# Buy a catalytic converter locally? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395 "2011-11-15T07:29:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/1 "2011-11-15T07:29:33Z")
I can’t find an auto store that has universal catalytic converters. Advanced Retards and Auto Stoned have them listeed but want me to pay extra and wait a few weeks because they don’t have them in stock even though it’s their own fault. Anyways, I need a 2 1/4 catalytic converter by Friday, is it really this hard to find one? Where should I go? ---------- Post added at 11:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ---------- Nevermind, Napa has them in stock locally. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/2 "2011-11-15T07:33:00Z")
rockauto would probably be able to get you one by friday as well… ---
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/3 "2011-11-15T11:02:46Z")
Try skyway auto parts on tift street ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/4 "2011-11-15T14:37:19Z")
why by friday? cut yours off and gut it ---
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/5 "2011-11-15T15:05:37Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > why by friday? cut yours off and gut it I have a header + straight pipe but I’m tired of the fumes and trying to find a sticker. Gonna return it to stock and put it up for sale but first I want it inspected so it’s legit. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/6 "2011-11-15T15:56:23Z")
if you go to a quick lube no one will check for a cat, as long as there’s no CEL on you’re good, and if there is you can get an antifouler for like 20$ and have someone on here install it for ya ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/7 "2011-11-15T16:39:54Z")
I’d assume he’s throwing a CEL, which is why he’s looking for a cat. I can GUARANTEE that a cat is the first thing a yard cuts out of the car and sells to R+R or any other place that buys them. Autopart international would most likely have a cat for your car, and they are pretty damn cheap too. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyballs69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donkeyballs69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/donkeyballs69)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/8 "2011-11-15T19:21:32Z")
I think K&S on river rd has them but they might not have the exact size. ---
**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/9 "2011-11-15T19:43:52Z")
> [@Quattro Krant](#): > > I’d assume he’s throwing a CEL, which is why he’s looking for a cat. I can GUARANTEE that a cat is the first thing a yard cuts out of the car and sells to R+R or any other place that buys them. Autopart international would most likely have a cat for your car, and they are pretty damn cheap too. i highly doubt its throwing a CEL, but for NYS state inspection he is required to have a cat visually in place or it will fail. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/10 "2011-11-15T19:53:28Z")
> [@honda4life](#): > > i highly doubt its throwing a CEL, but for NYS state inspection he is required to have a cat visually in place or it will fail. Which is why he would do this: > [@ubengineering](#): > > if you go to a quick lube no one will check for a cat, as long as there’s no CEL on you’re good, and if there is you can get an antifouler for like 20$ and have someone on here install it for ya ---
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/11 "2011-11-17T11:34:36Z")
The fumes are what bothers me the most, I can’t stand it when I’m idling. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/12 "2011-11-17T14:03:05Z")
thats because you have a leak^^^ I have no fumes ---
**Author:** ![josuedc2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/josuedc2/32/5111_2.png) [@josuedc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/josuedc2)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-catalytic-converter-locally/218395/13 "2011-11-17T16:09:17Z")
Try PEPBOYS Last time I worked there they carried them.