How do you stop thieves from stealing your Catalytic Converter?

[UltraLucky]

Had one of my work trucks get hit last night.

 

[EmpirE231]

what happened to the good old days of a smashed window and stolen CD player.

 

[Dalton]

Had one of my work trucks get hit last night. View attachment 981314

How’d it sound


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[spectra3279]

Mother Fuckers they got my work box truck, 2 cats gone. Fuck!!!!

Nice straight pipe it

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[UltraLucky]

How’d it sound


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Pretty cool, reliving my high school days.

 

[Water Romper]

Does insurance pay for replacement?
...and if its in your driveway, would home-owners insurance cover it?

 

[BAS]

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On our route trucks the vatos would steal them while the bread man is delivering bread in the store, we had 12 stolen this way in one day!

We just hauled 16 bread/step vans from the East Coast to San Francisco every single one of their catalytic converter‘s were stolen out of the customer lot before we picked them up. I think their mechanic had something to do with it but, It’s a huge risk for us hauling cars. I require pictures or video of them running at pick up and drop off sucks for the drivers. They are probably on high demand with all the van being rebuilt for Amazon.

 

[calkid]

Hang a bunch of treble hooks all around the CAT. You may not stop them but there should be DNA left at the scene.

 

[rush1]

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We just hauled 16 bread/step vans from the East Coast to San Francisco every single one of their catalytic converter‘s were stolen out of the customer lot before we picked them up. I think their mechanic had something to do with it but, It’s a huge risk for us hauling cars. I require pictures or video of them running at pick up and drop off sucks for the drivers. They are probably on high demand with all the van being rebuilt for Amazon.

Yep you had to deal with Roy the fleet manager for Norcal good guy ,Alan is his boss.
Actually Morgan Olson built an entire new manufacturing facility just to build amazon step vans that's how big the order for trucks is !

 

[USMC2010]

Stand one of these up at the end of your driveway with a sign inside that states the next thief gets inserted here.

 

[Radioactive]

Man crushed to death while apparently trying to steal car’s catalytic converter: Anaheim police

A man suspected of trying to steal a vehicle’s catalytic converter in Anaheim died after the car fell on him Wednesday, police said. Officers responded to a report of a deceased man in the 16…

ktla.com

If you catch them, make it look like an accident

 

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You Californians got this.

 

[lbhsbz]

Does insurance pay for replacement?
...and if its in your driveway, would home-owners insurance cover it?

Yes, if you have full coverage. Many times though...there are availability issues and it totals the vehicles. My truck for example...the right side OE cat is a 2 piece assembly...the rear cat is part of the muffler and the front cat is part of the downpipe. Both are discontinued. I was able to find the front one on the shelf at a dealer in NorCal but not the rear. The left side was available OE so I got that...about $1700 IIRC (with my discount). I had to go aftermarket on the right side and got lucky to find one available that included both cats. I don't like aftermarket cats because they don't work as well or last as long, but I had no choice other than total the vehicle, which I wasn't ready to do.

I'm amazed the insurance companies aren't lobbying to get some laws in place for tracking used cat purchasing. It would be very easy to do and no legitimate outfit would have a problem doing it. It would shut down the thefts overnight.

 

[HALLETT BOY]

Yes, if you have full coverage. Many times though...there are availability issues and it totals the vehicles. My truck for example...the right side OE cat is a 2 piece assembly...the rear cat is part of the muffler and the front cat is part of the downpipe. Both are discontinued. I was able to find the front one on the shelf at a dealer in NorCal but not the rear. The left side was available OE so I got that...about $1700 IIRC (with my discount). I had to go aftermarket on the right side and got lucky to find one available that included both cats. I don't like aftermarket cats because they don't work as well or last as long, but I had no choice other than total the vehicle, which I wasn't ready to do.

I'm amazed the insurance companies aren't lobbying to get some laws in place for tracking used cat purchasing. It would be very easy to do and no legitimate outfit would have a problem doing it. It would shut down the thefts overnight.

A law like you talk about would be racist ...

 

[UltraLucky]

Mine came in at $ 2900 to replace. Truck has 3 cat's 2 were stolen along with 2 O2 Sensors. Only one assembly available in so cal. I did get close to $400 as a core on the one remaining Cat. Had a security camera right in front of the truck and sure as shit the DVR didn't record any of it. Looking for a new security DVR setup now as well.

