truckboy1 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 HI Folks, Just to give you a heads up, I'm the commercial vehicle manager for a Toyota dealership and the core of my business is selling Hilux, at the weekend we had some ******* pinch the cat converter of 9 Toyota Hilux!! Apparently there are organised teams of men going around with pipe cutters targeting 4x4's as well as campers. I spoke to the scrap dealer who takes any old bangers we have in px and he has said the price of scrap metal is on the rise again and a typical 4x4 cat is worth up to £100 he had a traveller into his place recently offering him some cats and he claims he had over 380 cats in the back of his van from 1 months work!!! A customer had 1 stolen whilst parked on his driveway and @ £1200 a pop they are not cheap to replace!!! SO BE AWARE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djgeoff Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 yep this has being going on some time now, in my street kast month we had 4 go all off 4x4's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stour-boy Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 So have you any ideas on how to secure the Cats ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 yep this has being going on some time now, in my street kast month we had 4 go all off 4x4's I was at my mates work shop yesterday, he is making a new section to replace the cat as it was stolen from a camper van @ £1600 quid! The guy has a new one, but will put it back on for the mot next year as the insurance company said he would be a target because the thief would know he will buy a new one and could well wait and nick it again! Sounds like a market for some time in the work shop! You wont stop them, but the harder it is the more time they will spend and a greater chance of getting caught! TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 CATS are required for vehicles to pass the emissions tests, but any exhaust manufacturer (loads of custom pipe benders about) can fit a standard pipe where the cat fits. Problem is mid pipe cats and ground clearance on 4x4 meads they are very easy to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) So have you any ideas on how to secure the Cats ? http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sourc...pbJBxLEhh4YArcA That will slow them down quite a lot as they are a pig to get off when you are standing up let alone laying on your back in the dark, easy to fit, yes they can cut the pipe and often do, but for the thief who is not so geared up, a cheap and quick fix. TEH Edited October 27, 2010 by The Essex Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckboy1 Posted October 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Spoke to a camper van dealer today who has now aquired some fake cats to put on his display vehicles he got done recently so replaced the cat at a cost of over £1800 and they came back the following night and did it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss.tony Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Oh good thats all we need sum ***** under my 4x4 choping it off with hacksaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckboy1 Posted October 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 They use pipe cutters, I spoke to somebody else in the trade and apparently some manufactors are now using square pipe around the cat so they cant use pipe cutters, Good idea but they will use another method given the money involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 they're gonna be disapointed if they get under my disco. pulled it off years ago and replaced with a non cat downpipe. i'd like to see them try and find it in my garage. had the one off the mx5 as well for good measure............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realtreedave Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 ******** got mine on saturday night .peed off aint the word,so much hassle chasing around with the police and insurance,struggling with transport for work,would have been easier if they had just mugged me for the scrap value :hmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8landy Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Apparently there are organised teams I spoke to the scrap dealer price of scrap metal is on the rise again a traveller Is the problem the people steeling them or the people that turn a blind eye to them to buy them? Same with copper wire etc etc etc the list goes on Somtimes the more you secure somthing the more damage is created when they remove it, so are you better with quick release??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluke2 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Overheard a conversation the other night in the chinese take away one guy was offering another guy 40 quid each for any catalytic converters he could get and would take any amount, now I know why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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