Anyone know of a good place to buy a new or (hopefully) used catalytic converter? Or a good chain to have one installed?

Thanks

 

on what car/engine?

i replaced my cats with magnaflow performance ones... saved $800!

 

It's a 2001 A6 Quattro 2.8L. Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

you can always call up some junkyards and see what they have, youll be surprised how good of a condition some parts can be from there, while the whole rest of the car could look like S*** lol

 

well that's what I have too
so go magnaflow (best to replace both they are about $60 ea)

... or you can search for the oem cat replacement i forgot what site they sell them on but give search a shot you should be able to find it quick (about $400 ea)

 

Hey I have an important question...Right now my cel on for a bad passenger cat, an indy mech I have been going to strongly suggested OEM cats and I was wondering if I could just go to a muffler shop and get two magnaflows welded on in place of the stock cats. Would this cause any problems? Im assuming with stock exhaust the sound/performance difference will not even be noticeable right?

 

I wish I could give you a definite answer but I am more tuned in the the 2.8... fwiw that is what I did on my car.

You might throw a CEL (I only have twice but it went away within a week or so each time)

Also if you're burning out your cat you might want to look out for what caused it... you could have an o2 sensor on the fritz. (thats what happened to me i'm on my 2nd set of magnaflow cats)

 

for your reference, 2.8s and 2.7Ts have issues with ECU being set for too low of threshold for catalytic converter readings. You can have the dealer flash the ECU with the latest program and it can get rid of the catalytic converter issue. FYI, not all ECUs can be updated, but it is worth checking with the dealer. It costed be $300 to reflash, and fault codes went away for good.

 

Hxgaser,i noticed you have an answer to all questions. impressive

 

Neah... Nothing to be impressived about. It just means that my car is "special" and had all the problems.