5BW Rear wheel liner missing screws?

[KatyTxCT5V]

While working on my car, I noticed both rear wheel liners (bottom front) were very easy to push back towards the tire. Upon further inspection, there are 4 holes with nuts, but no screws and no marks showing previous screws. I can’t understand why each bottom is not secured. I want to put screws to secure both sides and can’t see any issues if I do. There is a plastic push plug inside the wheel liner roughly 5” up.

Can someone please check to see if this is normal from the factory on a 5BW?

Not sure if it matters, but my car is a 2022 with iron brakes and originally without any carbon packages (CF1 & CF2).

Thanks,

 

[565565]

While working on my car, I noticed both rear wheel liners (bottom front) were very easy to push back towards the tire. Upon further inspection, there are 4 holes with nuts, but no screws and no marks showing previous screws. I can’t understand why each bottom is not secured. I want to put screws to secure both sides and can’t see any issues if I do. There is a plastic push plug inside the wheel liner roughly 5” up.

Can someone please check to see if this is normal from the factory on a 5BW?

Not sure if it matters, but my car is a 2022 with iron brakes and originally without any carbon packages (CF1 & CF2).

Thanks,
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Mine were also missing. The non BWs I think are supposed to come with a wind deflector here.

My fender actually would pull away at high speeds and rub against the wheel to the point it wore a hole in the fender. I got some fasteners from amazon and secured these and the problem went away.

 

[Joespenard]

Mine is a last 1/4 :22: build rear fender liner screws missing .

 

[KatyTxCT5V]

Thanks for the replies. I had 6 of the GM style screws with washers (same as used for the front splitter and other areas) and put 3 on each side. I noticed the plastic cover it screws into can flap and hit the body as I could see a rub mark and make a rattle. After I added the screws it secured the wheel line, plastic cover and rocker all together nice and tight.

 

[Champale]

Just checked mine - 2023 built fall of 23 - and it's missing screws, too. What fasteners are you guys using? None in my box seemed to fit quite right.

 

[KatyTxCT5V]

Here’s the screw that I used. It the exact one for the other body areas

 

[Champale]

Excellent - thank you very much!

 

[KatyTxCT5V]

I stole the screws from my tire deflector kit as they are the same.

 

[Champale]

Too funny! I was actually planning on installing mine this coming weekend (I finally have a lift!). Right after your post showing the screws, I ordered some from Amazon that will be here tomorrow so I can spend a few minutes screwing things in and feeling like a real mechanic under my car.

 

[Sully]

Same here... Got me all sketched out thinking someone had removed a the under panels. Ordered some from Amazon, wasn't gonna pay the crazy GM price. 20 pack for $10 > Amazon.com

 

[sps4runner]

Interesting...
2024 built Dec. of '23; mine has the screws installed.
Maybe they forgot something somewhere else on mine?

 

[KatyTxCT5V]

Well then, maybe they figured out on 24’s the screws were needed. After I put the screws, everything is nice and secured.

 

[Neveready]

While working on my car, I noticed both rear wheel liners (bottom front) were very easy to push back towards the tire. Upon further inspection, there are 4 holes with nuts, but no screws and no marks showing previous screws. I can’t understand why each bottom is not secured. I want to put screws to secure both sides and can’t see any issues if I do. There is a plastic push plug inside the wheel liner roughly 5” up.

Can someone please check to see if this is normal from the factory on a 5BW?

Not sure if it matters, but my car is a 2022 with iron brakes and originally without any carbon packages (CF1 & CF2).

Thanks,
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that is really odd, I also was missing screws in the same spot. When I brought my car into the dealer for a cracked windshield replacement i mentioned it and they added new screws.

I thought that my PPF guy may have forgot to reinstall them but couldn’t phantom why the factory would leave them off.

I did buy mine from Amazon and they were significantly cheaper than the dealer, so I have extras. Better to have them screwed in, at high speed it may rub against the tire.

So I guess someone at the factory was out to lunch?

 

[KatyTxCT5V]

@Neveready were the screws missing from your 22 or your 24 car?

The screen shot I posted to share is how I found the part number and then was able to see they were the same in my deflector package. Yeah, no way to over pay the dealer as I found the same on Amazon for $10 for a 20 pack as well. I bought to have some around in case I find more missing, lol.

 

[Neveready]

My 24. I never checked the 22. They were missing from both sides in the rear, my 24 was manufactured in Sept 23. I added 5 to the right rear side and ran out of time so I had the dealer do the other side.

 

[BW56M]

@KatyTxCT5V

Late to the party..................but, here's a picture of my left rear.

2024 CT5-V Blackwing. Build date 11/23

Front of rear tire:

Behind rear tire:

 

[rubberduck]

My 22 5BW has all the screws. The assembly robot ran out of screws and thought it was good enough.

 

[Champale]

Thank you very much for this thread! The liners actually had a surprising amount of movement before securing them earlier today. I didn't see any rub marks anywhere, though.

 

[Ergoc5]

My 22 BW was missing those screws on the rear fender liner. I checked with @jwolf99 and his 22 had the screws. I had the dealer install new screws.

 

[Dirkbg]

After reading this I figured I'd check my '22 4BW. I felt under there and sure enough mine is missing those too, three on each side like the 5BW. Conveniently, I still have over 40 screws left over after adding the factory CF parts.