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re: Any baw got their catalytic converter jacked?
Posted on 6/27/21 at 6:37 pm to lsu xman
Posted on 6/27/21 at 6:37 pm to lsu xman
Ask me how awesome it is when you get your DPF jacked because they thought it was a catalytic converter.
Driver comes into work, hooks trailer up- heads off down the road. Calls.
“Hey boss, something is bad wrong with my truck- it’s screaming”
Pulls over and finds the diesel particulate filter missing.
Driver comes into work, hooks trailer up- heads off down the road. Calls.
“Hey boss, something is bad wrong with my truck- it’s screaming”
Pulls over and finds the diesel particulate filter missing.
This post was edited on 6/27/21 at 6:38 pm
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Posted on 6/27/21 at 6:38 pm to Napoleon
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People who buy bulk converters are scumbags. I see them advertise online a lot.
Yeah, they should really be prosecuted. Or how about a law against buying loose catalytic converters at all, without some kind of license / paper trail?
Posted on 6/27/21 at 6:40 pm to subMOA
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Pulls over and finds the diesel particulate filter missing.
Probably cost as much or more than a cat.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 6:41 pm to lsu xman
That’s quite a racket he has going. Take one, and put it back on for a grand a pop.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:03 pm to lsu xman
What vehicles do they usually target?
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:12 pm to Double Oh
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What vehicles do they usually target?
Apparently Tundras are a hot commodity.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:14 pm to Double Oh
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What vehicles do they usually target?
Honda Elements are the one I'm aware of.
I guess it's anything reasonably high off the ground, especially if it relies heavily on catalytic conversion to stave off the emissions Nazis.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:14 pm to lsu xman
One of my tenant’s was stolen this week
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:16 pm to lsu xman
Last week aI guy I work with got one ripped off when he was parked at The Parking Spot at IAH (Bush in Houston).
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:17 pm to lsu xman
Happened to the girlfriend's car last year, and 3 of our neighbors on the same night.
It should be made illegal to buy catalytic converters from anyone except a dealership.
Hers costed $1300 including installation, and the thieves get like $30
It should be made illegal to buy catalytic converters from anyone except a dealership.
Hers costed $1300 including installation, and the thieves get like $30
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:18 pm to Double Oh
Any hybrid vechicle.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:18 pm to Breauxsif
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What vehicles do they usually target?
Apparently Tundras are a hot commodity.
It appears the cats on Tundra's are somewhat downstream, exhaust pipe on both ends, making them easier to get at. On many/most GM's they are right off the exhaust manifold or part of it, so much more difficult to saw off.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:20 pm to Perse
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Or take the lift kit out and lower the vehicle so that they can't crawl under it without jacking it up. They look for trucks that are lifted so they can get under it easily.
That is 100% not true. You can floor jack up almost any vehicle in seconds.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:22 pm to redstick13
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That is 100% not true. You can floor jack up almost any vehicle in seconds.
Sure, but all else held equal it's a lot easier to pull that kind of stunt without having to lug around a jack.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:23 pm to lsu xman
There’s no fricking way a catalytic converter contains enough platinum to be worth $1500. There’s a microscopic layer of platinum coating ceramic parts….it’s so thin that it is undetectable to the human eye 
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:28 pm to USMEagles
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Sure, but all else held equal it's a lot easier to pull that kind of stunt without having to lug around a jack.
The robbers didn't even bother to pick up their sawzaws when they hit our fleet. Jacks, saws etc were left behind.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:33 pm to lsu xman
My family owns a body shop and salvage yard and just recently shut it all down. Sold all catalytic converters from the vehicles in the salvage yard and made serious bank off of it. Gonna sell the engines then crush and sel the cars. Shutting down is going to produce the best year in the business’s 60+ year history 
Posted on 6/27/21 at 7:56 pm to lsu xman
I replaced one of my catalytic converters recently and I am getting ready to do the other one. I haven’t been able to find anyone to take the one that I have.
Posted on 6/27/21 at 8:00 pm to redstick13
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The robbers didn't even bother to pick up their sawzaws when they hit our fleet. Jacks, saws etc were left behind.
Damn. That sounds like a pretty well-organized operation. Do you have cameras?
Posted on 6/27/21 at 8:01 pm to wallowinit
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I replaced one of my catalytic converters recently and I am getting ready to do the other one. I haven’t been able to find anyone to take the one that I have.
Probably because it's a potato now, not a cat. That's why you replaced it, right?
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