45 ACP works too

@danp7463

2 жыл бұрын

I love my G21

@noladude5046

2 жыл бұрын

45 ACP would definitely work, unfortunately it’s difficult to catch the low life scumbags in the act!

@frankbiz

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they would have to come at you and threaten your life for the 45cal to be useful.

@BearerOfLightSonOfGod

2 жыл бұрын

My brain started processing you comment and it was like isn't that a gun.

@frankbiz

2 жыл бұрын

@@BearerOfLightSonOfGod Ah yeah. So if I went out there and told the guy to stop and he came at me with a angle grinder to cut my throat and kill me, would I be wrong to defend myself and shoot him?

The salvage operators who accept these stolen converters should be targeted for receiving stolen property and shut down or wickedly fined. If the thieves have nowhere to sell their stolen stuff then they will quit doing it.

@DS-Turbo

2 жыл бұрын

How would they know. All the vehicles I scrap I take the cats off and throw them in a corner and when I get about 20 of them or so I take them in.

@UrAshWhole

2 жыл бұрын

Theyre sold on black market.

@51-FS

2 жыл бұрын

Does pawn shops get shout down win they buy stolen stuff?

@krisjonson9193

2 жыл бұрын

shut down. i say. and arrested for accessory to theft.

@the_truck_farmer

2 жыл бұрын

@@DS-Turbo Me too. There are plenty of legitimate customers who sell cats to scrap yards as well… Can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater But that seems like the way of the world nowadays

"Airplane-grade steel cables"...held on by plastic zip ties?!?!?! Hello, McFly.

@daled8221

2 жыл бұрын

Plastic zip ties on hot exhaust pipe???

@colossalbigfoot256

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw that and laughed.

@alwcurlz

2 жыл бұрын

And, duct tape too LOL

@nrgonline

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao. You can tell these aren’t car guys. Duct tape!

@razaclas8447

2 жыл бұрын

where are you guys seeing the zip ties other than how they roll it up? I'm seeing metal clasps at 1:05

Catalytic converter theft would stop overnight if the buyers stopped buying stolen catalytic converters.

@dandan7973

2 жыл бұрын

There’s some companies who won’t buy them period. But other shady recycling companies have no problem buying them

@newguy4781

2 жыл бұрын

You know that they steal them for the material inside them right? Not necessarily to resuse

@need100k

2 жыл бұрын

@@newguy4781 - yeah? and? The thieves steal them, then they sell them. Whenever you have a seller, you have a BUYER, regardless of the purpose.

@dbspecials1200

2 жыл бұрын

@@need100k only idiots try to sell them. the smart ones are extracting the precious metals from them themselves, then the generic metal pieces can easily be sold. as I look to my right I can see thumbnails for videos describing the process. hauling whole cats around looking for shady yards to buy them is too risky now. and what about stealing gas from people's tanks? they don't sell that, they simply burn it in their own car...to go continue hunting for more quarry.

@need100k

2 жыл бұрын

@@dbspecials1200 - The smart ones who extract the metals themselves aren't the thieves; they are the buyers that my initial comment refers to. The police need to find out who those buyers are and put THEM in prison, and make a public example of them to discourage others from doing the same.

Stop junk yards and scrap yards from taking in catalytic converters with out identification and keep records !!!

@jasonharrison25

2 жыл бұрын

just like metal recycling. need to record ID and a waiting period before receiving funds

@littleeagle7563

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonharrison25 They need a id but no waiting to get paid for them were I'm at.

@chrisparker4821

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, they don't resell it, they refine the precious metals out of it.

@craigfelter

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisparker4821 The morons stealing these things aren't refining anything. They sell them to someone else.

@DennisTea

2 жыл бұрын

Taking Id doesn't matter, because by the time someone looks into the cat being stolen, it has already been refined into raw material. Even if it hasn't been refined, there's no way to prove that a cat came from your vehicle. You can only prove that it came from the same make and model vehicle you have. The only way to actually stop these thefts is to put some kind of serial number on the cats, which some companies already do. If enough companies do this then a law can be passed that forbids scrap yards from buying cats without taking down the serial number along with that persons id. Then you can actually prove a stolen cat and hit shady scrap yards where it actually hurts.

What about some type of tire deflator that traps the thief underneath the car.

@harryballsacky

2 жыл бұрын

THE PANCAKE DEVICE

@jamesha175

2 жыл бұрын

@@harryballsacky squasher 2000

@livinglavitavanlife7976

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesha175 I love it!

