Originally Posted by onehundred80
Are you all referring to the splash shield? I think so.
Skid plates are hefty chunks of metal, the splash shield is plastic and funnily enough keeps splashes out of the engine bay and keeps heat in as well unfortunately.
Yeah, I doubt that dinky little sheet of plastic would keep more than small rocks from hitting the engine.
I just did my oil change about a week ago and didn't see any clips on mine. Then again, I also don't have a heat shield. You know, the one that goes on the underside of the hood. They didn't put a lot of stuff on the base models.