Hit something at 75 mph and ripped this off

This is when you go to a tow lot or a junkyard somebody with a car in their yard whatever I don't know what the part number is it should be on the official Toyota breakdown of the car but it should be pretty quick to round up actually probably the same on all the generation twos and you got from 04 to '09 to pick from more or less

 

It's a brace. It's important enough that the engineers put it there in the first place, but probably ain't that critical.

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Bracket for protecting the exhaust pipe with a catalytic converter?

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OEM 58251-32010

 

I would suggest jacking the car up and inspecting the underside, especially the exhaust and the bottom of the gas tank.

Definitely a piece you would get from a pick a part or junkyard. I estimate the demand for this part is very very close to zero, any lot that has this model Prius will probably have one.

 

Check the local laws. There may be restrictions on who can do what with a catalytic converter. Part of that has to do with maintaining environmental protection laws, and the other part has to do with reducing catalytic converter theft.

 

JB weld isn't going to hold that together. Any muffler shop can cut out that bent section and weld a clean pipe back there. It's behind the CAT so it shouldn't affect EPA smog laws - whereas JB weld may earn you a NO PASS.
When you're at the junk yard, pull all the Evap equipment near the fuel tank, so you can cobble back together a sealed working Evap system.

Hope this helps.....

I would normally suggest cutting both ends off a beer can, wrap, and clamp it into place - but your pipe it too far out of round, and would leak.

 

That pipe is not even close to the catalytic converters. Those are at the front, near the engine. What you're looking at is the pipe downstream of the resonator. Every salvage yard cuts the cats out during car prep, before it even goes into the yard area. The remaining pipe section can be unbolted right at the rear suspension and the pipe section you need can be pulled right off for probably less than 20 bucks. That section of pipe is ~1.5" od. Get a splice or just take it to a muffler shop and they can patch it for you or splice in a short piece to replace the damaged area. This is a SUPER simple fix, even for an exhaust shop worth their weight in dirt.

On another note, I would have some concerns about the integrity of the fuel tank. That took a pretty big hit. I'm pretty sure the emissions system pulls a vacuum test on the area between the bladder and the case, so if there's a leak now, you're going to be throwing codes.