DIY anti-Catalytic Converter Theft ideas?
store bought or 'professional' seems expensive and not easy to install.
I'm thinking a "WTF is this shit???" DIY install would be just as if not more effective at making them say "forget this one".
Also, my Muffler Shop guy says they don't steal Aftermarket Cat, but I've got my doubts the army of new criminals recently arrived in USA are always gonna know. I'm expecting more like idiots stealing Sawalls and cutting them randomly.
how about some Titanium wire?
can of bees on a string
I'm thinking of 1/2" OD 1/16" wall alum tubes filled with 90weight smelly gear oil. they'd cut the tubes and oil would start leaking on them.
Only issue is keeping the oil tubes away from hot cat. Probably be Ok with spacer 1" tubes crimped over the oil tubes.
just pay a shop to cut it out for you and install a blank and just swap it out once every two years.
no 'legit' shop will do shit like that here in Commiefornia. big crime
Move then. Smh.
What are the store bought solutions?
Just paint it bright neon yellow with high temp caliper paint.
Also, engrave your vin
Thin teflon coated wire running through the cat with a fuggin sonic blaster when cut (or whatever, like spray bear deterrent)
>Just paint it bright neon yellow with high temp caliper paint.
>Also, engrave your vin
they cut them open and hollow out the guts
Dont live in the hood
have a worthless shitty aftermarket cat
Make a cage of rebar
boron carbide rods
> boron carbide
That’s why they take an angle grinder with them too, in case they need to go through (like butter) some funny methods carowners come up with because the’ve never heard of an angle grinder.
wouldn't that throw a lot of sparks? They'd have to be pretty confident of working unmolested.
Problem is these days the cops only work to protect them and cat theives will start screaming "policia, policia" to get someone to call cops because the cops wont do anything because "non-violent".
>the cops wont do anything because "non-violent".
It will turn violent if I catch them.
>It will turn violent if I catch them.
It's california. It's illegal to booby trap your car. If the thief gets hurt trying to steal your cat you will go to jail. Even if you film him doing it the cops won't show up to stop him. If you try to stop him you'll probably get shot by him and the cops will do nothing. If, by some miracle, the cops catch him in the act they will probably ticket him and let him go.
Mount a plate over your cat to keep it out of sight. Then attach a fake one for the guys to steal. Bonus points if you fill it with Cobalt 60.
*under
Leave a landmine
I like where youre thinking but that also hurts the vehicle
bear traps under the car, has the bonus effect of keeping the spot for you
paint the cat and your exhaust pipes with a heavy coating of beryllium oxide
it wont do anything to prevent theft the first time.
Sell it before it's stolen and straight pipe your car.
model t buzz coil
Had this idea a year or two ago:
Step 1: buy air suspension kit for car
Step 2: attach normally closed solenoid valve to suspension air tank, connect to solid state relay
Step 3: weld two wires onto catalytic converter, one on each side of it
Step 4: connect one wire to car battery, connect one wire to relay
If someone tries to cut your cat or remove the wires, continuity to the relay breaks, causing the relay to open the solenoid valve and drop your car on them
spend 50000 hours writing custom code to gimp ECU so much that i passes emission even without a cat
Remove section of exhaust containing cat.
Scribe at least three index lines lengthwise and (this is even more important) scribe a line around the pipe, measure whatever distance seems wise, then scribe one at the opposite end of the cat. Measure between lines at at least three points.
Buy two of exhaust bolted flange pairs or other joint of your choice.
Tack weld one flange to the cat then the other flange to the pipe. Bolt flanges together. Repeat on opposite end remembering that flange stacks add length so trim tubing to suit.
You now have a flanged, easily unbolted cat. Install your modified exhaust section to verify fit. If good, remove and finish weld. Install the pipe section to verify fit.
Finally, weld plain tubing to more flanges to match your cat. Install the test pipe you just made and store your cat someplace safe. The marking etc is how I reassemble and weld gutted cats, but I don't have POV inspections so I don't make them separately removable.
Study your options and do a neat job. Not hard at all but a bit tedious. A cheap FCAW wire welder will do but if you buy one buy a MIG so you can later upgrade to gas. I run CO2 on my baby MIG (a gas converted Lincoln but with generic parts not their ripoff kit) because it runs hotter than more expensive MIG mix and because cylinders hold much more CO2 as a liquid than they do compressed gas.
"Ball Flange Kit SUM-672325" is an example of the nice tidy ball flanges which also make pipe adjustments easy. Ensure your kit matches your exhaust tubing. Slather anti-seize on every threaded exhaust fastener to ease future maintenance.
that uaz 452 bus is my daily driver. i rewired it with a plain start button and no key except you need to know what other switches to flick to get ignition on. modern cars suck
just chop off ur cat and straight pipe ur exhaust. Pollution isn't real anon.
Is it in the room with us right now anon, it can't hurt you amon.