Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention 

Amen because mine is gone! And I had a shield over it.

@@ladyfame1430 Even with the shield? Damn! May I ask which shield did you use?

@Carpy Chris, Would be nice if car manufacturers put some kind of shield on all of their new cars and trucks from now on! Make it so that only the owner could open the shield with a key that is given to the owner when they buy the car or truck. Now, that would stop a lot of the thefts that are going on like wild fire! Got mine stolen three weeks ago and let me tell ya it wrecked my life for over a week because I was out of transportation for 1.5 weeks! My car still hasn't pass the emission test since then and I will have to replace the sensors because those bastards messed up my sensors as well!

@@grandwonder5858 Hey how are you all the shields are basically the same I believe it’s made of stainless steel I think and pretty thick ......the shield is in my garage I would have to go look For the model or the brand name, it is stainless steel and there’s about 4-5 feet wide in about 4-5 feet long as well And it has several bolts going around the three sides of it. I mean a lot of bolts...like 20 or more... it took a lot of time For me to get it off. I just know they went up and around the front wheel and unbolted where the cat attaches and then they cut where the resonator Is, bent the shield down a little bit probably by pulling on it with a little bit of weight, Probably with their arms just pulling or crowbar then just Shimmied and wiggled it out through the space so I was left with a slightly hanging resonator tube and no cat. I found a couple bolts and springs on the ground by where my car was parked. I just took my car to the dealership and they have seen a shield being cut as well. You’re just gonna have to garage the best you can or get a sensor alarm that goes underneath it with several different horns that go off even one inside your house so they can’t disconnect it and it will go off inside so you’ll hear it even in your side your house when you’re sleeping no crackhead wants to hear an alarm going off and they can’t Make stop. Also they don’t know where it’s coming from it will piss them off you’ll definitely be out there within 30 seconds if you have an alarm going off by your bed you can add horns to alarms which makes it pretty cool because I was asleep when it happened to me and I didn’t hear until it’s too late. Metal won’t protect your Cat converter as long as there’s tools to cut through metal you’re never gonna be safe From theft it slows them down but not enough garage it or make it super loud with a horn To where they can’t even get under your car look! so everybody comes out of their houses To see what’s going on like wtf they’re not gonna like that no matter What time of day it is this means you have to modify an alarm by the way not just a simple car alarm. Good luck if you’re in California you have my sympathy.

or maybe these recycling places that take these should only take them if you can prove that it came off your vehicle. them just taking from random people is what is giving excuse for them to steal them

That’s frightening 👍🤓👍

I like that idea about the exhaust clamps 👍 That's nuts, around 3,000 catalytic converter thefts in the six months, shocking!

Catloc installed in so many cars now thankfully

They have battery saw saw too

I gave a cat lock on mine, I've not owned it long , so still getting to know the underside. Being a welder fabricator by trade, I would say this sounds like the best deterrent if you get enough metal around it it will take too long to cut. The idea is to be in and out quick. I bought mine from London and the vehicle always lived on a quiet drive. The lock seemed to gave been enough of a deterrent. There was a few spicy looking estates nearby. It's bloody noisy though, rattles on low revs. I'm going to try and cushion it somehow, maybe wrapping a long narrow spring round it.

Thank you that’s really kind of you 👍🤓👍

Mel’s Van World So lush to see you’ve completed your van. I’ve been awol on here for a while but am catching up on your videos now. Plus I’ve just had my stove fitted and finished so will send you some photos 👍🏻. My van has a long way to go!

Thank you I really appreciate your positive feedback 👍🤓👍

Thank you and you have a safe trip home 👍🤓👍

Thank you that’s really appreciated and yes that’s the message I want to get across from this experience you need to protect yourself 👍🤓👍

Bolt Croppers away in 30 seconds £130 down the drain these people are smart

spongebob smellypants there not that smart are they being thieves just waiting to be locked up. An it’s not to guarantee it can’t happen it’s another added deterrent an now you’d have to spend more time doing that before getting to use cut tool on the cat.

