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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:31:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:33:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Remove it yourself  Best solution. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:35:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:40:38 PM EDT
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Pour a concrete sidewalk down the center of the parking spot to take up the clearance under the vehicle.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:46:28 PM EDT
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Take a look at Cateye.
https://www.catstrap.net/product-performance |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:49:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Full skid plates also help with this converter theft. Yep. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:55:33 PM EDT
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Why did they tow them?
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:56:54 PM EDT
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There's a video going around in my AO. I'll have to see if I can find it again. Thieves went to a church to steal the catalytic converters off the church busses. They had been stolen in the past and a cage welded over each one. One of the thieves crawls under one of the buses, sees the cage, comes back out and flips off the camera. The fucking balls on some people...
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Posted: 7/7/2021 8:57:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know a guy that kept getting his stereo stolen so he put in razor blades so it couldn't be grabbed. He ended up getting sued. That's another thing that's wrong with this country. Who in the fuck would make it a crime to protect yourself from thieves in this manner? Anyone getting injured trying to steal something gets what they deserve. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:03:10 PM EDT
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I mean, shit man, if you somehow ran over razor wire and it got tangled up around your exhaust...........
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:04:21 PM EDT
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I would prefer that citizens be able to use cameras to catch the thieves in the act and fucking blast them without getting fucked with by the legal industry. Cat theft would stop in a hurry with the quickness.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:05:26 PM EDT
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Someone told me how to fix this... it's called "parking in your garage".
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:07:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pour a concrete sidewalk down the center of the parking spot to take up the clearance under the vehicle. This is so simple and brilliant. A cheaper version could be a metal frame in the same shape as the concrete filler that is bolted to the ground. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:09:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:10:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's a video going around in my AO. I'll have to see if I can find it again. Thieves went to a church to steal the catalytic converters off the church busses. They had been stolen in the past and a cage welded over each one. One of the thieves crawls under one of the buses, sees the cage, comes back out and flips off the camera. The fucking balls on some people... Fucking scum- "how dare you make it harder for me to steal your stuff". 
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:10:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe shitty congo movie in the 90's is real! |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:14:57 PM EDT
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Seems like hardly anyone has options for the tundra.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:16:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Take a look at Cateye. https://www.catstrap.net/product-performance We had them cut our fences and steal cats off over 15 new bucket trucks. The company had cateyes installed when they replaced the cats. A month later they came back and took all the new replacement cats and left the cut up cateyes next to the trucks. The company finally installed a real security system. |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:20:11 PM EDT
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Park in a garage
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:28:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Put a larger diameter tubing around the exhaust in front and behind the cats. Large enough so it spins freely. Makes it next to impossible to cut out. Beat the thieves to the punch: Cut it out yourself, get better fuel economy along with more horsepower.  |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:35:30 PM EDT
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Sounds like a business opportunity for some enterprising young roof koreans.
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:42:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: One of them has been hit twice and it only has 700 miles on the clock. Lol WTF?? Where is this?? Set up a stand and put some 00 in their legs and then post tik-tocs and spit dip in their face while they bleed out |
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Posted: 7/7/2021 9:55:25 PM EDT
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All my cars are too old to have cats, so its not a problem. Well, except my 2007ish honda grocery getter. But I dont really care about that one. If they cut it off, it'd just sound like every other fart can honda out there.
I did help my mother in law sell her rice rocket eclipse not too long ago. While I was getting it ready, I pulled the codes from the computer and it was throwing a code for 1 of the catalytic converters being bad. Turns out that car had 4 of them. You'd have to have the front 2/3 of the car skid-plated to block somebody steeling them all. 
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Posted: 7/7/2021 11:26:40 PM EDT
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 Tundra Catalytic Converter protection skid plate |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:01:02 AM EDT
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You can fool the rear (post cat) O2 sensor by using two anti-foul spark plug adapters. Giggle it.
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:07:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You can fool the rear (post cat) O2 sensor by using two anti-foul spark plug adapters. Giggle it. Depending on the o2 sensor a simple resistor soldered between the two leads takes care of it.  You just need to know the ohm reading for normal operation. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:13:38 AM EDT
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Cat thieves hit our church vans twice so far. Have them on video but the first time it was too far away. Second time their vehicle was in the way of the camera. High school camera got it but couldn't read the plates. Don't remember if they didn't have plates or they had something over them.
Wife saw a vehicle parked across the street a couple weeks ago taking pics of our vans. She took a pic of them and they took off. Had something over the plate that blurred the image on a phone camera though. Cops know who's doing it. Ukrainians and it's organized. Not sure why they haven't done anything about it, though. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:24:06 AM EDT
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Quoted: Can I legally string razor wire back and forth underneath my truck????? Had three Toyota Tundras towed in this week with the cats cut off. One of them has been hit twice and it only has 700 miles on the clock. OEM replacement with O2 sensors is about 6k. Keep your shit locked up… Burglar bomb with OC spray will do the trick as long as you don't have cats trying to hang out under there. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:27:11 AM EDT
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9mm for catalytic converter theft.
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:31:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know a guy that kept getting his stereo stolen so he put in razor blades so it couldn’t be grabbed. He ended up getting sued. Put a tube of Hastalloy around it with a very light tack weld. Just enough so it doesn’t rattle around. They will never be able to cut it with a saws all. The stereo lawsuit sounds like the makings of an urban legend that someone heard from a friend of a friend. Do you happen to have a case name, newspaper article or some other verifiable reference? |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:35:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Depending on the o2 sensor a simple resistor soldered between the two leads takes care of it. You just need to know the ohm reading for normal operation. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You can fool the rear (post cat) O2 sensor by using two anti-foul spark plug adapters. Giggle it. Depending on the o2 sensor a simple resistor soldered between the two leads takes care of it. You just need to know the ohm reading for normal operation.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:47:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol WTF?? Where is this?? Set up a stand and put some 00 in their legs and then post tik-tocs and spit dip in their face while they bleed out  Sounds good to me Josey (Wales) |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:48:59 AM EDT
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In Kent, WA they found 800 stolen cats in a storage container last week.