 

[4Waters]

Mine came in at $ 2900 to replace. Truck has 3 cat's 2 were stolen along with 2 O2 Sensors. Only one assembly available in so cal. I did get close to $400 as a core on the one remaining Cat. Had a security camera right in front of the truck and sure as shit the DVR didn't record any of it. Looking for a new security DVR setup now as well.

What camera setup do you have

 

[UltraLucky]

What camera setup do you have

HIK-Vision, Cameras are good DVR and interface not so much.

 

[4Waters]

HIK-Vision

I just put up swann enforcer, I'm pretty happy with it, it doesn't like the sides of my house because it's to narrow and the camera is wide angle so the night vision doesn't work well.

It picks up movement in the middle of the street and starts recording, with cars in the driveway it won't pick up someone on the sidewalk until they are walking in between the cars but still on the sidewalk.

Here is the one side of my house, I'll post another pic tonight once it's dark.

 

[ka0tyk]

A buddy of mine showed me his where he took some like 3/8” bar stock and welded it onto his exhaust pipe near the cat. It basically wouldn’t stop them but it would turn a 10 second cut job into like a 2 minute by simply adding more material to have to cut through. My thoughts if it were stainless and it would dull the blade and help?

 

[boatnam2]

Somebody steals one for a VW Touareg let me know, I will buy it.....J/k sorta

 

[4Waters]

HIK-Vision, Cameras are good DVR and interface not so much.

I just put up swann enforcer, I'm pretty happy with it, it doesn't like the sides of my house because it's to narrow and the camera is wide angle so the night vision doesn't work well.

It picks up movement in the middle of the street and starts recording, with cars in the driveway it won't pick up someone on the sidewalk until they are walking in between the cars but still on the sidewalk.
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Here is the one side of my house, I'll post another pic tonight once it's dark.
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Here is the same shots at night

There is a door just inside the gate that leads into the garage so I'm going to put a camera in the garage

 

[lbhsbz]

WYZE V3 camera shot at night just now.

 

[HST4ME]

Kill them.

 

[Oso Viejo]

Then there is this:

Man crushed to death by car while apparently trying to steal catalytic converter

A man was crushed to death by a vehicle while allegedly trying to steal its catalytic converter Wednesday in Anaheim, police said.

www.foxla.com

 

[RitcheyRch]

Looks like a bunch of catalytic converters recovered in Redlands

Detectives recover 400 stolen catalytic converters worth an estimated $400,000

Sheriff’s Department detectives on Wednesday morning recovered 400 catalytic converters with an estimated total value of $400,000 in the home of a 22-year-old San Bernardino man.

www.redlandscommunitynews.com

 

[67Charger]

So, serious question. I have some scrap cat's left over from vehicles I have scrapped for their engines to swap into older cars. Where can I sell them (I have 3 or 4) for a decent price? Who is paying the stupid money for them?

 

[OCMerrill]

Battery power .... Defeats everything in seconds. I can be through the thickest lock with a battery grinder in seconds.

There is a hybrid repair shop across the alley from mine. About a week ago he had 7 Prius in there with cut converters and he eventually told the customers to just pick them up.

With the port backup he can't get them. The cost, $1800 or so plus labor, irrelevant.

 

[TPC]

Girl down the street, brand new Honda CRV,, stole hers last night and took the spare too.

 

[dspracing]

 

[floatn turd]

Doing it right yo!

Badboy AK on Instagram: "How to protect your catalytic converters from thief’s who attempt to steal them!!! Do this method and nobody is gonna steal your catalytic converters in the first place….. 😂👇👇 👉 Follow: @batmobile___3.7 for more car content

186K likes, 1,741 comments - batmobile___3.7 on July 15, 2022: "How to protect your catalytic converters from thief’s who attempt to steal them!!! Do this method and nobody is gonna steal your cataly..."

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[lbhsbz]

Doing it right yo!

Badboy AK on Instagram: "How to protect your catalytic converters from thief’s who attempt to steal them!!! Do this method and nobody is gonna steal your catalytic converters in the first place….. 😂👇👇 👉 Follow: @batmobile___3.7 for more car content

186K likes, 1,741 comments - batmobile___3.7 on July 15, 2022: "How to protect your catalytic converters from thief’s who attempt to steal them!!! Do this method and nobody is gonna steal your cataly..."

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That adds about 15 seconds to process.

The correct answer is to put bullets in their heads and hang them from the nearest tree with their sawzall shoved halfway up their ass. When enough of these wind chimes exist, the thefts will stop. It's not difficult.