Oh my goodness me good job you looked 👍🤓👍

Thank you 👍🤓👍

Nice one 🤓👍

Thank you Mark 👍🤓👍

I’ve never seen them before 👍

Your absolutely welcome good luck 🤓👍

OMG 😳

This cat issue is extortion

I didn’t think about it until then and almost to late 👍🤓👍

Thank you and you stay safe 👍🤓👍

It’s frightening how simple it is for them to be nicked 😬

Lol 😂

Haha brilliant thanks for helping me out 👍🤓👍

Thank you 👍🤓👍🍻

Thank you Bruce 👍🤓👍

Get one Bex I’d hate to see you get robbed ☹️

Thank you rob 👍🤓👍

Thank you that’s really appreciated 👍

Thank you and yes some people do that 👍😂👍

Thank you for the positive feedback really appreciated 👍🤓👍

Thanks for sharing

You’re absolutely welcome thank you 👍🤓👍

Thanks me too 👍🤓👍

Good luck 🤓

What did you go with?

So true 👍🤓👍

Hi ya euro 4 or euro 5 will be on your log book V5 good my van has a cat and a Dpf good luck 👍🤓👍

Thank you for the positive comment good luck with your build 👍🤓👍

Oh that’s crap I’m sorry to hear that 😬

Don’t worry I got a big friend waiting for them 😂👍

Thanks 👍

Yep 👍 did that there not allowed to show us and the police haven’t got the time

Haha 😂 brilliant

Thank you 👍🤓👍

Yes someone else has told me about him I’ll have to have a look 🤓👍

They shopped his one-off with an electric saw when he was in the van )-:

Then again, considering Dave2D tries to make money off RU-vid essentially parasitizing vanlifers’ hard work and content by “roasting” them... I’d call karma on that particular dude 🤔😏

I didn’t even know such a thing was invited 😂👍

It’s march 2023 and a car thief went j to our 35 cars at the apartment development ONLY opening the driver side door. So now we have tk worry anout Blank Key Fobs unlocking our cars as well as Ground Floor Thieves.!

Thank you I’ll make sure I wake up with a bat in hand if they try again 👍

if he heard the pipe cutter an angle grinder would be deafening.sawzlall maybe even louder.this guy was trying to be smart,but if he had any kind of brains he would wait until there was no one in or around.

Haha thank you 😊

And if they do I’ll definitely wake up 👍🤓👍

Theses guys had a red Audi 😬

Hahah thanks for reminding me 👍😂👍🍻

I have no idea what ya mean lol 😂

Yes some people weld hard rods to the pipe 👍🤓👍

They won't walk around with bolt cutters and an exhaust cutter. If they were stopped and searched that would be an instant charge. I imagine they work by first looking undedneath a likely target but would simply move on if there is no Cat or its locked.

Thank you 🙏

The police was called all they did was issue a crime number

Thank you 👍🤓👍

I like the gun idea 👍😂👍

Even better is wasp spray. Totally legit to have in a camper, won’t get everywhere like bear spray, aims well, shoots far... and burns like hell. He he. Take that, 🐱 thief! 😭🤪😛

wtf is olive oil going to do?wouldnt that make him harder to catch?you spray olive oil on me im going to work you over!

Sounds like a great idea 👍

The name of the YT channel is: The Switz... He has two videos called: How I Keep My Catalytic Converter From Being Stolen, Part 1 & 2

Lucky for me they were cowards 👍🤓👍

hahahah hopefully they get caught up in the drive shaft for a while ,spit out ran over by you and then everyone behind you.that would be sweet justice right there lol!

Haha well done 👍

Exactly that most crocks are lazy bastards

Me in my underwear is frightening lol

Oh my goodness me I couldn’t deal with that I’d be devastated

We have them stolen regularly - for a full system with temp sensors etc there is something like 24 individual items...... one Christmas we had maybe 20 stolen!

