Are Catalytic Converters Worth Any $$$$?

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GhostRider7

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Are catalytic converters (or factory exhaust) worth any thing? My factory exhaust has been sitting my garage for about 2years, and i was wondering if it was worth my time to try and sell it

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jason
 
probably not worth your time, but when metals were sky high, cats were getting stolen... I've got a few stashed away
 
Forrest Nearing said:
probably not worth your time, but when metals were sky high, cats were getting stolen... I've got a few stashed away
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thanks man, however you said that you have a few "stashed" away, does that mean that you were one of the guys stealing them when metal prices were sky high!!:hehe: just kidding
 
you may see some of us cali guys asking for cats here in the near future...as of jan 10' we have emissions testing which includes a visual inspection of all original emission equipment:bang:rules:
 
one54ton said:
you may see some of us cali guys asking for cats here in the near future...as of jan 10' we have emissions testing which includes a visual inspection of all original emission equipment:bang:rules:
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hahahahhahaha- poor bastards
 
i've been told they are worth alot of money but thats just here say..i've got about ten here at the house
 
i have a few lol if mine has to ever go on it will look like its there thats all i can say lol
 
one54ton said:
you may see some of us cali guys asking for cats here in the near future...as of jan 10' we have emissions testing which includes a visual inspection of all original emission equipment:bang:rules:
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Well eventually we may all face that day.:doh:

Mine is the garage somewhere if ever needed. I think the coatings/alloys on some of the gasser cats were very expensive and could be reclaimed/sold. My understanding is the coating on ours is not that expensive and not worth the effort to try and reclaim.

However at around $800+ for OEM replacement, I will keep mine unless someone makes me an offer I can't refuse.

BTW the cat for a 5.7L Hemi is around $1,100. I know it is smaller, so must be made out of more expensive stuff.:hehe::hehe:
 
most of the scrap yards here in wi just consider diesel exaust sheet steel which is going for 95 dollars a ton. good luck with it
 
Yes, catalytic converters are worth a little money, the have platinum peladium in them, we do exhaust and diesel at our shop and we have a guy come pick up our cats, usually gives us $8-$12 per cat, so if u only have one not really worth trying to find somewhere to take it, but if you have 10, thats $120 bucks, only problem you might have is turning them in might be hard due to all the cats that were stolen, I think you have to prove where you got them or something
 
01silver bullet said:
Yes, catalytic converters are worth a little money, the have platinum peladium in them, we do exhaust and diesel at our shop and we have a guy come pick up our cats, usually gives us $8-$12 per cat, so if u only have one not really worth trying to find somewhere to take it, but if you have 10, thats $120 bucks, only problem you might have is turning them in might be hard due to all the cats that were stolen, I think you have to prove where you got them or something
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you could have taken them to a metals recycler and gotten 3-4x that
 
I think the scrap guy ws giving us 40 bucks a pop when I worked at a shop....we'd get rid of 20 a week sometimes.
 
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