Cut Catalytic converter

[WALLEYEGUY]

  Some wonderful human tried to steal my catalytic converter off my truck, only got 85% through.  New one $3200

[trophyhunt]

Fricken crack heads!!!!!!  Sucks! 

[quadrafire]

Holy Crap.........I've never heard of such a thing. That sucks.
Insurance claim?

[quadrafire]

Can the cut be welded?

[Woodchuck]

 

[SweetCosmicPope]

Yeah, cats are full of platinum, so crackheads will often steal them, or even just cut a hole in them and try to hollow them out...Can't stand a friggin thief.

[Dhoey07]

What kind of cat do you have?  I had mine replace for 150$ i think

[jackelope]

Call your insurance company. We replace them through insurance a fair amount. If it's not insurance, call an exhaust shop and see if they can put a sleeve over the cut pipe and weld or replace it with an aftermarket. It will be loads cheaper.

[Woodchuck]

What kind of car?

[PastorJoel]

Also check salvage yards.

[dewandgin]

Also check salvage yards.

I don't think Salvage yards can sell used catalytic converters for install on vehicles. Not saying some don't

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[jmscon]

Had one cut out of my Toyota, heard they are a common target. Pretty crappy feeling heading to your pickup and seeing the exhaust pipe hanging down, cut off!

[PastorJoel]

Also check salvage yards.

I don't think Salvage yards can sell used catalytic converters for install on vehicles. Not saying some don't

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I never knew that!  Interesting.

[fish vacuum]

Been awhile since I've heard anyone getting a cat stolen. Best advice I heard was to park over a puddle whenever possible. Not always an option, but makes your rig less appealing to people who crawl underneath them.

Thank the dope fiends AND the recyclers buying scrap from them.

[Alchase]

The east side boat ramp at American Lake was really bad for having "cats" cut off. I pulled in to launch, and the Pierce County Sherif was there. Six rigs got hit.
Shortly after that they setup a sting and caught a few meth maggots, seemed to help cut down on the problems for awhile.

[T-Dozzer]

That seems steep for just the cat. I blew mine out on my full size gmc seirra hd. Dealership charged me $350 to put a new one on.
Crack heads suck

[jackelope]

That seems steep for just the cat. I blew mine out on my full size gmc seirra hd. Dealership charged me $350 to put a new one on.
Crack heads suck

That's dirt cheap. I can't even get a cheap aftermarket one done for that price. I wonder if they sent it out to a muffler shop for you? There's literally no way a factory cat was that cheap.

[T-Dozzer]

That seems steep for just the cat. I blew mine out on my full size gmc seirra hd. Dealership charged me $350 to put a new one on.
Crack heads suck

That's dirt cheap. I can't even get a cheap aftermarket one done for that price. I wonder if they sent it out to a muffler shop for you? There's literally no way a factory cat was that cheap.

Yes it was surprising to me too. First bid I got from a place in Redmond was $1200 for flange back.
Called dealership (dont remember which one, bellevue?) And they took it out & had a shop weld a new cat on. I dont remember if it was OEM, but probably not.
I knocked a peice of the baffle loose by flooring it. That truck had alot of torque.