Good to know you got your knee surgery done speedy recovery mate 👍🤓👍

2 things, 1 battery angle grinder make a hell of a noise, especially if someone's trying to remain quite and stealthy, and 2nd, Yes they could just cut though the wire, but if they weren't expecting it to be there, hopefully they wouldn't be carrying said battery angle grinder/bolt cutters in there back pocket, and they take one look at it and move on to the next unsuspecting owners vehicle leaving this one untouched.

That's an ignorant thing to say.

Oh my goddess me how on earth can they say he was at fault? That’s incredible makes me so angry when insurance companies do that

Haha brilliant idea

As soon as i saw 12 gauge”, i envisioned a BLOWN OFF head underneath your vehicle. 😮😬

Never had I until that night 👍😂👍

@Urban Explorer to be fair they dont steal cats in Liverpool, they just take the whole van

The cat and dpf was new on the van when I brought it good luck with yours 👍

Hi Chris I’ve done that in the winter I used a battery booster and had no issues 👍🤓👍

Great thanks!

I wasn’t in the super market car park I was in the mortuary car park next to Asda 👍

@@BigVanSmallWorld Stealthing in the mortuary car park?!! What you practicing for there?

You probably got one coming rite out your manifold 👍🤓👍

Ur might be all ready gone

I doubt it will affect my insurance

it looks like the one i have is no longer available but here's one that's almost the same ebay.us/aeEKF3

I’m sorry to hear that you had yours nicked must have been gutted 😬

@@BigVanSmallWorld I was well gutted this is a big problem were I live and probably all over the country I'd like to now just who is buying all these stolen cats 🙀😾😹😼

It was reported because they got the one off the jeep

Thank you 🤓👍

You’re absolutely welcome. I have no doubt they use them grinders here in the UK too! The best thing we can do is make it harder for them in the hope they will just not bother and go find an easy target 👍😳👍

@@BigVanSmallWorld I would tack cable to the cat where the holes exposed by wrap with a welder.

​@timthemechanix when living in trucks in the 80's we had similar issues, ie certain gearboxes for instance had a great export value. It wasn't uncommon to weld these onto the Bell housing, with some operators paying someone to sleep in trucks overnight in the yard, to watch out for theives. Funny story, one of the known gearbox theives came out of the supermarket, jumped in his truck, fired up the engine, went to grab the gear stick, and it dropped through the floor, yep, someone had his gearbox, whilst he was shopping. Lol.

Those 18v lithium ion power tools are a godsend. Unfortunately they're universally useful. To wrong uns as well as trades. A freind of mine list the keys to his bike lock, his bike was locked to the train station railings. He grabbed his 18v grinder and went to cut his lock off. When he arrived there was some Herbert trying to remove it. Being a big imposing guy, my freind strolled over announcing "this is how you do it" and cut the lock off, knife through butter style, showering the would be theif in sparks.

This would still be an easy steel by simply doing what thieves to do remove steering wheel locks: liquid nitrogen. Easy peasy unfortunately.

​@@Whoo_Boytrue, but most thieves don't carry it on them

​@@Whoo_Boyyes unfortunately there's a lot of tech that helps legit trades and theives equally. Most theives are chancers and drug dependants. You'll deter most of them, most of the time. Take as many precautions as you can. The pro theives will always succeed. They're ingenious, if some had offered them the right training and job opportunitys they'd be bloody successful in a legit trade. Lol.

Nothing back yet but don’t worry I’ll be making a video when I do 👍🤓👍

Oh mate that’s just horrible I’m sorry to hear that 😬

is that right!

That’s a great question but I’m sorry i really don’t know

I’ll have a look 👍

Oh no that’s just a scummy thing to do I’m sorry you had to experience that

Oh that’s crap 😬

We called the police department and all they did was issue a crime number didn’t even bother to come out