Cats Stolen

[cbinker]

Good afternoon, as the title says my cats were stolen. This past weekend in Vegas, some low life's had the decency to do a free cat delete on my 2011 Ram 2500 5.7 Hemi. I was able to do some patch work to close the gap to make it back home. Now, since i already have the MBRP cat back exhaust, I am looking for cat deleted options. is there anything out there that connects to the head and eliminates the cats? I am not interested in dropping $800+ for the cats, only for them to get stolen again on my next trip to Vegas. I have no emission laws where I am located. If there is no kit available, I'll just end up salvaging what is left and what I already purchased and build my own.

 

[cbinker]

For those interested in photos the front

 

[cbinker]

the bandaid, I did clamp them down after the photos.

 

[cityredneck]

first thought that come to my mind. might get some MIL eliminators (if they still make them) and just have a muffler shop weld up the pipes for a nice clean finishing of the delete.

 

[Green_Manalishi]

Craze for drug made from catalytic converters alarms Congo's capital - Autoblog

KINSHASA, Congo — A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to

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[srv1]

Craze for drug made from catalytic converters alarms Congo's capital - Autoblog

KINSHASA, Congo — A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to

www.autoblog.com

Now the scumbags can avoid the middle man and just smoke the cats.All thieves should be hung in public.We would not need locks on our doors anymore.

 

[Jeepwalker]

That's just awful. Man I bet you'd like to get your hands on the scumbags and bang their puny little heads!

 

[cbinker]

first thought that come to my mind. might get some MIL eliminators (if they still make them) and just have a muffler shop weld up the pipes for a nice clean finishing of the delete.

are those like the O2 sims? because i got a friend picking them up for me.

 

[huntergreen]

Would new cats be covered by your auto insurance?

 

[indept]

Woah, that sucks

 

[CheechDogg.0n37s]

Would new cats be covered by your auto insurance?

It should be covered right, but I bet they won't ...

 

[huntergreen]

It should be covered right, but I bet they won't ...

I would expect them to be covered under the comprehensive part. It covers theft.

 

[indept]

I would expect them to be covered under the comprehensive part. It covers theft.

The worst part is it would be after the deductible. It would be nice if there were cover plates to bolt right in place to make them not worth the time to steal.

 

[huntergreen]

The worst part is it would be after the deductible. It would be nice if there were cover plates to bolt right in place to make them not worth the time to steal.

My comprehensive deductible is 50.00

 

[indept]

My comprehensive deductible is 50.00

Nice. That would reduce the butt hole stretching quite a bit.

 

[hunterdan]

It should be covered right, but I bet they won't ...

If you covered comprehensive insurance, then 100% they'll be covered. Low deductible, high cost of cats = free headers/tune...

 

[GTyankee]

Some cities are already doing this in California

If passed, the bill would combat the increased theft of catalytic converters with three items:

1. Require all new and used car dealerships to permanently engrave the car’s vehicle identification number onto the converter.
2. Metal recyclers will only be allowed to buy a catalytic converters with a visible and untampered VIN, they must keep detailed records of who sold them, and make those records available to law enforcement.
3. Increase the fines and jail time for those buying, selling or possessing a stolen catalytic converter.
4. “The bottom line is that California is the number one in the nation for catalytic converter thefts,” said Senator Brian Jones

Chula Vista, down close to the Mexico US Border has already bought an engraver to start doing it, I heard that San Diego may do the same.

It will take forever to etch 2 million automobiles

 

[hunterdan]

Some cities are already doing this in California

If passed, the bill would combat the increased theft of catalytic converters with three items:

1. Require all new and used car dealerships to permanently engrave the car’s vehicle identification number onto the converter.
2. Metal recyclers will only be allowed to buy a catalytic converters with a visible and untampered VIN, they must keep detailed records of who sold them, and make those records available to law enforcement.
3. Increase the fines and jail time for those buying, selling or possessing a stolen catalytic converter.
4. “The bottom line is that California is the number one in the nation for catalytic converter thefts,” said Senator Brian Jones

Chula Vista, down close to the Mexico US Border has already bought an engraver to start doing it, I heard that San Diego may do the same.

It will take forever to etch 2 million automobiles

What are those penalties going to be? Slap on the wrist and ordered not to do it again? With California's criminal justice system, nothing will happen and it'll be a feel good measure. Engraving is going to be pointless. Anyone with an engraver could etch a vin into them.

 

[huntergreen]

If you covered comprehensive insurance, then 100% they'll be covered. Low deductible, high cost of cats = free headers/tune...

My truck lives out side, just throwing that out there.

 

[huntergreen]

What are those penalties going to be? Slap on the wrist and ordered not to do it again? With California's criminal justice system, nothing will happen and it'll be a feel good measure. Engraving is going to be pointless. Anyone with an engraver could etch a vin into them.

Californias way of dispensing Justice has speed to NJ and NYC.