Old cat converters, worth anything?

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Old cat converters, worth anything?

Postby MR2BOY23 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:05 pm

Heard you can sell them for scrap and get some $$

Is this true
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Postby Boosted_162 » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:07 pm

Pick a part pay $35 for cats iirc.
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Postby d1 mule » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:15 pm

yup they have platinum in them, around $30 is the norm
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Postby loudstealthGT-Four » Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:52 pm

Sweet might have to cash mine in too
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Postby rollaholic » Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:57 am

they will only buy them if they are in good condition though

melted or damaged internals usually results in getting told to piss off
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Postby MR2BOY23 » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:07 am

Took mine down yesterday. Apparently its not worth shit because its just spun steel
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Postby fivebob » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:21 am

Essdub23 wrote:Apparently its not worth sh*t because its just spun steel


Either they don't know what they're talking about, or they're trying to BS you to get it cheap.

Spun steel won't to fsck all to help emissions, it needs to be coated in a platinum catalyst to work ;)
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Postby durty starlet » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:44 pm

yeah, i would say they are BSing you. every time i have taken one i get decent money for them. got $55 for the last one i took down, was a huge one though
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