T-1000

A 7" cutoff wheel would go through that exhaust pipe in about 30 seconds.

A 4" might be big enough even. And that would be even faster.

Or a sawzall would work too. That'd probably be easiest.

Fierysun

That's alot of noise; using those power tools. It should attract alot of attention. I'm surprised no one noticed.

fireman1559

i had someone break into my old truck next to a busy road with cars parked in front of and bhiend me and i had the only vehicle that was broken into the took out my entire passenger window with a rock i bet people saw it happing but didnt do anything i will bet u the same in ur case people saw it happing but didnt want to stop and see what they were doing

894x4pickup

Time to do a cat-delete mod...i gained 3 mpg and can unbolt it and bolt the cat back in whenever i need to...the best part is the 3mpg...

Shawn6string

Cordless sawzall

abecedarian

my condolences.

muddpigg

iTrader: (1)

Saw on another site where a guy fab'd a cage to make it near impossible to steal his cat, again. He was a multiple vic of this crap. Had photos but I've forgotten where and am to lazy to search it out.

vital22re

iTrader: (2)

i live in kirkland washington and havent' had this happen yet. But now i feel like i should fab up a sheild or skid plate that covers the converter. Maybe use some 1/4 inch alluminum or mild steel. Anything to make it more difficult to pull.

corax

build a skid plate that extends far enough back to cover the cat, add louvers or slots in the skid to keep temps down

my-4x4

This is wild, first I've heard of it, (although I dont have one but I would would be PO if mine was stolen because I live on a military installation...

iamsuperbleeder

huh... I don't see the big deal... I just REMOVED my cat today when I installed my header and full exhaust

but then again there's no emmision tests here in Fl...

and I know those SOB's aren't cheap; I had to replace one on my S10 I had a few years ago after running over a brick in the friggin road and demolishing it

abecedarian

Once again, California is leading the nation... seems you have to have a license to recycle converters now.
We even have a checklist for the shop to fill out and keep on file for 4-5 years, along with all the receipts and warrantee information for the new converter when the shop removes / replaces a converter.

Tofer

i've often wanted to goto metal recycling places and ask if they will buy "used cats" and then when they say yes, i'll pull out a road kill kitten....

abecedarian

I don't want to know where the flanges were.

CyMoN

wow I was talking to a friend the other night about this stuff happening I had said to them I figure that the cat thefts would drop with the metal prices dropping I guess I was wrong.
sucks to hear that they hit you.

corax

. . . . just means the meth heads have to work a bit harder . . . .

regularjoe

Stolen metal is a problem here too. A friend of mine had a house for sale, he was not living in it, broken into and all the copper pipe was stolen. There was a car dealer that has some cats cut off one night.

iamsuperbleeder

similar things happen around here; typically they break into contruction sites and rip all of the copper wiring out...

and it's a shame ya know, it really is...

if some of these theafs were to put half the effort into obtaining a job as much as they do breaking and entering and then stripping the copper from the walls of a house, then they'd have a legal income...

I know times are tuff and jobs are getting harder and harder to obtain, but comon...

regularjoe

I completly agree.

We have to work for everything we have and they come along with no regard for others.

corax

I even read about about an Elementary school that had all the copper stripped from teh air conditioning unit on the roof . . . . over $50,000 worth of damage for <$800 worth of copper. Now where do they get the money from? Educational programs?