@vitaminb4869

2 жыл бұрын

I would like battery acid to be sprayed on their face at the same time too.

@livinglavitavanlife7976

2 жыл бұрын

@@vitaminb4869 Bright neon dye AND battery acid.

These aren't deterrents, this is a sheep-scam. The motion alarm is going to go off to any critter underneath the car, which is very common when it's raining or cold. The strap is easily broken and moved out of the way by just cutting the metal straps that hold it on. This is a get-rich-quick scheme for the makers of CatStrap. If you want to deter catalytic converter thefts, consult your local automotive fabricator. They can create cages that can be bolted/welded to the chassis that surround the cat to create more things to cut through, hopefully making saw batteries drain quicker or saw blades breaking/bent so thieves are caught or flee with nothing. Maybe WTOL 11 should have someone with automotive experience give their opinion first before an inexperienced reporter takes the story. Just made the news station look like fools.

@mr.bitsbyte4664

2 жыл бұрын

When he claimed that "they'll have a good 25 minute fight on their hands" he made it pretty clear they haven't actually tested this.

@gatorb8

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on, my buddy solved the problem by slamming his truck lol

@louskunt9798

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct!💯💯💯💯🎯🎯

@chrismechanic2000

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i can't see how that alarm is even going to last 1 day under a car with double sided sticky tape, and you are right, it wont stop them, it will just take 30 seconds longer.

@pd4954

2 жыл бұрын

"25 minutes" LOL you cut the straps that fasten the cables onto to catalytic, not the cables. Done in seconds LOL to defeat the PIR you might just be able to cut the wires powering the sensor?

That alarm is only secured to the frame with rolled over duck tape. Real professional job.

@dbergerac9632

2 жыл бұрын

I predict a rash of alarm thefts.

@ethankulp4035

2 жыл бұрын

that duck tapes gonna melt real fast

@tvdinner325

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that! Plus, cut the wires to the alarm? What happens when animals pass underneath?

@dbergerac9632

2 жыл бұрын

It's like putting a steel vault door onto a sheetrock wall.

@purr_lude

2 жыл бұрын

not sure if youre serious or sarcastic. its for demonstration purpose. a true installed one would be either screwed, glued, or both.

Go after the buyers.🤠

Stop the scrap dealers from buying the converters. Everybody talk about the thieves while the scrap dealers continue to be allowed to buy stolen goods. It is downright incomprehensible that this is taking place. There are scrap dealers in western Wisconsin who openly ask for catalytic converters from certain car models AND even list what they will pay.

@gerardosalazar9410

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with you

@daled8221

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! 5-6 weeks ago they busted one of these buyers, but are they going to just slap his hand? They have to have investigations going looking for all the buyers but are they those 1 year long investigations???

@larrycumbo2023

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly true

@ozzykrahn806

2 жыл бұрын

one other problem is people will find a way get around this,

@danskehans

2 жыл бұрын

@@ozzykrahn806 And you see that as a reason not to do anything? Is that what you would prefer? Or is it only until you get your converter cut off?

What we need is more car alarms randomly going off in neighborhoods, obviously, every time a cat scoots under one.

@rsmaster5637

2 жыл бұрын

Wait i think i saw a video with exactly what you needed a few moments earlier

@Rakusan2

2 жыл бұрын

@GeeKIller in my area, we have skunks

@clarencemcgregor8568

2 жыл бұрын

Cats are supposed to be on a leash.

@Rakusan2

2 жыл бұрын

@@clarencemcgregor8568 only some cities have that by-law. In the cities where I lived, it was common to see cats roaming around.

@tvdinner325

2 жыл бұрын

I welded 3/8" angle with 1/2" round bar onto the bottom of mine. They'd be there for ages.

Make it so any scrap dealer or auto shop caught with a stolen cat is hit with a substantial (tens of thousands $) fine and permanent immediate loss of any business licenses. Burden of proof for providence of the cat is 100% on the scrap dealer/shop. Poof... thefts eliminated within weeks.

@ML-nj4qi

2 жыл бұрын

They don't sell it to scrap dealers but to sell it over seas to China and India.

@DS-Turbo

2 жыл бұрын

Omg how would they know it's from a stolen car. People sit on cats that they took off cars they scrap and usually takes a bunch in at a time when they need cash or want to clean out the garage.

