THE ENVIRONMENT
SITUATION:
Huge rise in number of catalytic converter being stolen every day.
Catalytic converters are being cut off mountings under vehicles.
Vehicle owner have to pay $1,000 or more for a replacement converter.
Use of precious metals – platinum, palladium, rhodium or gold are catalyst.
Has prompted the continued theft of catalytic converters from vehicles.
Now larger vehicle are primary targets due to high level of precious metal content;
SIGNIFICANCE: Why a problem?
An Easy Grab and Go process can remove the unit within a minute or two.
Thieves can remove a catalytic converter quickly, often in less than 2 minutes,
Only tools a thief needs are a wrench or a reciprocating saw cutoff converters.
Some thieves bring a mechanic’s creeper to slide under the vehicle.
SOLUTIONS:
1) See Ten Ways to Prevent Theft: – https://kit.honestjohn.co.uk/top-tens/top-10-ways-to-prevent-catalytic-converter-theft/
2) How to Prevent Theft:
From where you park to welding the bolts. See display of ten covers prevention.
Put converter in a CatClamp cage [Cost starts at $150,]Hard-to-defeat cage installed around the catalytic converter stops theft.
Cage can be installed by a mechanic or at home with specialized tool
SAYS;
“Typically, catalytic converters are stolen from cars and trucks in driveways, strip malls or in parking garages. “Anywhere cars are exposed,” —Detective Abram Yap,Long Beach Police Department.
STATS:
Thieves sell to metal recyclers for $20-$200. Usually around $70.
Recyclers then extract the metal and resell it for as much as $6,000 an ounce.
Crime or converter theft has risen in tandem with sharply rising metal prices.
SOURCE:
In Under Two Minutes: Catalytic Converter Theft –Referral for Research – https://kit.honestjohn.co.uk/top-tens/top-10-ways-to-prevent-catalytic-converter-theft/
