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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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I’ve got a couple of spare cats, OEM small twin metallic and single ceramics by ECIA.
What kind of prices are actually being paid, and if I don’t have social media, where do I look for good/recommended buyers? My 2022 experiences with scrappies in Sydney have been unimpressive. They’re seeming to pay less than ever - was offered barely $4/battery recently. I don’t “need” the money outright but figured it might be a nice circle to raise the cash and then spend it on improving an exhaust actually fitted to one of my cars. |
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Sling Shot
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Canberra
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Cant you look up your location or close to it on Gumtree and see what people are selling them for? You don't need social media to look up gumtree ads
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Atwell W.A.
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Here is where I used to sell them when I had the yard, you wont get anything close from the guys on gumtree or face book, have been paid up to $1500 for a single cat before, you just look up the cat part number on this site and it gives you a price.
https://www.ecotradegroup.com/en/?gc...xoCtjIQAvD_BwE You have to sign up to use the service but it has a free service that lets you check 3 cat part numbers a day. Last edited by prktkljokr; 14-10-2022 at 11:35 AM. Reason: more info |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Gumtree, ebay (although they take a fee), or get someone with a FB account and ask them to list on your behalf. I'm currently doing that for my 90+ year old neighbour who doesn't have an account.
I find FB really good for this kind of stuff, no fees and you get to see who you are dealing with, less likelihood of being dicked around but not completely zero.
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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PJ, when you say it’s required to sign up, is it a fee-based structure or just a formality to weed out some of the dropkicks?
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praek tih kl jo kr
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Or you can send me the make and model or the part number on the cat and I can look it up for you on my account.
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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I tried to sign up, so far there is no confirmation email or further instruction. :-/
2002 and 2005 Alfa Romeo 147 2,0 petrol - both factory cats each, if you feel like punching them in. |
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Sick Puppy
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Looks like the free service is down to 1 search a day now:( |
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2009 xr turbo,2004 fiesta
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Last cats i sold from my vf wagon got 150 each,guy said they got sent to usa to be stripped,then to malaysia to have the substrate broken down and the precious metals extracted and they make roughly 350 to 400 from each cat.
Just what he told me,scrap metal place in welshpool,perth |
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Atwell W.A.
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Ok there is 4 different cats listed
there is a 2 into 1 set up, short fat stumpy type with flange, a long skinny one that looks like centre section set up and 1 they have a close up of the part number 51805096 51769268 |
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Ok the first 1 there are 2 different ones part numbers are
73503566 $ 303.40 yours looks to be this one 46739666 $ 209.53 The 2 into 1 is worth $141.69 |
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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Thank you!
That’s really interesting - I’d have thought the 2-1 (metallic core) to come up much higher and the stumpy cat (they are the ceramic matrix 46739666 sadly) to be lower. So I’m looking at $700 tops before they clip my ticket for DHL freight. Still nothing heard from the website, after I signed up. |
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Atwell W.A.
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Yep, your conformation has not gone to your junk folder?
Just a tip though, cut off as much of the excess piping as possible, it saves on freight cost |
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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No, I check that as a matter of practice when signing up to things.
![]() Shame they don’t have a consolidating agent here for freight, my dearest is ready when haggling in Russian is required - I presume the company is based in Lithuania or Bulgaria. |
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praek tih kl jo kr
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praek tih kl jo kr
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You can have a cat that contains a lot of precious metal, I have had them go as high as $1500, and I have had some that are worthless, as the cost to extract the little precious metal they have in them negates their value.
Cats vary so much in value it comes down to how much rhodium, platinum and palladium they can get out of it, the copper, nickel, cerium, iron and manganese etc is not even in the equation when they give you a price. If they get just 2 grams of rhodium from each cat there is $450, 2 grams of palladium is $69, and 2 grams of platinum is $32, most cats will have between 2 and 7 grams of each metal. Last edited by prktkljokr; 17-10-2022 at 09:23 PM. |
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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Murphy was obviously lining up to give me a golden shower when I started this thread, Friday the daily’s cats blocked up terribly and I couldn’t hold 110 uphill without overheating. Naturally, I was on a 600km trip.
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