@bond1j89

2 жыл бұрын

@@DS-Turbo All the pieces of mine are in a box

@glasstuna

2 жыл бұрын

I'd start collecting the metals from the ceramic matrix inside. Acids and solvents to dissolve the ceramic and a furnace to melt the platinum.

Smith and Wesson had a deterrent system available years ago.

@aaronbell5994

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@k0d0kan

2 жыл бұрын

Go to prison to show you're a no BS kinda guy. Yeah, that's smart...LOL!

@kennycardwell726

2 жыл бұрын

👍

@lp115lp

2 жыл бұрын

Now you boys put your guns down. You didn't really think WE were gonna let you just walk out of here - did ja? WE? Me and Smith and Wesson :-) (Harry)

@ethankulp4035

2 жыл бұрын

you sir have made my day

I'm glad people are coming up with these products that are needed. Thank you. I do hope automobile manufacturers will step up and protect converters some way also.

It happens all the time out here in California almost all the muffler shops out here if you bring in your car with a missing and stolen catalytic converter after they install the new catalytic converter they weld a piece of rebar in the front and behind the catalytic converters.. for free..., yes the thieves can cut through rebar once they take a look at it and realize how long it'll take they move on to the next car..... Explain that to a couple of your muffler shops see if they can't and won't help you out that's the cheapest way to go. 😎🌝

@Kidiot

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton! Clever fix. =]

@peacemaker3171

2 жыл бұрын

I simply removed the cats from my car myself cuz more power

@bobmariano3731

2 жыл бұрын

👍👏🤛

I laughed at the people that died trying to get cats from cars cause they couldn’t lift the vehicle properly

How 'bout putting these people in jail instead of giving them a misdemeanor theft charge...

You know, if they'd start requiring ID or a license, or even a receipt for a replacement cat, to sell take-off Catalytic converters, these thefts would stop overnight.

It looks like they're using steel zip ties to hold it in place, so all a thief has to do is sever those ties (perhaps cut the wires to that alarm first), and he can then make normal cuts to remove it. Only a fool would be paying these guys to do something like this.

@dunerider8609

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but their idea is going to earn them money. This product is not supposed to be theft proof it's made to be a theft deterrent and obviously people are willing to pay the money to make a thieves day harder. I wonder what they would pay someone to install a complete system?

@robertvincent5678

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing,,, be a little better if they clamped if on with thick muffler clamps rather than that skinny tie wire.

@marcussavina2726

2 жыл бұрын

Plus you'll still have to cut thru the tape

@jw11432

2 жыл бұрын

@@americanadreaming This is more along the lines of what I'd be interested in doing, definitely would be far more theft resistant.

@Peaches_NZ

2 жыл бұрын

Exhaust clamps each side of the cat and steel zips along the rest to hold it by the looks about the 1min mark

I don't get it.... 1) Is that material around the cables sufficiently fire proof. 2) How is this supposed to stop anything? They'll just cut through the pipe towards the cable. Once the pipe is cut the converter still comes off without ever needing to cut the cables. Those exhaust clamps are quicker to cut than the actual pipe is. In fact a pair of bolt cutters can lop those off in a few seconds. This is as much a scam as the actual theft of your converter.

@chrisparker4821

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts as well, the motion alarm will work better in my opinion but it probably takes battery's and not water proof and because its under the vehicle it will get to dirty for the sensor to read unless cleaned all the time.

@cobre7717

2 жыл бұрын

It would smell awful! When tape heats up from the pipe it melts and releases flammable toxic vapors and drips goo everywhere that goo could combust and sets itself on fire.

@bobmariano3731

2 жыл бұрын

Put fentanyl on it so when they’re underneath it will make them go to sleeeep ! ! 😮😝🤪

air bag system that body drops the whole frame on them.. activates fast drops the vehicle down on them

My guess is that angry, frustrated thieves will move on, but not before breaking your windows and keying your car before heading off to greener pastures. These are the times we all live in, and it disgusts me because none of these slugs ever spends any significant time behind bars, where they belong.

@TheBenjammin

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to left wing liberal america.

@tomc8157

2 жыл бұрын

Not behind bars, fed feet first through a wood chipper into the ocean. Feed the fish!

3 days ago, I just had my CAT stolen for the 2nd time! Absolutely horrible feeling and the noise the car makes without is absolutely embarrassing... cost money, time and hardship to replace. These thieves are heartless!! 😠

Plot twist, guys selling the theft prevention kits are the ones who made stealing it viral

@SI0AX

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. They purposefully make a very poor theft deterrent system so that people think it's secure and lower their guard making the car actually easier to steal. lol

I hired a couple guys to protect my cat, Smith & Wesson!

