Catalytic converter theft

I've had it, second time in 2 months all in Ft. Worh area. Visiting both times from a couple hundred miles away,and happened at Hilton Hotels. USAA is going to stop answering my calls or just keep a long distance towing service on speed dial for me. What theft protection is available? The first officer told me to spray paint them pink, that's a real deterent, I bet.

 

That really sucks. Sorry.
Tyler at Valhalla’s Shield is the go-to guy round here:

https://www.tundras.com/threads/val...ent-skid-plates-info-and-ordering-post.84911/

 

Sorry to hear about your bad luck Tammie. Absolutely get a skid plate that covers those cats.

 

Sorry to hear that. Definitely get a skid plate.

 

While this is just a 5 minute headline search the joy that fills my heart when knowing that getting crushed by a car unless it landed right on their head was probably several minutes of insane agony. The few who were shot hopefully also had time to reflect as St. Peter stared at them and laughed, "wrong door idiots". And to those arrested hopefully as Buba is using them as a shower toy in cellblock 9 they too wonder if it was worth the price of admission.


Apparent Catalytic Converter Thief Crushed To Death By Collapsing Car In Anaheim
By CBSLA StaffMarch 19, 2021 at 4:01 am
Filed Under:Anaheim, Catalytic Converter, KCAL 9


CRIME
Man shot, killed while stealing catalytic converters in Spring Branch area, police say


ID Left At Scene Of Catalytic Converter Theft Led Deputies To Sacramento County Resident Timothy Eccel
By CBS13 StaffOctober 28, 2021 at 5:59 am
Filed Under:catalytic converter theft, Sacramento County, Sacramento News

My personal favorite:
Man Fatally Shot Over Catalytic Converter Theft Identified
The name of a man who was fatally shot and dragged behind a truck south of Tacoma after allegedly trying to steal a catalytic converter has been released.
By Associated Press
June 15, 2021, at 7:32 p.m.


1 person dead after auto parts thieves shot at in west Houston, police say
By Charly Edsitty
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Car thief gets crushed to death while stealing vehicle’s catalytic converter
Posted by: Anita Job|June 1, 2021 |CategoriesCaught on Camera, Featured

Mercedes tumbles off jack, kills suspected catalytic converter thief
The Columbian, oregonlive.com 5/30/2021

Catalytic Converter Thief Crushed to Death After Car Rolls Off Jack
With prices of materials like palladium skyrocketing, crooks are stealing the car component left and right.
BY CHRIS TEAGUE FEBRUARY 1, 2020

CRUSH HORROR
Thief ‘trying to steal car’s catalytic converter dies after Toyota Prius falls on top of him when jack collapsed’
Aliki Kraterou
11:07, 19 Mar 2021
Updated: 11:22, 19 Mar 2021

Man dies in Harrison after being pinned under car during catalytic converter theft: Police
Matt Spillane
Rockland/Westchester Journal News

Car owner shot man he believed was stealing his catalytic converter, Houston police say
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Man crushed to death in Berkeley suspected attempted theft of catalytic converter is identified
The man was found dead Monday underneath a car with a saw near him, authorities said.By HARRY HARRIS | hharris@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: March 6, 2020 at 4:06 p.m. | UPDATED: March 8, 2020 at 5:59 a.m.

Catalytic converter theft investigation leads to murder suspect arrest in Las Vegas
JOE VIGIL
POSTED OCT 21, 2021

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You’re despicable

 

Talk to a few plumbers and ask them to save you a handful of used sawzall blades. Take said blades to a muffler shop and have them welded to the exhaust tubing leading to one end of the cats. The material will simply be too hard to cut due to equal carbon content of thief's blades. Cheap EZ fix.

 

Many of the dealerships seem to carry different plates also. I have the Desert Eagle and as @Uhhhh.... said, Valhalla's Shields is very popular too. Good luck with it all.

 

Desert Eagle Offroad on Facebook. Has them in stock and ready to ship.

 

Desert Eagle doesn’t have plates for the rear cats though, just the front cats right?

 

Correct. I am going to make the back plate myself though. Super simple. I was going to go with another plate but they are about a month or more wait times.

 

Sorry that happened.

 

Time to straight pipe the truck, unless of course you have emissions tests to pass.

 

Besides scrap value, they are starting to crush and snort the converter guts now to get high.

 

Seriously?

 

Yes, it's called bombe. Not sure how widespead it is in the US, but its huge in Africa.

 

Yep, just googled it and sure enough. WTF???

 

Holy crap you’re right. How the frig do people come up with this crap? Who was the first person to say
“I think I’ll crush the honeycomb inside this catalytic converter and snort it to see what happens.”
Who are these people??

 

Addicts...

 

lol Texas...