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There has been a rash across the country of people getting thier catalytic converters stolen for the precious metals housed inside. There were over a half dozen in my town alone- this morning. A theft can happen in as little as five minutes with a team of two people. Is there any physical protection you can provide the underbelly of your car to prevent someone from hacking away at the components?
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Just about anything you can be defeated, or will cause a hazard of heat build-up under your car. If you can't lock the vehicle up in a secured garage, then install a motion detector and make the adjustment sensitive enough to discriminate between wind and other vehicle noise, and the movement of the car from being jacked up high enough to remove the cat.new years friend puked in my car?
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LOL i have NEVER heard of people stealing CATALYTIC CONVERTORS off of cars before.. LOL .. is that even possible? must be a pain in the butt! ... what would you do with it after anyways? hang it on your wall? .... protection? glue needles all around it?where in the world did you hear this? I read 4 different newspapers everyday and have never heard of people trying to steal catalytic converters.
Are you sure this isn't a urban legend? check out snopes.com to see if it is.
If you have proof, please add it to your question. like a link to the actual story online would be good.
Huh? I didn't see that coming. I had no idea about that, but I wouldn't call 5 stolen a 'rash' of thefts. But it's good to know that it's actually happening. sorry I doubted you.
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How the hell do you steel a cat. converter? You couldn't even get under my car with out putting it on a hoist to get to it. And what precious metals are in the converter?I have got vauxhall vectra sri 140 but i have to top up the collant evrey now and then .?
I'd make sure it is welded to the exhaust and not bolted first... then get a good alarm system.1989 Chevy Corisca Defroster Core air box control hot to cold?
no real way to stop them from stealing them but you're best chance would be to install a paging type alarm system so that it will notify you when the alarm goes off, install motion lights where you're car sits, get a dog any size will do as long as it will bark, go to harbourfreight web site and buy a security camera i think they still have them for $40.00, they are b/w with night vision and sound they hook to you're TVs A/V inputs, but the night vision is kinda weak after 20 feet, talk to you're neighbours see who stays up at night and who's home during the day and set up you're own neighbourhood watch, try to park you're car close to you're bedroom window, because they will use a cordless sawzall to cut out the converter, so welding wont help and trying to make a plate to cover it would only increase you're chances for a fire,most scrape yards pay between 10 and 40 dollars for converters depends on the type, the reason is for the honey combs inside of it, its some type of ceramic material, what its used for i have no ideal, but they want the guts out of them badly. I've heard roomers of the honey combs being used for some type of medical research, again its just a roomer.
other than locking it up in a garage i guess you could air bag you're ride and set it on the frame when you're not driving lol would be alot harder to get to it that way .
best of luck and i would get a good alarm and camera with sound, and try to park close to you're bedroom, if you do catch them in the act i wouldn't confront them keep you're distance, call the cops "which will take a hour for them to show I'm sure" and yell what do you think you're doing to my car or something like *&^*%^&*^*%^ away from my *(&^%&(&^% car you &^*%$*^%lol, " from a safe distance",
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i would have an alarm system installed in my car it would be cheaper than replacing your converter2003 pontiac sunfire instrument panel gauges dont work but panel does have lights?
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Yes it is a new thing.They are stealing them because have titanium in them.Put an alarm on the car that will go off if the car is shaken would be the best bet.Does anyone have a clue what 'chaulmoogra' oil smells like?
well i suppose you could use a hacksaw or a chain style exhaust pipe cutter to cut the the pipe holding the converter.... twice to free it up, but 5 minutes is a strech on the street. rig would need to be jacked up a good 2-3 feet. and there is some platinum in the converter itself,some, but this makes no sense to me whatsoever. you would think that a thief would take the whole car. hell i could get a tow truck under a rig in a min or 2. and cutting exhaust pipe is a fudged up job. methinks someone, or 2, be taken for a ride. but any car alarm would would detect the movement needed to get the converter loose.More Questions & Answers ...
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