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Xtreme- If I recall the posts from back in the day, some of the bolts that hold the large original splash shield on use speed nuts that are part of the frame.

2011's and 2012's that were modified by the recall would still have these speed nuts in the frame, all the owner would need is the bolt. However for 2013 and up I believe the mounting may have changed.

I remember a similar thread that someone did where they needed to buy hardware and if I recall correctly it wasn't expensive, but it was dealer only stuff.

The original shield is on with a lot of connection points. I think there's close to 10 or 12 on my original 2012 sheild. I'm not sure you would have to use all of them.

Just letting anyone who tries this know, the holes probably are in your frame, but not sure of the nut portion of the connection is in all of the mounting locations.

Proud to say original 2012 owner, and my car has never been back to the dealer, outside the first week I had it for a strut support noise. So I have the original splash shield, painted with stencils with the words. "Do NOT CUT".

 

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in my case, a 2014

So your shield doesn't cover as much of the lower body as the $34.00 one. By 2014 the saw procedure was being done by the manufacturer of the shields before they were sent to Lordstown for vehicle assembly.

It does keep the bottom of the engine quite clean, especially in salty winter roads of the midwest. In Cali, is it worth it? That depends. Keeps undercarriage dry if you drive through a lot of water in the rainy seasons.

 

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I have not confirmed the information in this thread, but page 3 of the post linked below discusses some of the issues that I mentioned above with the speed nuts in the frame.

I think the new info is that the splash shield is available in the aftermarket with reasonable shipping. I think the dealers cost for original shields, or shields from the Verano made most people just accept the dealership hack job recall.

Someone would have to go through the part pages for a 2011 or 2012 cruze and gather the info on the bolts, speed nuts, and fasteners. Either on Nally GMC Wholesale parts (Google it), or your favorite online site for GM part numbers. I mention Nally because back in the day they had parts lists up before GM parts direct, and I believe the would have the pages for the splash shield. I remember seeing them.

This entire topic is coming back from the dead.. There were a lot of posts back in 2012-2013 about people complaining about the recall and reinstall splash shields.

http://www.cruzetalk.com/forum/25-g...-engine-splash-shield-need-part-number-3.html

 

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I ordered the Verano splash shield from Amazon a couple of weeks ago and installed it on my Cruze over the weekend after an oil change. I have had the "recall" shield for a long time, but decided it was time to put the original design back. I have to admit, I was skeptical of the claim of reduced road noise, but damned if my car didn't seem quieter on my drive to work on Monday.

I just removed my factory uncut shield for about the 3rd time doing maintenance. What did you use for the additional fasterners required? Where did you get them? Specifically the sheet metal screw with the washer attached? I'm missing some of those. It appears they are 8mm heads, but I haven't found anything close yet, and not looking for dealer hardware at $5.00 per screw.

My research shows that M4.3-13 or something like that is the screw size. Must be a metric thing.

After 8 years, you could eat of my oil pan and tranny, and living in the rust belt with salt, that's why I kept the shield.

Glad it worked for you, and they are still avalible.