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Old 10-17-2021, 08:34 PM   #1
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REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM COVER !

Remove? Or get new cover and fasteners. Sweep the garage today. Than find out LH side missing. RH side hanging. What's everyone opinion!!......
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:04 PM   #2
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How weird, we just noticed yesterday that mine were both missing, clips disappeared without a trace. I don't recall offroading my Camaro or driving it over curbs...

For now I reordered them (no biggie at $7-ish per piece), if I lose the new ones as well, some other method of attachment will be considered.
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:31 PM   #3
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Where did you buye the cover and fasteners ? GM fasteners they dont last. My car is 4 years old. It has 3,000 miles only.
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:38 PM   #4
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Where did you buye the cover and fasteners ? GM fasteners they dont last. My car is 4 years old. It has 3,000 miles only.
gmpartsdirect

We'll see how those fasteners hold up, my car is also 3 years old and has about 12600 miles on it.
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:46 PM   #5
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gmpartsdirect

We'll see how those fasteners hold up, my car is also 3 years old and has about 12600 miles on it.
Thankz man.
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:46 PM   #6
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I don't think my car ever had these
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:48 PM   #7
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We'll see how those fasteners hold up, my car is also 3 years old and has about 12600 miles on it.
IT WILL COST ME ALOT FOR SHIPPING TO HAWAII...
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Old 10-17-2021, 09:53 PM   #8
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I’m not sure what these covers do? I took them off a couple of years ago for my first dyno day…and never put them on again. They’re sitting in my garage somewhere.
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Old 10-17-2021, 10:16 PM   #9
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I’m not sure what these covers do? I took them off a couple of years ago for my first dyno day…and never put them on again. They’re sitting in my garage somewhere.
Supposedly they protect the paint on lower control arms by taking the hits from road debris or small rocks. They don't seem to be fastened particulary well, as you see in this thread
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Old 10-18-2021, 09:15 AM   #10
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Remove them would be what I would do
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Old 10-18-2021, 09:42 AM   #11
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they provide salt/weather coverage for us that live in the north. I have found when taking fasteners off it's better to put a new one on so I assume at sometime someone had them off unless they are the spread type. The push in style don't hold well after you take them off once or twice.
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Old 10-18-2021, 11:15 AM   #12
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they provide salt/weather coverage for us that live in the north. I have found when taking fasteners off it's better to put a new one on so I assume at sometime someone had them off unless they are the spread type. The push in style don't hold well after you take them off once or twice.
Never did remove since I bought the car.. fasteners are plastic. They dont handle over 100 mph on high ways. Lol
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Old 10-18-2021, 11:30 AM   #13
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check ebay or amazon for better fasteners. Depending on clearance, you might also be able to get creative with heavy duty cable ties
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Old 10-18-2021, 11:42 AM   #14
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check ebay or amazon for better fasteners. Depending on clearance, you might also be able to get creative with heavy duty cable ties
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