Re: Higher cost of car battery and theft of catalytic converters
What kind of shops did you call? I don't know of any shop that will replace a converter with one you bring in. Federal regulations or something along those lines. Now most privately owned shops can and sometimes will replace converters with universal ones. The ones that will usually know which ones are the good ones to buy and which ones to stay away from. You might not get it for $50 but I'm sure $200 installed would be better than $450 plus installation.
Actually the whole system installed is from about $50-100, just bolts. I can't find anyone at the independent muffler shops that will put in the universal(s).
After you buy 2 universals and get them welded I'm not so sure it would be much cheaper here in N. Dallas. I'm not even close to the cheap garages in the South side of the city nor would I even be able to guess who to use.
