose paint off hood, hood painted and installed, radio controls trimmed to fit in cruze dash, and mounts made for rear exhaust shields (my dad did that last one because he was bored)

Great spot for the button

Can you get a wider shot here - not sure what I'm looking at?

 

[Blasirl]

I'm into electronics so I've done a lot of "complex" wiring in the past both for personal projects and for work, and I just like having something to work on (even if individual tasks annoy me)

UPDATE: stock verano tips would probably require quite a bit of trimming

Could I persuade you to try and build an interface for a radar/laser detector to mute the stereo when it goes off?

Verano Tips - was that in reply to me?

 

[Blasirl]

PM'd

 

[Blasirl]

@Aussie My ECO has a similarly hidden tip, as did the black cruze before I got started. I might mimic this at some point, but I kinda like the oddness of the polished stainless downturns sticking out from under the bumper, at least for the moment. I agree about the spacing, that's more what I was referring to than the slight crookedness (but now thats bugging me too, will have to fix).

EDIT: The attached pictures were taken yesterday and the badge pic was taken this evening

Is it possible to take a few more of the rear. Less glare / shadows and some side shots would be nice.

 

[Blasirl]

Even my ECO has a good size dent in the rocker from the previous owner, no paint damage though.

Possible dry ice fix there - cheapest route

 

[Blasirl]

I think it would be a worthwhile endeavor.

 

[Blasirl]

I was trying to figure out how to resolve the reversed pass window motor control and seem to have shorted 12v to the main data line from the driver window switch to the BCM, now there are various communication errors and I can only control the windows from the switches in their respective doors. As soon as I have $200 I shall fix this issue, might even happen in the next couple weeks. Including the aforementioned issue, there are only five things left on my list of things to do/solve/fix.



....for now

Whats on the list?

 

[Blasirl]

@Blasirl

charge a/c
finish fitting radio controls
replace bent rear z-link/watts-link
make some sort of climate controls work
replace & reprogram BCM

If you figure out the watts link, this guy needs help:

[h=1]Replacing rear trailing arm watts link 2014 Ltz[/h]
I assume you are using the Cruze radio or did you use all the Verano boxes?

 

[Blasirl]

@Blasirl I used the entire electrical system from the Buick, engine harness, body harness, ecu, bcm, onstar, climate control module, radio, anything that would be problematic to make work with the Buick parts....

Were you able to make the Cruze steering wheel work or is that also from the Verano?

This puzzle is beginning to show itself as a mind bender! More pictures please.

 

[Blasirl]

@Blasirl Cruze wheel, but only because it has the verano clockspring, airbag guts, steering sensor, and wheel harness. Cosmetically it is a Cruze wheel, but not on the inside.

I still plan to do a better, more condesed version of this thread after I get a few more things taken care of with it. Be warned, I'm not used to taking pictures of things while I'm working so there arent as many pictures as even I was hoping for

How did you change the airbag cover?

 

[Blasirl]

@Blasirl The cover is just held in place by some tabs, fairly easy to pop it off and put the replacement on


This change was only needed because the cruze has 1 igniter and the buick has 2 (using the cruze airbag and the buick control module would result in a "service airbag" light)

Any Chance of some pictures?

 

[Blasirl]

Replaced rear trans mount with a solid bushing one (Rear Lower Transmission Mount) due to continued annoyance caused by the ammount of "flop" in the drivetrain. Took these two (only one vid alowed per post for me atm, other vid in next post) while I was at it.

Most likely I will be showing what it sounds like with the main muffler bypassed (via a "loud-valve") in the future if I get there

This is a 100% stock Verano exhaust? While I like how it sounds, I hear turbo and it is pretty loud for a Buick, just sayin'

(Anyone know why the forum requires 30sec between posts? I'm just curious to know what prompted this restriction)

To answer your question about the 30 sec rule, probably to help stop double posting. I've been know to double post on accident and that is usually because the website is slow and I see nothing happening so I hit post again and again.

 

[Blasirl]

so your saying those Saturn rims will fit on my 2014 Diesel Curze?

Diesels are 5x115 as well as the Verano and a few others.

Wheel / Tire size chart for US Spec Gen I Cruze's

Cruze OEM Wheel Options

Saturn lug spacing

 

[Blasirl]

Hello my friends,
My engine 1.8 is damaged.
I would like to know if I can swap to buik verano engine on my chevy cruze so I get more power.
If the answer is yes, what should I Change ?
(All Verano wiring, ECU, BCM, key car … )
Please let me know ASAP

Welcome Aboard!

Don't forget to introduce yourself and your Cruze here.

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