THEFT PREVENTION CATALYTIC CONVERTER

Some d-bag in my neighborhood is hitting cars left and right lately. I've heard over 200 cars hit so far. I don't even leave my truck in the driveway during the day anymore.

What kind of skid can I get to cover this area? That OR-Fab one seems to be sold out at SFX. What else can I buy that might work?

 

Some of the best cowboys shows ever made.

 

Any high volume vehicle like the Tacoma (Civic, Accord, etc.) I would think is a target.

 

Palladium $2306 per ounce
Platinum $1120 per ounce

and it's only going to go up.

 

For f&ck sakes..... Have I bought a vehicle that will be stolen piece by piece, cats, tailgate, bed mat LOL

 

Good luck on theft prevention on that. I work at a shop, we get this all the time.. INS will not cover this by the way..
They use BATTERY SAWZALLS. 4 minutes at best.. The best advise would be to do not park far away from everybody. Keep it in you garage at night [If u can]. I would like to electrocute the bastards.. scum of the earth.

 

What we need are some common sense catalytic converter theft laws.

 

I don’t think theft had anything to do with it. They have been moving them closer to the combustion chamber for years. For emissions.

 

You are correct sir..The hotter they are the more efficient they are.

 

You might be right, but l vaguely recall Seatbelt Mike saying something about it in a video about also moving it to deter theft too.

 

So, I thought I would give some sitrep. I have noticed on my Nextdoor network (which spans a portion of the NC Triangle) a marked increase in reports of catalytic converter thefts in the past couple of weeks. Palladium and rhodium have generally been priced high in the past year or so but of the two only rhodium is locally high now. So I am not sure why this is happening particularly now. One interesting thing: Priuses appear waaaaaay overrepresented in the reports I have seen on Nextdoor. Now it is true Prius owners tend to be whiney and social media obsessed... (just kidding) .... but I am not sure why they are being so particularly reported right now.

 

I used to cut cats off most cars before I towed them to the scrapyard. Some I could sell for $10 and some were $100+ for the same sized cat (and that was 5 years ago)
Used Prius cats have always been more money than even big truck or van cats. They must have a lot of precious metals in them.

 

Full skids would help, it would be a lot of work to cut it out.

 

?? Is this a specific exclusion in the policy language?

 

Just had mine cut out of my 2020 on Thursday from the work parking lot. In and out within 4 minutes according to the video tapes. Downside is they were sloppy with it and punctured the transfer case shielding and nicked the transfer case right along the seam. Looking like damn near $6k for all parts and labor.

It's Looking like insurance is covering it under partial theft and the comprehensive coverage since we had the police report and video footage of them taking it.

 

What skid is this

 

Transfer case

 

Brand

 

Oh, sorry.

 

It's the BAMF tcase skid, you need the other two, as well and exhaust reroute (after the cat). 1/4 steel, great stuff.

https://www.bayareametalfab.com/2005-2021-Toyota-Tacoma-Skid-Trilogy-_p_71.html