Here's How To Prevent Your Car's Catalytic Converter From Being Stolen!
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In this video, Andre helps his friend install a catalytic converter theft protection system in his Toyota Prius.
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Toyota should update the new prius with some shields in the cat to prevent theft unless they love customers going back at them for another cat.
Interesting. I could see this rattling like crazy on trucks and SUVs with stiffer rides.
Oh they rattle like crazy on Prius' as well....this is a horrible design.
@@GLC-1979what's a better design?
I think the point of these devices isn't to make it impossible to steal but to make it inconvenient for the thieves that pull the quick cut and steal method. There were 2 Prius cars on my block where a camera caught thieves pull up next to the car hop out, jack the car up, cut them, and drive off as fast as a Nascar pit stop. Something like this would just make them drop the car and move onto the next one unless they figure out a way to get around it in a few seconds.
I've installed this system 5 times for customers and I personally don't think it's worth the money. Quality is questionable with the clamps. I've had the threads strip out while tightening it the bit they give you can break. Plus it's extremely easy to bypass by simply cutting between the cable.
Exactly what I was thinking. This is a deterrent but it's not 100% preventative.
@@buzztrucker - I agree, but every anti-theft device is a deterrent really. Depends on how much time the thieves have and how much noise they can make,,,,, heh heh.
State of Iowa just passed a law today making it near impossible to sell a used converter with heavy penalties for business that purchase them.
@@shitloveaduck it will be coming to an end soon. State of Iowa just passed a law today that makes selling stolen converters difficult and almost impossible. Plus the reward for turning in a theif trying to sell a stolen converter is twice as much as the converter itself.
@@Yyyyyy5- Sweet!!! Nothing like that pending in Alberta, Canada, but laws here make it tough to sell stolen goods,,,,,. There’s not much theft of catalytic converters going on, even in the cities, but the issue for a while were the drilled fuel tanks to steal gas or diesel!!! Sooo expensive to fix because most new tanks are poly and need to be replaced and recycled.
I’ve installed motion detector tapped to the car horn. As well as gun powder trip wire, 12 gauge. Exploded once. lol
Wouldn't there be a way for auto makers and after market security companies to create a wire that has a sensor that sounds an alarm system when the cat converter is trying to be removed?
I have the same product on my Honda Element. It works great but it does rattle a little bit where it touches the heat shield.
you know whats even easier....putting it inside that garage right in front of him.....
So many people use their garage as storage.
I wonder what would happen if the cable dropped down a little and caught something you were driving over. Maybe a large tree branch or rock. Hmmmm, that might be interesting.
I always drive over big tree limbs, Not
.
EXCELLENT video & the perfect car to do this on!
👏 TFL got around to addressing this concern I brought up for content months ago. Good stuff. It would be nice if you could investigate the best options.(more than 1) This is a legitimate problem for countless people. People that park outside are always at risk. Check your local police stations for solutions as well. I heard the they will etch in part #'s so IF stolen the thieves have a harder time unloading it at junk yards.
I've been painting mine bright orange with stencil STOLEN in yellow all over them.
BRILLIANT!!!
Heard they can just sand that off
Are you supposed to rotate the clamps 180 deg once installed so you can’t unscrew them easily?
Nope. They are tamper-resistant screw heads. Idea is thief might not have the exact type of tamper-proof torx driver in order to remove the clamp.
Does it rattle when you drive it?
Toyota just LOVE their multiple catalytic converters,,,,, they even built the first catalytic converters for the 4Runner into the exhaust manifolds!! Hard to steal, but expensive as h*ll to replace!! Did do on two of my nephews 4Runners. Toyota quoted both of them just over $7,000.00 Canadian (CAD)!!! Each vehicle!! We shopped around for the parts and Toyota branded converters were expensive!!! In the end we spent about $2700 CAD on each vehicle for all the parts. We bought a few more parts than needed, but when you are doing it yourself and it the exhaust, better too many new parts than not enough. The trucks were each out of commission for a weekend, but none of us are Toyota mechanics!!! 😂😂. Ultimately the using internet on the 75” tv in the ManCave made it much easier with a video on RUclips. We could follow one video along as the installation was explained somewhat. How did we get along without the internet before??? Haha.
