Hey all! So I live in Idaho now, and hybrid cars are smog exempt here. That being the case I pulled my Toyota original catalytic converter and shelved it for a rainy day. So this has me wondering what the market is for them these days? Anyone interested?
There was a time you'd get $1600 cash real quick for them... But most of that went away when they busted up all the crime rings focused on them. Also, most states created laws requiring chain of custody documentation on selling them to rare metal extractors. As in that Cat you have has 2 grams of Rhodium, 2 grams of Platinum and 2 grams of Palladium. Do a search on current value of those metals and you'll realize the potential value. But process of extracting those metals is sketchy... On a more practical level, if at some point you just want to get rid of it and ensure its gifted to a low income person in need, I know someone that would be grateful to pay a modest price because a Seattle Toyota Stealership installed an aftermarket cat during the theft epicdemic in early 2000's and charged her thousands and it already failed a year after the 3-year warranty expired and she worries alot about the catalytic converter error code and it'd be nice to eliminate those text messages and the drive over to clear the code routine of it all from my life.