@scout3058

2 жыл бұрын

Duurrrr Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. This property protected by SMITH & WESSON! I don't run I reload. Don't tread on me Durrrrrr You sound like every other untrained, open carrying, "I'll just shoot 'em." moron.

@Joopsmann

2 жыл бұрын

Works well if you stand guard 24/7. Do you have an alarm? I would mind finding one of these fucks under my car. I’ll introduce them to my Ruger, or 12. ga. or AR-15. So many choices! Or maybe just a knife to their achilles tendon. I hate thieves.

The strap should be transparent so the thief can see the cables inside and give up. Otherwise it looks like a leather strap and the thief could try to cut through causing damage to the metal pipe before giving up.

@RichRotorhead

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully the alarm will keep them from trying

@michaelwoolley576

2 жыл бұрын

We certainly wouldn’t want to waste a criminal’s time now , would we?

@KJMcLaws

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelwoolley576 he's saying so your pipe isn't damaged when the criminal would have given up if they have seen

@royaloreca

2 жыл бұрын

Then they would need a cost effective material that will not melt from being in constant contact with the exhaust, and eventually, the transparent strap is going to pick up some dirt making it not transparent. Don't get me wrong, I see what you are saying but that's easier said then done.

@cobre7717

2 жыл бұрын

If they only cut into the pipe a little bit it would take a small weld to fill the small cut for less than $100. The 3k converter replacement would be avoided.

Insurance companies , car companies and the automotive industry needs to pass bills to prevent theft . All cars with key fobs are not safe and can be stolen in less than 2 minutes , be placed in shipping containers and shipped to Western Africa and both America and Africa authorities allow it to happen. Also police should be doing surprise searches for stolen catalytic converters

Great. Those thieves that are caught need 20 strokes of the lash, a salt water bath and 5 years hard labour.

@danskehans

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the scrap dealers because THEY are the ones who make this possible. They have a very strong lobby so make no mistake about it, politicians all over are protecting them.

@ziegle9876

2 жыл бұрын

Singapore petty theft prevention methods are the way to go. The cane, not prison.

@lattitude01

2 жыл бұрын

their hard labor should just be ironic, make them work for dirt cheap at a car manufacturer installing the converters.

Here in the UK the traveller community would steal the strap as well!

@retiree1033

2 жыл бұрын

And the bastards would give you a cheery wave as they strolled leisurely away with it. Such is they state of UK policing these days.

@acidking202

2 жыл бұрын

Its faster, easier and safer , to just steal the WHOLE CAR.

@carpballet

2 жыл бұрын

“Traveller community” means something different in UK than in the states. I just can’t remember.

@roberttill3787

2 жыл бұрын

@@carpballet Traveller community is the polite way in the UK snowflake people like to call Gypsies. The modern Traveller is actually an insult to true Gypsy folk.

1- Turn off the alarm system. Cables and sensor are visible. 2- Unscrew the straps 3- Cut normally

@evanleo7633

2 жыл бұрын

Look up what deterrent means

@Lu-ql5tj

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanleo7633 "Local company creates product to prevent catalytic converter theft" This prevents nothing

@mef12727

2 жыл бұрын

It's to "slow" them down so hopefully they give up.

@evanleo7633

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lu-ql5tj deterrent is not prevention. Again, look up what deterrent means

@Lu-ql5tj

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanleo7633 It's the title lol

Next they have to make protectors for the strap when the straps get stolen.

@jheetman

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the pocket protector protector and the pocket protector protector protector!

Maybe the people buying the stolen catalytic converters should be arrested ?

In peurto Rico after the hurricane they had problems getting power back to the island no because of lack of emergency response but because the locals were cutting the power lines down and scrapping them as the utility crews were putting it up. The only way they stopped it was by getting the scarp yards to stop accepting cables. Maybe get the scrap yards to report Cat returns...

@robertthomas5906

2 жыл бұрын

Should have just energized the lines.

Thieves just need to cut the power wire going to the alarm. Also they can cut the sides and fit the sawzaw blade between the exhaust pipe and that cable system. It will only slow them down 2 minutes. It only takes about 3-5 minutes to take the catalytic cover off without that system. Total waste of money you ask me . I think etching vin numbers on the cats and doing Random inspections at the scrap yards would be a better way of Deterring the theft .