It further soured me on Toyota as both trucks only have around 220,000 km (137,500 miles). It’s a more common repair than we thought when we asked around at the muffler shops for prices. Then again, the 4Runners are very popular here. Might explain why many are for sale in the 200,000 - 250,000 km range!!😮😮. I have never had to change a catalytic converter on any of my personal vehicles, but I generally don’t keep them that long, or it’s one of mu classic vehicles, most of which are pre catalytic converter days,,.
Vehicles of the more classic era, pre 1987 (ish) for me, were much simpler, but more polluting, and you could work on them very easily yourself!!
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If someone is under your car with the tools to cut off your cats, they are going to be able to cut that cable. what a waste!
I agree. A good saw will go right through that. Parking in a secure well lit location is your best bet.
They can't steal what you don't have
Good luck with that.
@@2011blueman good luck with what, a joke? Sure thing Debby downer
Yeah I took mine off lol 😂
Boom! That’s the ticket
Agreed. My EV does not have a cat to steal.
A REAL man would do this while the engine and pipes are HOT.🌞😄
You would never catch me under a vehicle without solid wood blocking ! I'm talking 6x6 or 8X8 blocking.
Agreed. Some people put too much faith in this style of jack stand.
How about putting the filthy drug addicted animals who steal them in prison and leave them there?
Thieves ruin everything. Remember when we all had locking gas caps and wheels?
I've read about a resurgence of gas thieves in the wake of the prices going up. Locking caps wouldn't stop them though; they're just drilling a hole in your tank and draining it. Now you need a new gas tank! Have fun!
Crazy... never heard of this 😳
Too late for me. Mine got stolen a couple months ago. Cost me $2700 to replace, and then I installed a box-type shield over it. I did the installation myself in the driveway in a few hours over the course of a couple days. I got the security bolts as well, although I've since lost the special screw bits, so hopefully I never need to remove it.
$2700?! I would've just bought an aftermarket high flow cat, and had my local muffler shop install it. Probably wouldn't cost over $400 including labor.
Insurance didn't help?
@@domin8ss I'm on a salvage title. Any and all repairs and maintenance costs are out of pocket.
@@MultiPurposeReviewer that explains why
You can get a set of assorted different security driver bits from Harbor Freight, one of which should fit. But shhh, don’t tell the bad guys.
This is a disaster. Having a maze of cable "may" deter a thief, but I have little doubt it will start rattling at some point. And when that happens you will likely have a hard time locating the exact point of the rattle. In addition, my greatest fear would be snagging one a thousand things laying in a roadway and it start tumbling or dragging under the car causing all kinds of damage.
Good news is catalytic converter thefts will soon be coming to an end. Today the state of Iowa passed a law that any business that purchases used converters like scrap yards used car part lots and so on to require ID with the sale and proof of ownership of the vehicle which it came from. Fines for businesses who purchase stolen converters is heavy.
Problem is they go to different states to sell them. Just had mine stolen today in Connecticut.
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Wouldn't a sawzall just cut through the cables too? Or also bring bolt cutters? There's also plenty of room to get a pipe cutter in there
Think the main idea here is as a deterrent. Just make it more difficult for the perps so they move on to an easier target.
@@jamesbeaman6337 Considering the amount of deterrence and the price of this deterrence. It's not worth it.
The cables would move back and forth making it harder to cut. I would have two German Shepards !
That looks like something someone dreamed up in their backyard. I'm sure there is a more elegant, and simple solution.
There's also the box type. Basically a big metal inverted helmet that you put over the cat. Looks better than the cable one (at least I think) and is probably a bit more effective.
There’s another option to protect your catalytic converter from being stolen. The HybridPit stop out in California.
I would think you would do it for you pickup
cat defender is a better option it's a metal plate, find the Elliot Alvis Prius episode to see it
in the early TFL Videos, Andre couldn't speak English. Was this real or staged? Always wanted to know.
Why protect the resonator?
It would seem to me that you could buy some super cheap rebar at home depot or lowe's and pay somebody to just weld it into place where a thief would have to cut. This cat clamp is $200.
