Well my catalytic converter was stolen...

I know this is not an uncommon theft but its just one of those things that you think will never happen to you. Well it did . Luckily they left both sensors attached so all I will need is a new Cat and some pipe.

I was livid . My buddy from work has a tacoma just like mine and his got stolen from the parking lot at work. Mine was stolen right in front of my house. I have webcams set up out front but all i saw were headlights behind my truck.

For now I just fitted a pipe to fill the void of the missing cat but its extremely loud and smells like a damn go cart.

Ive looked into prevention methods and found some interesting ideas.
Anyways just thought id let the community know its still happening.

 

WTF!? Are you serial!?

 

Yeah it's been happening a lot around Cali lately. Fucking asshole thieves.

 

know what happens when you crawl under someones truck in canada... your ass freezes to the fucking ground!!! man that pisses me off... anyways best of luck man... maybe perfect time to upgrade to headers...?

 

I was thinking of upgrading my exhaust. I figure im gonna spend a bunch on a cat and pipe might as well spend a little more and get a catback or something. Luckily i just passed smog last month.

 

Call the local scrap places.

 

dont think of it as a loss, think of it as a chance to upgrade thats what I do, my rear diff died.. time to upgrade drive train

 

yup. look for silver linings lol.

 

Not so much fun in California.

We can't just go out and buy a Magnaflow high-perf cat to replace the stolen unit. Our cats have to be CARB-Approved or the vehicle won't pass smog.

A California-legal cat costs about double what a 49-state cat costs.

 

huh... well that sux. time to move