Nobody is paying $1200 for cats when they were $300 at the beginning of the year. What are some alternative options? Why are the prices so high? Plandemic? Will they ever come down?
Catalytic Converter Prices
- Thread starter FultonD33
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Prices are high because of the supply chain issues (which will be going on for years) and due to the very, very high amount of catalytic converter theft that has been rampant across the US.
@Chris has just explained why my Jeep stays locked in garage (when not driving it)
Alternative option..... Steal one from your neighbors TJ.
OP
I do have a neighbor with a TJ...... Wonder if he would notice
OP
I figured as much. Downright ridiculous. Guess I will live with this CEL forever
I wonder if you could snatch one from a part out? If that's not the first thing to go after the doors, I'd be surprised though.
You're absolutely right with the theft issue. About 6 months ago, I went to pull a G-van into the shop and noticed the loud exhaust.
Someone cut out the cat converter, along with about 15 other converters from various other vehicles in our back lot.
A friend of mine owns an HVAC company with approx 20 vans, All of them had the cat converters cut out over a weekend.
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And thefts are up because prices high! A positive feedback loop like a spike in the stock market.
Just found out an hour ago than insurance decided to total my stepson's car for a stolen cat. When I started driving it was common for people to rip them out and trash em. Boggles the mind how things change. I'll be an old curmudgeon in no time.
Funny this is, a few weeks ago one of the techs went out back to pull a vehicle in. He heard a sawzall. Upon further investigation , he found some crackhead laying under a truck cutting out the converter. The Little Falls police arrested him.
Fughuert
TJ Enthusiast
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Bought these last year for 350. Been working fine. Still a price increase.
Bought these last year for 350. Been working fine. Still a price increase.
The Magnaflow I dropped in my LJ was 482.00 back in 2018. it's now 1100.00.
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Do you suppose there is any difference between the CARB approved and non-approved converters other than the nearly three times higher price? They look the same.
WestCoastDan
TJ Addict
I had to replace one of the CARB cats on my 5.7 Hemi back in November.
With labor, it was $1,800.
With labor, it was $1,800.
I've used it as an excuse to get out of a ticket for expired inspection. I just told the cop that the parts are on backorder.
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that was your mistake, should of jumped in and took the truck down the highway ! he was out of jail in a hour and back under another car !