I own an iVECO Daily van and the first day i bought my vehicle the catalytic convertor got stolen from outside my house during the night. I looked on the internet and read about all the protection their is. i lost sleep for a few days as I paid over £1500 to get mine replaced.

People suggest getting an alarm done, getting the catalytic convertor tagged by a police number, wielding the bolts etc, but think about it will any of this really help the issue of theft. I DONT THINK SO…

1) if you weld the bolt the thief can cut the pipe
2) if you tag the Catalytic convertor it can be scrapped off
3) Thieves take under 5 minutes to remove one by the time the alarm goes off he’s already gone.
4) If you spot the thief stealing it under your car, by the time you call the police the thief has already taken the damn thing.

Whats the point.

I HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS: -

I have got a metal cage built around my catalytic convertor by a local garage i know, there is no way a sensible thief would bother angle grinding it off. The cage is not easily to remove it is welded on, even if they cut the catalytic convertor with the pipe cutter they wont be able to remove it from its cage.

If you need any more information contact me on shoaibawan@me.com

I will hopefully be able to advise anyone who needs help.

Thank You