Old Cats = CASH!!
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Wish I woulda known that before trashing mine 
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RUNINAGT
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We had some issues like that about 6mths ago but it has died down now. From what I understood the ones off cars were not worth much. Had a guy here cut them out of a Lincoln 5.0 and took them to the scrap yard and they only gave him like $10.00 each? I then heard that its the semi truck cats that are worth the big money, then I hear some semi's dont even copme with cats, deisel?? Im confused. My stock h-pipe is in the garage here @ the shop upstairs. Im gonna keep it, not hard up for money,,,,,, just yet. I may need to put it back on if emmision testing comes back..
The catalytic converters on BBK H-pipes and such are not worth what the factory ones are. They are an aftermarket cat and they are worth about 10-20 each vs. Fords Pre-Cats. My scrap buyers are excellent and categorizing the converters...I have worked with them for about 10 years.
Mustangs have 4 Pre-cats...they call them. Ten years ago, I was doing good getting 10 dollars a peice for them. Now, 2007-2008, they have been worth 38-45 dollars a peice. So your 4 cat H-pipe is worth about 150-160 dollars depending on the time of month.
Other categories: they call them: Large GM's. Medium, Regular, Large Import, Small Import, Pre cat. A/C. Large Bead, Small Bead, Wire, Aftermarket.
They are all worth different amounts.
They are stealing converters left and right around here. They are just going into parking lots and taking a cordless sawzall and just hacking them off and selling them. While they are getting 100 for scrap, the customers car needs 500+ in repairs because new OEM cats, no aftermarket replacements are very expensive.
YEP...Don't you love Large GM's??
I think they are at 140-150 each right now depending on who buys them from you.
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This is insane. In the past i've cut them out and tossed them with junk metal runs. Had no idea they were worth a dime.
YEP...Don't you love Large GM's??
Yep, a week ago I got 160 each for them, but the market has gone down some. One was a large GM and the other 2 were bread loafs - are bread loafs also known as large GM's?
I don't watch too much tv or pay attention to the stock market, but my buyer told me that some civil war crap or something was going on over in Africa or wherever all these mines are for Platinum and rhodium, and the prices are through the roof because they're not mining near as much of it...
I just had a new cat converter put on my 02 Audi A4 1.8T, 100% covered under warranty. The part alone through the dealership was probably $1,200+. Its straight from Germany.
DocG
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Did you EBAY yours or sell locally?
I've still got the mid-pipe from my 04....only had about 23k miles on it when I swapped it out. It just sits in the garage and I want to get rid of it. I just haven't wanted to go through the hassle of trying to Ebay it if I could just take it to a yard or somewhere and get cash on the spot.
I got F'in ripped off on my Merkur cat because the guys at the scrap yard couldn't recognize it because the car is foreign and rare. They had a book with all the makes and models and what their cats looked like and how much they were worth, but the Merkur wasn't in there. It was huge too, about the size of a stock EFI intake. I got $35 
DocG
5th graders > me. They're not bant
I got F'in ripped off on my Merkur cat because the guys at the scrap yard couldn't recognize it because the car is foreign and rare. They had a book with all the makes and models and what their cats looked like and how much they were worth, but the Merkur wasn't in there. It was huge too, about the size of a stock EFI intake. I got $35
Wonder what they'd give me for an 04 Stang cats....where did you go?
88mouse
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It's called Round Bottom Recycling...do you know anything about the Eastgate/Mt. Carmel area?
DocG
5th graders > me. They're not bant
Not really....but I can find anything I'm sure. I can google it and get the map or something.
i just sold mine for $20 a month ago
4 cats on a stock h pipe right? They are called PreCats.....they should be around 40 each right now....so 160 bucks minimum....give or take 2-4 dollars...
Just call around to recylers and get the best price.
5.0Droptop
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DocG
5th graders > me. They're not bant
4 cats on a stock h pipe right? They are called PreCats.....they should be around 40 each right now....so 160 bucks minimum....give or take 2-4 dollars...
Just call around to recylers and get the best price.
Cool thanks guys!
I'll do some calling around next week when I'm off work for Spring Break.
Just to clarify...can I take the whole damn H-pipe like it is? Or do I need to cut the pre-cats off?
5.0Droptop
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Yeah just take it all down there. Is the pipe stainless? That might get you a few bucks more.
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