The downpipes of the cats were made of 409 stainless, this is a lower grade of stainless that is commonly used on OEM exhaust systems. It corrodes slightly but still lasts a long time. It also does not polish too well, unlike 304 which is commonly found in performance exhausts but OEMs don’t care about stuff you can’t see!
Magnaflow’s tubing has smooth mandrel bends and is about 1/8″ larger in diameter than the stock Toyota parts to give a little better flow.
What’s great is Magnaflow has a recycling program where they pay for the return shipping to Magnaflow and give you a $75 rebate on each of your old cats, it’s better and more convenient than trying to dispose of your old cats yourself. We got $150 back.
7 comments
In Canada big OEM catatytic converter like this are worth a couple hundred dollar. A lot of people buy them on marketplace. But it is probably against the law in California to sell used coverter….
So EO# D-798-14 does not belong to Magnaflow which is the reason why the catalytic converter cans look different. They could have a cross marketing agreement with AP exhaust, which is why they are using their catalytic converter on their direct fit parts. 75 dollars to recycle your catalytic converter is a joke. if it was only worth 75 dollars catalytic converter thieves wouldn’t be stealing them off vehicles. Magnaflow is making a killing on recycling your old cats.
It’s actually $150 bucks and I don’t really care, was going to throw it away and Magnaflow makes it convenient to get rid of it.
I agree, finding a scrap yard and then getting to it, haggling, and getting whatever they give you is not worth the trouble if you can just send the catalytic converter back. It’s nice to get a little extra moolah on top of it, with $150 you can probably fill the tank on that Tundra from E lol.
maybe half tank! The good thing is the new cats gave me 2 more mpg.
Right👍🏿
Love that O2 sensor socket! Mine sticks out too far to be of much use in tight spaces.