2nd Generation 2WD Tacoma | Cat Shield Installation for Catalytic Converter Protection 

Thanks for the great video. The bell housing bolts were quite hard to take off. I had to use a breaker bar. I went to tacomaworld to try to find the torque specs. A guy downloaded a pdf torque guide to share. The only bolts I found on the bell housing was torqued at 28 ft. lb. Definitely a little more torque even after I tightened them up. I'm content with the torque specs. Also, used their tip on placing the rivet nut if you don't have the rivet nut g

Thanks for sharing!! I just got my cat shield for my 06 Tacoma , just waiting for my rivet tool from Amazon, yeah over here in Hawaii we have lots of catalytic thieves, my wife's matrix got stolen right in front of our home , just wish I found the person under the car while cutting of the cat off, but thanks again for this video, it made it a lot easier for me 🤙 Aloha

Great video, thank you!!! Your shots of the transmission crossmember really helped me out. The previous owner of my truck had transmission work done. I had to flip my crossmember around for the rear mounting bolts to align correctly.

Nice video! I also thought my DIY kit was incomplete, but after doing more research it turns out only 1 nut is needed.

Whew 😅 did it thanks to this video I purchased proper riv nut installer, Took like 3 hours because jacking up in driveway is tough, not much space, back and forth,plus holding it in place while securing bolts is tough . It's on tho and cat thieves can go to hell .

I was told by Cat Security that this plate wouldn't work on my 2007 2WD Tacoma, 4 cyl. because it wouldn't protect the most sought after cat. by thieves. They are supposedly still working on a shield that will protect a 4 cyl. for the next 60 days. I wonder if there is a work around that would still let me use this shield.

I just installed mine on my Tacoma. Anyone hear of thieves dropping out the guard as well as taking the cats? Thinking of switching some of the security bo,to to make removal a bit harder.

for the threaded holes in the trans crossmember, do you know what thread/size? need to know for the chase bit, thanks for the video.

Does this shield work for a 2006 tacoma 2.7L? Tha cats are on the passenger side.

Do you access to the oil drain plug after installation?

Great video - dumb question. Can you see the "Cat Security" logo on the sides when looking at the truck? My Tacoma is de-badged and I'm not into logos.

Excellent video. Thanks a lot

Dude do you have to drill somwhere ?

Any issues like , vibration noise,heat , anything negative.. thanks for vid, bay area !

here we are a year later and you'd think the california politicians and lawmakers would of solved the cat theft problem by now🙄,wishful thinking. Thanks for the video! ordered my kit, hopefully I'll get it before my cat gets stolen

this is only for 6 cylinder Tacomas

Do you know the bolt specs for the bell housing when you revolted them in?

Great video, what size of tap did you use to chase those threads ?

Excellent Video

Great work!!! Worth the money !

anybody know the difference in installation difficulty for the second gen 4WD?

Nice job. How many holes did you have to drill?

Sorry I just saw is at the end

Cool vid

How much is that