 Nearly 800 stolen catalytic converters recovered by Kent police |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 11:01:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Someone told me how to fix this... it's called "parking in your garage". So edgy, guess you bring your garage with you to work and out to eat. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 11:17:12 AM EDT
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Had my daughters 08 prius cat stolen last Thursday. They took in our driveway at 0400. Don't know what we are going to do. $2900 and the dealership doesn't know when they are getting any in. This has really bothered me.
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Posted: 7/8/2021 11:29:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had my daughters 08 prius cat stolen last Thursday. They took in our driveway at 0400. Don't know what we are going to do. $2900 and the dealership doesn't know when they are getting any in. This has really bothered me. A prius????? They're expanding it seems like. They were going after trucks and SUV's because they are east to get underneath but a prius, I would think, would require a floor jack at a minimum. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 11:44:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A prius????? They're expanding it seems like. They were going after trucks and SUV's because they are east to get underneath but a prius, I would think, would require a floor jack at a minimum. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Had my daughters 08 prius cat stolen last Thursday. They took in our driveway at 0400. Don't know what we are going to do. $2900 and the dealership doesn't know when they are getting any in. This has really bothered me. A prius????? They're expanding it seems like. They were going after trucks and SUV's because they are east to get underneath but a prius, I would think, would require a floor jack at a minimum. Apparently Prius cats have more precious metal then the others and because they are hybrid, the cats don't burn up as quickly. Gen 2 prius is the most sought after. Most stolen: Toyota Tundra Toyota Prius Toyota Tacoma Ford F-250 Honda Element & CRV |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:02:12 PM EDT
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Smog techs in CA are failing vehicles with replacement cats and anti theft devices on them.
Cats have to be OEM or CA approved with visible approval numbers on them. If the cat shield blocks said number, they fail the vehicle, directing it to the smog ref for approval. And CARB outfitting a late model truck with non approved cats, putting cat shields on it and sending it in as an undercover vehicle to trip up/fine smog techs sounds exactly like something CARB would do. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:04:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So edgy, guess you bring your garage with you to work and out to eat. Workout and eat in your garage, too. Duh. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:25:49 PM EDT
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Thieves stole my daughter's cat two weeks ago at her work. Honda Pilot. It has two main cats attached to the manifold, then a Y, then a third cat after the Y but before the muffler. They cut the third cat on either side of the flanges, so nothing to install a new cat to. Since the O2 sensors are on the main cats, I said fuck it and just put a bypass pipe in. We don't have smog checks here so we are not even going to replace it.
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:35:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Apparently Prius cats have more precious metal then the others and because they are hybrid, the cats don't burn up as quickly. Gen 2 prius is the most sought after. Most stolen: Toyota Tundra Toyota Prius Toyota Tacoma Ford F-250 Honda Element & CRV Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Had my daughters 08 prius cat stolen last Thursday. They took in our driveway at 0400. Don't know what we are going to do. $2900 and the dealership doesn't know when they are getting any in. This has really bothered me. A prius????? They're expanding it seems like. They were going after trucks and SUV's because they are east to get underneath but a prius, I would think, would require a floor jack at a minimum. Apparently Prius cats have more precious metal then the others and because they are hybrid, the cats don't burn up as quickly. Gen 2 prius is the most sought after. Most stolen: Toyota Tundra Toyota Prius Toyota Tacoma Ford F-250 Honda Element & CRV I have a sequoia and I'd bet the only reason it's not on that list is because it's a low volume vehicle compared to the Tundra about 10:1 if i remember. I'd bet the people doing this would have no qualms hitting it though. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 12:42:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Smog techs in CA are failing vehicles with replacement cats and anti theft devices on them. Cats have to be OEM or CA approved with visible approval numbers on them. If the cat shield blocks said number, they fail the vehicle, directing it to the smog ref for approval. And CARB outfitting a late model truck with non approved cats, putting cat shields on it and sending it in as an undercover vehicle to trip up/fine smog techs sounds exactly like something CARB would do.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:46:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:49:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Take a look at Cateye. https://www.catstrap.net/product-performance spam? |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:50:13 PM EDT
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Garage
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:51:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Put a larger diameter tubing around the exhaust in front and behind the cats. Large enough so it spins freely. Makes it next to impossible to cut out. |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 1:53:19 PM EDT
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Get a garage or alarm with motions sensors under truck
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Posted: 7/8/2021 2:07:51 PM EDT
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I sell parts for a living. Converter thefts are an epidemic right now. The exhaust jobbers can't keep anything on their shelves. Just in my quiet rural area, they've hit two school bus fleets, the local ag-chemical and fertilizer dealers, and a bunch of tree-trimmer trucks parked in random locations close to their jobsites, etc. The parts alone for some of these repairs total in the $5-$6k range and for some of the older vehicles, the parts are obsolete and nearly non-existent.
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Posted: 7/8/2021 2:08:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In Kent, WA they found 800 stolen cats in a storage container last week.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew69ov_6zM0Where was the container going? China or what? |
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Posted: 7/8/2021 2:14:03 PM EDT
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Seriously  Fuck smile and wave policing, bend these fucking ass hats over and literally shove the cutoff cat up their asses until they bleed out and solve the problem once and for all. Fucking with another man's vehicle should be a capital crime. |
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