@mkm692

2 жыл бұрын

Any attempt to grinding off a Vin number on a catalytic converter, the company that took it in should have his license revoked. No scrap company wants to have a surprise inspection.

Why aren't there serial number on the cat? They should also charge the scrapyards accepting them without recording the serials and charging the dealers for accepting the stolen products if they skip on reporting them.

That doesn't look at all like a fire arm. A dead thief cannot steal again, ever.

Change to air ride suspension, run the air lines along side the cat, let meth-boy figure out what those strange lines are for himself.

@blaisepalermo1743

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea...

Imagine all the alarms sounds because of cats and other small animals...

When are they going to go after the "Recyclers" who buy stolen Cats and make them pay replacement/installation costs?

Our RV in Salt Lake got the CC chopped. It'll be a hassle & only for parked storage but we're getting chain, chicken wire & metal tree stakes. Imagine the visual.

Sometimes we just need to look back at the ingenuity of our ancestors. Old Prison systems came up with a great way to prevent prisoners from cutting through bars. A static out bar with a free spinning inner bar. Very simple and nearly impossible to cut through.

@cobre7717

2 жыл бұрын

I knocked out all the honeycomb cat membrane and sold it on ebay. Then i welded in a 3 foot piece of loose floppy loging chain in the pipe one foot before and after the converter to gum up the Sawzall. Then I sleep in the van on the otherside of the street with a cargo net, a bucket of water, and twenty three pounds of enriched wheet flour in another big bucket.

I already have one, it's made by Smith and Wesson.

I can totally see a roaming cat triggering that Cat Eye alarm

Best way to prevent a catalytic converter theft is to take it off and replace it with a straight pipe.

Cutting wheel on a grinder will go right through cable

Cat security makes a shield that covers the whole converter. 20 or so screws all different types bolt it all in. I went a step further and filled in a couple of the fasteners with epoxy. Yeah if it needs servicing will take a mechanic an hour to undo it all at least the cat is safe.

@bleachstain9785

2 жыл бұрын

Better be ready to pay for the extra time spent servicing it. Anything less is borderline theft from the mechanic working on it as it’s not the shop taking that pay cut.

@bbaff8622

2 жыл бұрын

@@bleachstain9785 yeah I gave some thought to the before I used epoxy. But after having 2 stolen and a 500 deductible each was worth the extra effort it would take for someone to take. Chances are they would look and leave it alone. Definitely worth the peace of mind.

@bleachstain9785

2 жыл бұрын

@@bbaff8622 that it is. I electric caged mine using a old car battery and a taser. Worked very well, and haven’t had any issue since the one guy made an attempt and fried his hands skin to the cage I put in. I live dead smack in the middle of Minneapolis too with a cat worth around $750 to recycle, I wasn’t about to let someone else have at it.

The neighborhood is going to love your alarm every time an animal runs under your car

A good way to prevent that of the cat converter is to straight pipe your vehicle

The fact you show them laminating gorilla tape to that steel weave just destroys any validity they just made 🤣

Never understood the economics. A plain old brand new catalytic converter cost about $190 unless you buy it from a dealer. The precious metal content can’t be anymore than $50. The thief would get $10. The junkyards must be selling them as used parts to repair shops. If so that’s part of the problem.

@bannablitz247

2 жыл бұрын

Those are non oem grade catalytic converters. OEM grade cats on specifically hybrid cars can be a few hundred used and is a significant turnaround on the thiefs time investment.

@carlwagner4565

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me they are lucky to get a dollar for a complete exhaust setup I took multiple exhausts in to scrap and barley got 50c

@topshotta5676

2 жыл бұрын

$190 for a cat?!?! Where you getting these from? Lol maybe for a 1999 Honda Civic yea, but otherwise cats are not cheap dude!

@kens97sto171

2 жыл бұрын

@@topshotta5676 No that's the right price for an aftermarket cat. Even for a Prius which has an incredibly expensive OEM cat You can go on RockAuto or any online site Amazon etc and find the converter for your vehicle. They're generally between $2-$300

@kens97sto171

2 жыл бұрын

They're looking for OEM cats. Particularly hybrids. Priuses have been especially targeted because the factory one has a significant larger amount of precious metals than most other vehicles. There are prius owners in non-carb states, they're taking off their own factory cats, selling them legitimately. And putting $200 cats back on. Or storing their OEM cat someplace safe. California New York Colorado and I think Oregon require OEM cats for you to pass your smog test. So the crappy part in those states is not only is the thief stealing your cat he's also probably taking your car off the road permanently. Insurance company is likely to do a write-off. If you call Toyota and ask them what the cat costs for a 2008 Prius they're going to tell you $3,000. More than the car is worth, And you end up possibly losing your vehicle.

