Thanks for the replies on hardware.
Pretty simple but, for those not running the splash shield and plan on it in the future, make sure your mounting brackets are intact near the front crossmember, or you'll scratch your head like I've been.
Apparently mine are absent, so I can forgettaboutit for now. I'd like to add this in the near future, supposed to help with temperatues.
The pic that i posted was found on ratsun. Duh theres a bracket in the pic.