My local yard takes Cats at $10 a piece no matter what kind or size just a flat rate. I will do my homework and find out if I can get a better price next time.
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My local yard takes Cats at $10 a piece no matter what kind or size just a flat rate. I will do my homework and find out if I can get a better price next time.
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I would try your local exhaust shop, they might buy them for more then your yard. In my case, my yard will give me more then the exhaust shop. But for you, it sounds like it will be the other way around if there only giving you 10 bucks!
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Just about anywhere.Originally Posted by imyourgirl
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
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The only cats it would be worth selling at that price are aftermarkets. One of the local scrap yards prices them out as small, medium, and large, for $4, $6, and $10. They always get some each month although not a lot, and I'm always amazed they actually get any. There will be converter buyers in your area. If you deal with any of the auto wreckers/scrap car haulers in your area, ask them who buys theirs. Often the cat buyer will also buy the scrap alum rims, batteries, radiators etc. Around here anyways, wrecking yards and scrap car haulers consider the converter value of the car when they buy the car, just like the steel value. At insurance auctions, cars with good converters will sell for at least $50 more than if they had no cat. So those buying them need to get the most possible value out, so they usually do a lot of searching to find a buyer. If you can find out who their buyer is, you'll definitely get more than $10.
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Palladium from auto catalyst.
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i buy them but you would have to ship them to me.
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Next time I collect enough I will contact you, thanks
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imyourgirl...I also buy cats. The only way your cat would be worth $10 is if it was an aftermarket or a pre...and thats on the low end for a pre.
Bubba...the amount of honeycomb really has nothing to do with the value unless it is a partial. It's all based on what it came off of. Keep in mind there are also cats that have beads instead of honeycomb.
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Ok imyourgirl just send me a pm when you want to ship me some.
Thx and i look forward to doing business with you in the future!!
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What are some of the best cars to get cats off of? So far the best for me have been, Grand Prixs, Grand Ams, Bonneviles, Corsicas, and Cavaliers. Any other good ones?
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Exotics...Mercedes Benz, BMW, Jags etc. Thats where the big $$$ is.
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Well more than likely your not going to buy and benz,bmw and such for junk.there are some out there but they are very hard to find.
Any large body gm is good
Explorers,Taurus,sable,winstar
Transport mini van,Grand prixs,grand ams, lesabres,Most gms really
grand caravan,caravan,stratus,sebring,
And loads of others.
If you need help pm me on the car you are buying and i can pretty much tell what cat is on it and what it should be worth.
I will help anyone out all i can.
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I have the following
1-off a 1995gmc truck
1-1991 vw jette
1-1998 eclipse
1-2001 malibue
1-1992 blazer
1 -1995 sunfire
1- 1995 talon
1 -1989 Toyota Corolla
1-1996 Toyota Corolla
2- 2003 gmc savanna
What are these cats worth
Here's what I have. I assume the smaller piece just before the cat is a pre cat?
'85 Toyota motorhome
'89 Dodge Dynasty
'95 Dodge Intrepid w/ 2 pre cats?
'93 GMC Safari
'96 Nissan Quest cat w/ 1 pre cat?
'95 Pontiac Grand Am
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Focker, thank you for the little extra info, how ever... i disagree on the taurus! 1st of all, i hate them cars... the cats are a pain, and my cats were not worth much.
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Taurus cat without the O2 sensor is about $125, and with the O2 sensor is about $100. Pretty decent cats, and pretty easy to cut out with a sawzall. That's on the older models that only had 1 cat.
For ppl asking about prices on other cats, posting pics is the best way to ensure you're going to get a fairly accurate price. Lots of those vehicles listed have more than 1 converter available, depending on engine and whatnot. Some are fairly straightforward. Like the Dynasty, is a chrysler straight, $92 around here right now. The 95 Intrepid is usually a cat that has 2 pipes running into it, and a single pipe running out. That's rated as a "half of a Jeep", or 1/2 of $85, or $42.50. The 2 pre-cats on those are the ones right at the ex manifolds, and they are what's called foil or wire material. If you look inside of them, they look like rolled up cardboard. Those are worth about $8 each or so.
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Oh okay thanks focker. I have had close to 5 tauruses, and they have all had 2 or 4 cats, 92-95 years. even crushed a taurus sho!
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Yeah they are a pain thats for sure.But i have them down pretty good now still have trouble sometimes.They are 2 honeycomb worth $50 or so each so thats 100 per car that isnt bad at all if you ask me.
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send me some pic in pm and i will grade them for you.
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Send me pics and i can give more detail to what they are.let me know
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