Midnight auto supply?. Some states require the use of "OEM" only cats,hopefully yours dont. Could always be worst, the wifes 05 Taco needed both replaced and cost $2500 when it needed a smog in Commiefornia.
Catalytic Converter Prices
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People not smart enough to leave Cali deserve everything they get. That state was a shit hole years ago. They've only improved on this bad quality in recent years.
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Try that in Va. That's two tickets. Faulty equipment and driving while knowing shit is back ordered and you're dumb enough to tell the cop that.
p.s. Ticket #3.
There are no emissions tests here. So I would pipe it to the muffler and rely on the pre cats.
Are the same elements used in electric cars somewhere?
Are the same elements used in electric cars somewhere?
ejay
TJ Addict
Many different crooks taking advantage of Draconian smog laws in many different ways.
Going back a few years, whenever I replaced a converter that was not a warranty concern, I would hold on to them.
The scrap guy used to give $50-75.00 per.
Now any converter that gets replaced GM puts a huge core charge on it. Yes, GM found another way to make money for themselves.
The scrap guy used to give $50-75.00 per.
Now any converter that gets replaced GM puts a huge core charge on it. Yes, GM found another way to make money for themselves.
nathanotis
TJ Enthusiast
Yup. And here in Colorado, thanks to some regulations adopted from California in Jan 2021, you've got no choice but to use the CARB compliant options (if you're having the work done in a shop). I've had more than a few customers go visit family in less restrictive states, find a decent shop, and save serious $$.
ejay
TJ Addict
I did. None here either unless you're inside a hospital.Move to a decent state and enjoy life. No masks in Florida.
p.s. Zorba does "deeply discounted" dances in his home state to the homeless or needy.
I guess Maine's troopers aren't as anal about a tailpipe as they are in VA...
Same. My walker cat was $300 a number of years ago and I just clamped it into place.
I went to a muffler shop earlier this year to ask about exhaust work and he said "with the new CA-adopted laws, we have to use CARB compliant equipment", I was qouted $1100 for simple job that should have cost no more than a couple hundred bucks.
At least the state isn't doing safety inspections.....yet
It’s a good thing that TJ’s have that built-in theft deterrent device.
WestCoastDan
TJ Addict
This is what I'm dealing with at this very moment. One of my Swingshift employees had the cat liberated from her Lexus Hybrid SUV while it was parked right out in front of our building (on a main street in Seattle) last night. We've got someone going through the video now, but I fear it will all be for naught. The cops are overwhelmed with these thefts...
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My understanding they are better internally and have gone through the certification process. I replaced mine with CARB approved walker cats about two years ago. All three with mopar o2 sensors about $1000 plus a whole day of fitting welding and installing. Magnaflow was about $1800 and muffler shop wanted $2400
not yet. you have to let them get popular and for everyone to own 1 or 2. then the tree huggers will start adding shit on to it to make it more inefficient than a strainer trying to hold water.
No.
I asked if the materials inside them where used anywhere in making components for electric cars.
That might explain why the jump in converter prices.
If not, as more EVs come out, converters could go down in price.
When do the thieves start targeting EVs for motors and batteries? There has to be something on them that's easy to get off and expensive.
I'm surprised more cars aren't outright stolen and stripped down completely for their electronics and parts people can't get.
aint going to happen, well now wait hopefully it will. i can just see some thug under the car trying to cut the electric motor out and it falling on him flattening his head. sure sounds like a good reason to sue the car manufactures !
WestCoastDan
TJ Addict
Now your question makes sense to me.
The primary reason for CC pricing is because of the precious metals used, as well as the EPA/CARB mandates. These metals are used in some other consumer electronics, but not the everyday variety like window motors, etc. because those items can be produced using much cheaper materials.
The jump in prices is because the costs of the platinum, rhodium, and palladium have skyrocketed, just like gold has.
As far as EV's being stolen solely for their motors & batteries, that's not likely to happen because the batteries are actually treated more like hazardous waste than a precious material.
When it becomes cheaper and more convenient to recycle the batteries than it is to produce new ones from raw materials, then that will become more prevalent, but until that happens it is cheaper to dig lithium from the ground than it is to recover it from expired batteries.
Platinum is used both in catalytic converters and in hydrogen fuel cells which supposedly are going to solve all of our problems.