Catalytic converter stolen

[Sly_Jeeper]

Came out to the jeep to start it for work this morning and it sounded like i started a hot rod.. looked under clean cut out my catalytic converter... damn these thieves man.. y’all be safe jeepers club your steering wheels and kill switch your rides

 

 

 

 

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[fiatslug87]

That sucks! Where are you located?

[Ωhm]

Low life lives everywhere.

[ComancheKid45]

Do that to any of mine and you'll end up with a $20 glasspack 🤷‍♂️🤣🤣

[Sly_Jeeper]

That sucks! Where are you located?

I'm in Clovis, California


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[fiatslug87]

This was happening in our parking lot at work in Hercules, California (pretty large campus). Luckily they got surveillance footage of the truck and were able to apprehend them when they came back to try it again a couple of weeks later. A$$HOLES!!!

[scguy]

Lots of converter theft here in SC. The good news is that once you replace it with an aftermarket cat, it's no longer valuable enough to steal.

[dante2]

Morons! Maybe worth about $20.

[JustEmptyEveryPocket]

$20 for 5 minutes of 'work'? That makes a really good hourly wage.

 

I'm just lol'ing at you that have to have catalytic converters. Straight pipes ftw!

[scguy]

They can be worth up to $100 on our Jeeps, on Ford vans or buses, more like $250.

[JMO413]

We had four stolen off brand new truck at the dealership. If they try mine they will just find a piece of flex pipe. It's just sad though. 

[75sv1]

I'm kind of surprised there is not a laser marked barcode on the factory ones. Then they could just scan them at recyclers. When I lived out in Tulsa, in the mid 80's, some suggested to have the glass serial numbered, and that would cut down on car theft. Or at least make your ride less profitable. One of my friends has had her cats stolen 2-3 times. I think 1K-2K each time. They have to replace the pipes before and after. They did catch a cat thief a few months back.

[dasbulliwagen]

At least in my area, most scrap places will no longer buy them unless you are a business. That has cut thefts down a lot. The one on my truck looks like a cat, but its not. :)

[Sly_Jeeper]

Lots of converter theft here in SC. The good news is that once you replace it with an aftermarket cat, it's no longer valuable enough to steal.

Good to know


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[EvilMJ]

They cut mine and they get a hollowed out core lol.  I owned a salvage yard for 15 years, they take spells where certain ones are really high.  Metals are low right now, but people need money - theft is going to get worse.  When they got really high, they cut every cat off at a dealer in Louisville including the ones on their new rollback!!  The crafty guys use airbag jacks to raise the cars up and cordless sawzalls.  Around here in KY there are a lot of foreigners (mainly Bosnian) buying/selling scrap.  Most are good guys, some are not...