5th gen catalytic converter prices

tobyslude · Post by **tobyslude** » Thu May 28, 2020 7:22 pm

Hi all,

Just curious as I'll be replacing my cat with an aftermarket ebay one as whatever supports the honeycomb in the exhaust pipe has failed causing a horrible rattling noise.. All the honeycomb still appears to be present tho.

So was wondering if any of you have scrapped a 5th gen cat? And how much you got for it. I assume the 2.0 and the 2.2 is the same but mine's a 2.0.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri May 29, 2020 2:59 pm

I've scrapped a cat before (not from a lude, from something else - the cat was physically bigger).
Have had a look for the receipt but can't find it atm.
It wasn't much though - you're definitely not going to get rich, put it that way...

tobyslude · Post by **tobyslude** » Fri May 29, 2020 6:42 pm

wurlycorner wrote: ↑
Fri May 29, 2020 2:59 pm
I've scrapped a cat before (not from a lude, from something else - the cat was physically bigger).
Have had a look for the receipt but can't find it atm.
It wasn't much though - you're definitely not going to get rich, put it that way...

Aha, I'm just hoping to maybe get the money back I spent on the new cat which was only £43

Post by **newkid** » Sun May 31, 2020 3:55 am

Depends on the cat. Accord type r are worth 400+

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:07 am

tobyslude wrote: ↑
Fri May 29, 2020 6:42 pm
Aha, I'm just hoping to maybe get the money back I spent on the new cat which was only £43

You won't get that, scrap value.

tobyslude · Post by **tobyslude** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:41 am

wurlycorner wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:07 am

tobyslude wrote: ↑
Fri May 29, 2020 6:42 pm
Aha, I'm just hoping to maybe get the money back I spent on the new cat which was only £43
You won't get that, scrap value.

Been offered £60 and £125 already

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:00 pm

That makes absolutely no sense, considering you can buy them for less than that, new

tobyslude · Post by **tobyslude** » Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:33 pm

wurlycorner wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:00 pm
That makes absolutely no sense, considering you can buy them for less than that, new

From what I've found out the aftermarket cats aren't made with the same "precious metals" as the Honda factory ones. Or any car's factory cats. So most original cats are worth a good bit in scrap, especially EP3s and Jazzs as they seem to get nicked a lot.