If I was going to steal a catalytic converter, I'd find something that I could fit under without having to jack it up, like an RV
From what I gather somebody, probably an out of towner got caught on video trying to steal the cat off the Church van where I go to Church. Surprising to me cause we're not in a really high crime area. Although despite not being high crime we have added even more lighting. I never really gave much thought to parts off of a big van being that desirable.
Angle grinders are pretty quick to cut cables
180 bucks for just some steel wire?
I lifted my 2017 Prius 1.5 in and so far no changes on the efficiency
And the thieves appreciate you making it easier for them. ;)
Look like bike safety chain. Can be cut by heavy duty cutting tools. The only problem is if by some incidents you drive on bad roads and you catch steel joints on concrete or beton road it will ripped off, then all bottom part gets damaged. I saw this on car with modifications exhausts. Car caught metal pipe on road and whole exhaust came off. Best is to attach stickers on windshield that ^" Retured snipper with AR15 don't sleep at night! Or " My Bengali tiger sleeps on backsit, do not disturb him at night, doors are not locked!
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180 bucks for 10 bucks of cable lol lol 😂
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I saw a guy who had removed the rear seat from his 15 Prius and fixed it up for camping. He had lifted the car about 1.5 inches. It looked really good but between that and the all weather/all terrain tires he lost about 5mpg.
Wouldn't need to bother with that if you had an alarm on the car, lights on at night, dog and shotgun.
Or park it in the garage
Mine was stolen while parked under bright lights with cameras. Apparently they cut the alarm sensors. Neighbor’s dog heard something but she didn’t know what was going on.
On a scale of 1-5 I give the Cat Clamp a 0.
Get your gardener to lay bricks down in the driveway, and park over it so no one can fit under the car.
In Cambodia this catalytic converter sold for one grand.
Cut that SOB off like me and nothing to steal 🤙🏽
It's funny (to me) watching and hearing non mechanic types talking about and working on a car. just say'n
They are showing you that anyone can do the job.
Lol lol lol 😂😂😂😂😂 I’m sorry but you just gave them more to haul to the scrap yard a hand grinder with a cut off wheel will cut it right off or they will cut it on each end passed the cable crap .
Tell em what you're going to tell em. Tell em. Tell em you told em.
Do your research before it's to late. Not installed on Catalytic. Not good for 2010 and up. Your protecting your resonator. Cat shield and even modify the 2 bolts that hold cat to manifold by welding wheel locks to them. Better way for this model.
WHAT, I DO I REMOVE ALL OF MY CATS AND GUT THE INSIDES OUT AND THEN PUT THEM BACK ON. AS LONG AS THEY ARE ON THE VEHICLE THEY WILL PASS A STATE INSPECTION AND THEY CAN BREATH AND SOUNDS BETTER. I DO EVERY VEHICLE I BUY.
The government be like, just buy a Tesla
If Tesla ever learns how to improve build quality I'll consider a Tesla.
I watched a video defeating this: a battery grinder and reciprocating saw took 4 minutes without practice to remove
These dirtbags only want to spend less than a minute under there. Four is too long.
Just use a car shield lol 😆
That’s not stopping anyone. Seems like a waste of time and money.
Wait… you hear that… what is that rattling sound?
What??? They use a reciprocating hack saw blade,,,,you just made it take 1 min longer to steal! Good try,,,tho
That looks like its going to Rattle under car. And probably rust
Revving the engine in the driveway is not a road test.
Jokes on u I have no cats
That won't stop anyone from taking that
As someone who has had theirs stolen, and wanted to prevent it happening again, be very careful about what aftermarket parts you install if your car still has a manufacturer warranty. The manufacturer of my vehicle told me that any aftermarket part that bolts on (including this and those shields) would void the warranty.
My advice would be to get good insurance that covers accidental theft/loss, and also covers a rental car up to $40 a day. Essentially it wouldve cost over $5500 for me (including the rental) but I only had to pay my $500 deductible, which the business where it happened decided to compensate me for thankfully.
That is not true in the US. A simple search online will tell you this.
Unless the bolt on clearly was the cause of the failure then they can't deny. Check out the Magnuson-Moss Act.
