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Pucks make the best jack pads. They're borderline indestructible and dirt cheap.

This looks like a potential modification in the near future. I've got a massive 1.25" bar on my Cobalt - having a rear bar on the Cruze would add an extra bit of rotation.

Lowering springs are great if they're done right (i.e. Pedders, Powell and SSC springs, on Cobalts) - many are not - and you need the shocks/struts to handle them.

 

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Cruze-adjacent, but apparently Whiteline now lists this as fitting both first and second gen Volts, and thus, one is now sitting in my house. Oddly, it is not listed as fitting a second-gen Cruze, which, like second-gen Volts, is D2XX instead of Delta II.

Installation should be very similar to this, aside from the lower shock bolt torque being lower...and trying to figure out where the hell to put jack stands on this car. Probably won't bother until spring.

Good to know the bolts require occasional re-torquing. The bolts on my Powell rear bar on my Cobalt have needed to be tightened again once as well.

 

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It might be a massive pain in the ass, but you could grind a hex into the top of the aluminum and hold it with an open-end wrench.

 

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You'd just need two flats. Since the threads go all the way thru the mount, you could also use a longer bolt with a pinch nut on top. That might alleviate your having to retighten them every year.

That's probably the best idea.