Gold Price Guide 65% Off | Extended to 12/31!

NOBLE6 blog

Important Tips for Preparing Catalytic Converters

The Best Way to Get the Worst Price  

 

Cutting open catalytic converters to sell the loose material is one of the worst things you can do. When a scrap yard receives a broken or cut converter, they have no way of knowing which car the converter came from. Even if the seller is certain, it is from a high-priced model, the buyer will have no choice but to offer a much lower price without seeing the ceramic casing intact as it was created and sealed from the original manufacture. There are several reasons for this. The catalytic comb found in all catalytic converters looks the same across hundreds of thousands of catalytic converters. The buyer will pay per pound, and you will lose money. 

Make Selling Your Converter Easy 

 

 When you’re ready to sell your scrap catalytic converters, make sure all access piping is excluded. You’ll be able to fit more converters into a gaylord box, lowering shipping costs, and you’ll delight your buyer by allowing them to process your material faster. You may assume that those are difficult to cut. Most of them, however, are galvanized steel, which is relatively straightforward to cut. 

Get An Idea of The Value Ahead of Sale  

 

 

Another suggestion is to locate the numbers and clean them with a wire brush. The prices are determined by the numbers stamped on the converter. It is critical that you, as the seller, know how much your catalytic converter is worth so that the buyer does not undervalue your material. Our catalytic converter price guide is the best solution for this. This tool gives you access to thousands of catalytic converters, along with updated pricing and images for comparison and verification. Your buyer will be impressed that you did your research and will offer you a higher price as a result. 

RESOURCES

Catalytic Converter Recycling
Blog

Why Investors Can’t Ignore Palladium in 2026!

Palladium doesn’t have gold’s halo or silver’s lore, but it quietly underpins modern life—from catalytic converters scrubbing tailpipes to coatings in high-tech manufacturing. Prices…

Catalytic Converter Recycling
Blog

Why Catalytic Converter Prices Don’t Matter (Cash Flow is King)

Everyone says “sell at the top.” Pros say “turn the money.” In catalytic converter recycling—where PGMs are commodities that move daily—price is noise,…

Catalytic Converter Recycling
Blog

What Really Happened to Jay Leno’s Law?

California’s car culture was buzzing when Jay Leno’s Law (Senate Bill 712) was proposed. The bill promised to ease the burden on…