@@mra.cortez3553 that’s great that the all-mighty google told you that man, if you want to take that chance, be my guest…
It differs between manufacturers btw, Toyota for example are selling OEM cat guards on their new vehicles.
It takes < 5 mins to call, all I’m saying…
@@naf2579 Me personally, I would not threaten my dealership with legal recourse if they were to refused to warranty a part due to this. Not worth the time or money to hire an attorney IMO
@@jakes5530 it's just not how it works. They can't just "void" your warranty. They have you conditioned well sir. Ford didn't bat an eye doing warranty work on my old car that I installed a supercharger on.
Man if that catches on something while driving it is going to rip things and do some serious damage
I can slice thru that easily with my lightsaber
Should have gone cat shield instead
That cable would take about 10 seconds to cut
A set of bolt cutters will make short work of that cable.
Maybe worth it on a big V8 truck or SUV but not a Prius
I'd agree but for some reason the Priuseseses are getting hit most often
Priuses have their CC in better shape because the engine is not running all the time. So I assume thieves can sell them for more money
I THINK I WOULD HAVE THAT CC IN ABOUT 30 SECS....
That's probably the idea behind it. Just make the thief spend abit of extra time and do abit of extra work. Sometimes that's enough to change their mind about their plans. From what I've read it's very rare for any security system to make theft or break ins impossible. Just make it enough work for the thief to decide it's not worth it. Of course if somebody is a millionaire they might need better security than us Regular folks need. But that might be a separate topic.
My Ex wife is a little "ratchet" too !
The joy of have girls, now you will have chalk all over your clothes
Claymore mine
Rat bastardized got our 20 SR 5 Tacoma. Toyota says 2-3 months before they will have a replacement
Most anti-theft devices don’t work or are easily bypassed. Bet a thief would easily get past that with bolt cutters or just pushing the cables aside with the amount of slack they have. Maybe it’s better than nothing, but probably not by much, and not by a determined experienced thief.
Why not just cut outside the flanges?
Like "The Club" supposed to lock the steering wheel from turning and was hardened steel to avoid cutting. So thieves just cut the steering wheel and popped off The Club.
For a car channel is think you know what the catalytic converter looked like. Also look it up on RUclips first so you appear to know. 🤷
Ha, my car smells like rotten eggs and old socks so All the functional metal content must be gone by now
Was thinking towards the end of this vid, what a true NIGHTMARE that’d be to fully remove, after being on for a few years, for actually having to change out a bad catalytic converter, for a muffler tech or mechanic!
I think they would just use a sawzall and/or bolt cutters, just like the thieves.
If you have a garage, use it
I'd hope they took my whole prius
feeling I’d rather have the converter stolen than go through this
No, you really wouldn't.
Sniffs...
*Bolt cutters*
Thieves will bring cable cutter
His mechanic is probably gonna eithier hate him or charge him extra.
EV mates no exhaust…
You can STILL bypass this "fix" so please...
If you have a Prius, you've got bigger issues than whether or not someone will steal your catalytic converter lol.
Maybe it might be a deterrent... But it's simple to defeat. May take a few extra minutes but easy to do. Your probably just wasting money that you should just have saved for a new catalytic converter if your unlucky enough to be a victim.
Or they'll just tear up your car even more.
Install an alarm that goes off at the first scent of Tacos.😁
Buy a jeep, it would be a bitch to get them off there.
Waste of time and money. Imho.
Me: oh sweet TFL is gunna start reviewing firearms...
The reality is that they're in and out so fast in the middle of the night that a firearm is useless.
@@2011blueman false. Motion lights and alarms have been available for decades. I understand alotta ppl in major metro areas are hopeless but maybe this opens their eyes to help hopeless theyll be in that same location in the future if things actually get truly bad.
Thats more expensive than that of cable lol
@@omardevonlittle3817 You weren't talking about motion lights genius.
Just lower the jack on them 😂
Wouldn’t be easier to pay for the stolen replacement?
Where is this car. I’ll show you this isn’t worth it. Built for suckers. It won’t work.
Yeah, no.
You guys have cats?
My thieves just sawed through it