Catalytic converter grade?

I cut the converter off the 1996 mazda 626 and I'm wondering how to tell if it is aftermarket.

Originally Posted by scrapping4ever

I cut the converter off the 1996 mazda 626 and I'm wondering how to tell if it is aftermarket.

When you sell it to the scrap yard and walk away from the counter with only $4 in your hand, you'll know it was an aftermarket converter.

I was also told by my yard, that if there is one or more arrows stamped in the housing, then they consider it aftermarket.

"When you sell it to the scrap yard and walk away from the counter with only $4 in your hand, you'll know it was an aftermarket converter"

That one could possibly need be taken with a grain of salt because not all yards may always be Knowledgeable enough, honest enough, or even care enough to give a fairer price

Originally Posted by Bear

That one could possibly need be taken with a grain of salt because not all yards may always be Knowledgeable enough, honest enough, or even care enough to give a fairer price

That's kinda what I thought at the time, as I had just sold that same yard a similar (MoPar) converter a week before, and was paid $75 for that one. I was a bit disappointed, but got over it soon, as we were also hauling over 2 tons of shred, that day.

Most after market converters look like they are after market cheap and no substance to them light as feather.

If it says "catco", "flow", has an arrow, you can see rough welds or it has a shiny heat shield are usually indicators of aftermarkets

yeah sorry but that is a aftermarket.