Not sold in stores! As seen on TV. Ask someone over 40 what that means about this product. We know.

to be fair if you watch the actually catstrap demo video, the strap with cables inside is bonded to the exhaust, and underneath that, in the glue are hardened steel rods (which you cant see). right where you would expect to cut through.

If those straps worked, then bicycle locks would be made of them. Also, what happens when you take a grinder to the alarm system? Will it go off to shut off?

@gotyoutriggered.3325

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, this design would only stop a full blown re. You can unscrew those exhaust hangers or cut threw them and pull that thing right out.

I called customer support to change my shipping address for the Castrap, and it sounded like Tom Birsen personally took my call! He seems like a good dude!

@cooking_chef_Mom

2 жыл бұрын

What the co. Name and ph no. Please

wish I could see the disappointment on the thieves face if they try to steal mine... jokes on them, mine is hallow!

That alarm was duct-taped to a rusty frame 😂

Is this what it has come to? You lock up your cat converter so the criminals can't get to it? Wouldn't it be easier to just lock up the criminals and throw away the key?

@ram89572

2 жыл бұрын

It'd be easier and more cost effective to just go ahead and execute the thieves

Hahaha apparently I need to go into this business. Looks like there are Tons of suckers out there.

My cat heard “Cat strap” and ran to hide under the bed.

wait till a cat runs under your car at night and the beeping starts going off

Invent a system that chops off the theifs arm when they try to steal it, give them a permanent reminder to not steal

@robertkartechner5850

Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

Actually effective options Option A: Lower you car. Theif can't cut it off if they can't slide underneath the car. Option B: By a German car. Most German brands, mainly BMW, have the cats near the engine in the engine bay. To cut them out you need access under the hood and under the car Option C: Delete your cat *if you state doesn't have emissions* they can't steal anything if there's nothing to steal Option D: Combine all 3 options above. Buy a BMW, delete the cats, and lower it.

@johnthree1611

2 жыл бұрын

You do realize that they use car jacks to get underneath any car?

@photonpilot__

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnthree1611 Can't if your cars low. I have to drive my car onto ramps before I can get a jack underneath it. Even a super low profile won't fit.

@johnthree1611

2 жыл бұрын

@@photonpilot__, Let me know how many actual cars are too low for jacks.

@photonpilot__

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnthree1611 Suprisingly quite a few. There's a lot of cars that come through the shop I work at that we have to drive onto ramps to put on lifts or jack up. Most of them are smaller sedans like Acural ILXs, Civics, BMW 2 series, BMW 3 series, etc. Especially if it's a sport trim model. They usually have additional sideskirt moulding that makes it very difficult or impossible to get a jack under. With SUVs no matter what you can crawl under there. Definitely not an issue jacking those guys up.

Funny part is where I'm from most exhaust shops are part of this

Wouldn't the heat from the exhaust pipes melt the Gorilla Tape? Why would you put duct tape on a hot exhaust system? That's going to create a fire or smoke or both.

Just install a "Test Pipe" "Temporarily" in place of the cat!

@muddobber6863

2 жыл бұрын

Only works in states without a yearly inspection.

The weakness in this is they use steel tie-wraps to attach it. Pair of sidecutters and they just snip them off, pull the big strap off, then go to work with their sawz-all. Need to use automotive exhaust pipe clamps and then tack-weld the nuts on the clamps.

@SHITS2DGIGGLES

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@engineclinic

2 жыл бұрын

No. It's held on by adhesive.

@EthosAtheos

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking my cable cutters will eat through those stainless cables in a couple of bites. I use them for stainless brake cables and guide wires all the time.

@Nightgig

2 жыл бұрын

Pipe clamps are easy to cut off.

@tinytattoomike7943

2 жыл бұрын

But the alarm she said in conjunction 🤣

bolt a rebar grid to your driveway over rubber insulators and connect it up to an electric fence generator .

Because the alarm is louder than the Sawzall? lol on that

This gonna be annoying with all the actual cats roaming the neighborhood.

