Cat Converter Theft

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Sorry to hear about the theft. It seems to be part of the "foraging" and "metal recycling" movement lifestyle. The platinum in a cat converter is worth about $300, if recovered. The cost of a new catalytic converter is not so much the amount of platinum and pollonium, it's the fabrication of the honeycomb mesh that holds the metal. The salvage sale price is about $25 to $100, the salvage place takes the honeycomb out and throws the rest into the iron pile. The salvage place can sell it for a couple hundred dollars to a recovery place, which is still a large profit. The converter has soft muffler iron on each side, easily cut, the bolts can be removed later and it looks like legitimate salvage. A quick look on craigslist shows at least 3 salvage places in Kea'au that buy cat converters, and a few others on the BI, probably no questions asked. There are plenty of videos on Youtube about how to remove cat converters quickly, how to pull the honeycomb mesh out and even some very dangerous extraction methods. Fifty bucks will buy a cut gram of meth, enough for a day or two of the Hawaiian ICE lifestyle.

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/ptd/3807265812.html
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/wan/3781609814.html
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/pts/3720774449.html
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/wan/3709308378.html
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/wan/3678948735.html
http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/wan/3717157207.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYfUNXUDPqo
How to get platinum out of catalytic converter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJPSYb6xOBo
How to Scrap Catalytic Converters

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