@gettinintonature3350

2 жыл бұрын

that's what i'm saying. Rabbits and squirrels too. may work great in town but not in residential areas.

@blairbushproject

2 жыл бұрын

Cat problems are manifold.

@bond1j89

2 жыл бұрын

just driveing

@blairbushproject

2 жыл бұрын

@Shawn 🏴‍☠️ Stafford cats know when there’s a camera too. They probably would be intrigued with the security cam or sensor under the vehicle.

A good cut off disk will cut though ss cable as fast as sheet metal and the pipe coming out and in to the cat is stainless steel lol

My pickup has no converter after I had a custom exhaust installed.

Why wouldn’t they just cut from the top end down? Just get a full skid plate that covers them.

@billsmith305

2 жыл бұрын

Just take the lot, vehicle and all.

Great story, great reporter. I viewed this on the internet from Michigan and I am interested but you provided no internet link to the business. It would be helpful to provide this information if you profile other businesses.

@rupe53

2 жыл бұрын

the link to the business is in the story link below the video.

First of all, looks like it’s held on by a couple exhaust clamps, which I’m pretty sure could be made to go away in about 2 minutes with a cut off wheel…second of all, I don’t know how inept a thief would have to be to take 25 minutes to get through a couple of 1/4 inch steel cables given the right tool…a cutoff wheel or a sawzall with a metal cutting blade. And neither one of those is that expensive. And if your thief didn’t mind spending a little bit of extra money, he could blow through the pipe and strap on both ends of the cat with a acetylene tipped wrench in about 30 seconds. I’ve seen pictures of full on rebar cages welded around cats, welded directly to the frame rails. Now that would take some time and determination, even with the acetylene.

@ansv3340

2 жыл бұрын

Saw zall does not have wheels, it uses blades, metal cutting blades will not cut steel cables. So they need 2 tools now, sawzall and spin grinder, or pair of hood snips,

@cnf6045

2 жыл бұрын

@@ansv3340 I was referring to 2 separate tools, see ‘a cutoff wheel, or a sawzall with a metal cutting blade’. And I’ve never tried, but, I could see a sawzall binding up on big cable, (1/2, 9/16ths, ETC) but I bet it would get through those tiny 1/4 cables.

@x2dgamer34

2 жыл бұрын

@@ansv3340 Um just cut inside the two exhaust clamps remove cat and avoid cutting the cables all together.....

@cobre7717

2 жыл бұрын

@@cnf6045 cutting big cable with Sawzall is easier than cutting the 1/4 inch cable... the teeth just gum up and grab the cable and shake it while the blade reciprocates. The tape and sleeve and adhesive make the cables more secure and easier to cut. However : In theory the thief only has the one tool. The thief in theory just go down to the next car where the fruit is easier to pick.

@cnf6045

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobre7717 suppose, yeah. Imagine that’s more along the lines of ‘harder’ than ‘impossible’, and why take the harder route when you can go screw someone more easily

Samuel colt created a device to prevent catalytic converter theft long before catalytic converters were created.

@CNCmachiningisfun

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. And it works a treat on horse thieves too :) .

What keeps the plastic covering from melting ?

There's alot of 🐱's in our neighborhood they don't need to steal them they can have them.

easy fix straight pipe , more horsepower and sound cooler .

@udontneedmyname9934

2 жыл бұрын

Also illega

@udontneedmyname9934

2 жыл бұрын

Illegal

@jazzycup9274

2 жыл бұрын

@@udontneedmyname9934 Depends on where you are, even in birkenstock land (Washington state) it's legal but not in California due to CARB. "Make America Loud Again" seems like a great slogan for straight piping 😏

@ICU-th7qj

2 жыл бұрын

No not illegal in some places

@alanlangley7246

2 жыл бұрын

we dont have state inspections in arkansas )VROOM

My dog alarm warns me to use the magnum in case they hide behind their car.

One idea worked very well. Shop I worked for parttime, we team up just had enough. Bond broken glass to sheets of thin metal with bolt screw holes predrilled and tie or bolt into the frame center to the back as well back bumper. When one slides under there cut even in the winter this worked very well. Simple it's their problem there cut, one person's belongings have no right being someone else belongings.

When I took a work truck full of fridges to a scrap yard. They made a copy of my drivers license. Even though the work truck had our address, company, owners names, and phone numbers plastered on every surface. They wouldn't let me leave until the scrap yard workers evacuated the compressors on every single fridge. Some how people still bring in cats without anyone batting an eye.

Wouldn't it be simpler to make catalytic converters worthless? Government created this problem with their regulations.

Cut the alarm cord and then cut the cable strap with a cut off wheel . Easy Peasy.

What happens when the neighbor's cat sets off the alarm at 3AM?

Options: (a) Install a remote tyre inflation system so the tyres can be deflated quickly. (b) Install a remote suspension lower system (c) Hook up a compressed air system full of pepper spray. If someone touches the converter then it deploys filling the lungs , eyes, mouth full of pepper spray. Follow up with an alarm going off. This one isn't hard to build if you know what you are doing but legal issues may arise if you kill (choking) or blind the thief from this device. (d) Install a compressed water system. If the thief gets under the car and goes for the cat then high pressure water gets deployed like a sprinkler which basically stuffs any electric cutting tool not to mention covers the thief with water encouraging them to get out. A non toxic foot dye could be added to make them red / blue etc . With an auxilary compressor and water tank installed in the boot / trunk you could keep the spray going for a few additional minutes while the alarm is going off. (e) Build a lock up garage with motion sensors and cctv. Park car in there.

@jman0870

2 жыл бұрын

Dude. I literally cut love water lines with a battery reciprocating saw…it’s literally the same saw thieves use. 🙄

If my catalytic converter is being stolen and the guy has a grinder or sawzall im fearing for my life and letting my smith and wesson take care of the rest 😂

That's not even double sided tape.... They used a single piece and looped it. Very professional setup.

I had an old Mustang LX with a 302 in it and got mine ripped off years ago when I was going to college. Fortunately, I found a mechanic willing to slap a straight pipe where the convertor was for about $50 and the car was even quicker. Probably doesn't work on newer cars though with all the sensors and BS in the fuel delivery system, esp. if you have a turbo.

Install air suspension system that lowers the car when it senses violent movement of the cat. Cat thief is trapped under the car. He tries to wiggle and asks for help. Call the cops and tell him help is on the way.

@sylviaisgod6947

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds life the next SAW movie...."Do you want to play a game? You have 30 seconds to cut this off or you will meet your demise by being crushed to death, like you did to those hookers".

This isn't going to stop determined thieves who are properly equipped. What we need is a device that will electrocute anyone who breaks thru a mesh of wires installed around the exhaust system.

Lol they will never be able to cut those zip ties

I installed a flame thrower under my car.

A 5Kv capacitor attached to the cables would be more effective than the audible alarm. Who wants to hear another alarm in their neighborhood when, really, a split-second buzzing sound with a slight whiff of burning hair and flesh that will easily dissipate in the breeze won't wake anyone.

I took mine off. Don't you just love it living in a place that doesn't require those stupid tits on a bull things on your vehicle

My cat keeps setting the alarm off it’s garbage 😂

Ya that ain't gonna stop anyone what happens if a cat squirrel sets off that 99 cent store alarm lol

The only way to really fight it is for new laws and regulations to be put in place. Requiring all cats to be engraved with the vehicle vin# at the factory, A database of the owner and regulations requiring junk yards and others that buy them to confirm the Vin numbers on the cat and confirm they are not stolen.

@51-FS

2 жыл бұрын

What if they don't notice they cat missing for weeks? It's long gone by then....

@Johnny24rs

2 жыл бұрын

They are stealing cars despite all that, so I don't believe it will help

@MasterThimself

2 жыл бұрын

@@51-FS how can you not notice that your cat has been removed? The car will get insanely loud If the exhaust is open right behind the headers... Wich is where the Cat ist normally placed. And lets assume you are deaf... Your Check engine light will come on almost immediatly.

@51-FS

2 жыл бұрын

@@MasterThimself I don't drive all my vehicles every day....

@MasterThimself

2 жыл бұрын

@@51-FS OK thats a Point

Its cable tied on, cut the ties, unbolt the 2 ‘U’ bolts. The alarm is right there, rip if off or put the grinder to it and it will stop in a second. Now it would deter may be but some flaws i see. Constructively, is there a way to weld this in several places to the pipe and not use ties? And the alarm…can it be placed out the way may be under the hood and the wires hidden? Some additional brackets made into the process when rods are inserted that would allow the welding to be done.

Yea but what keeps the alarm from going off in normal driving or a cat goes under the car

News crew: Do you realize you are 45 seconds into this video before we get the first clue what the idea is? Cut the happy talk and get to the details. Great idea by the way.