California catalytic converter

You have to buy a catalytic converter that's probably not on eBay that's made I think by MagnaFlow or Toyota they will advertise the fact that they are carb California air research board certified that will be a big selling point and make them cost a lot of money. The stuff you see on eBay for $120 is legal where I live but they still don't put the light off and just beware when you change your converter in California your light may not go off You may spend another whole bunch of money trying to get the light off which will have to be in your state in my state I don't have to have the light off where you live you will. I don't know the difference between the carb certified non Toyota converters and the Toyota converters as far as the difference in price goes I would say buy the cheaper one as long as it has the carb certification it'll be on paper etc California can probably tell you who those manufacturers and suppliers are.

 

Only Magnaflow is CARB compliant and then there is OEM but may be a wait list.

Sometimes there is a wait time for Magnaflow, I waited a year until they were back in stock.

When you go the Magnflow way, just go to their website and enter your car details and they will list what is for your car.

I paid $3K for mine, get on their email list if they are out of stock!!!

 

Yup, you will be safe with Magnaflow catalytic converters.

 

would seem to me. If everything is back ordered nothing can be delivered nothing can happen. The place where you live should have something in place to make things happen not just tell you you have to spend $30,000 on a new car or whatever the answer is thank God I am in none of those carb compliant states and never would be personally No one's going to tell me I have to go out and get a bank loan because parts aren't available for my ice engine and I can't drive my ice engine missing this stupid part of course I can and I will be and I do My problems are not the supply problems of the world the state's problems are not the supply problems of the planet either so then the state has to do something with their stupid regulations or make it so people can continue to get to work and live without trying to get another bank loan every 3 years because of parts problems or whatever the case may be I'm certainly not going for it. I live in a state purposely where emissions has been dumped so they were smarter than that here We know it's all a big racket let people that want to have good jobs and big bank and all of that pay for that stuff I'm not going to pay for it.

 

If you are considering Magnaflow, I would sign on to this vendor's web site.

Hottexhaust

They are currently offering 20% off on all products in their extended July 4th holiday sale.

If you buy the universal ones, you'd have to get a muffler shop fabricate the complete assembly. That may still be less expensive than the complete unit.

 

I'll have to go look at the universal I'm guessing what that would mean is I could use my original Gen 3 assembly wack out the converter part the part that has the brick in it weld in magniflows piece . Reinstall and I'm off that would be way cheaper here depending upon what that bulbous piece I'm buying from MagnaFlow with the brick in it costs $1,500 1800.? Just to be clear a regular converter that goes in most normal cars like a Corolla and all that is done by weight under 5,000 lb converters round bulbous parts cost me about 80 to $120 for every other car on the planet except just for this one at least as far as I know as of today. In all of the other cars not Prius I can just put a pipe there where I live It's legal no issue in my other cars The light will still be off even with the converter gutted and pipe put there. So it seems the converter is kind of no consequence The light doesn't come on and I still pass a sniff test with it not there seems to me the question is why is it there in the first place because somebody wanted maximum dollar extraction from the society.

 

That will work if the original cat wasn't stolen. And, he or she will need both the front and rear cats.

Or, you can get one of these used ones off of eBay;

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354872258725?hash=item52a008f0a5:g:cBsAAOSw9jpkl7-f&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0OubMt2Gj3Cll0sof%2Fbfbp%2BQEW1olgjQDRw2CKdXs7u1FU61xsSBcfv7gSeeOVfzqC5zW1PP3rs2HX1%2FoKy1GL0k%2Bmce0OIHjApf2MyP6tL6vmJKf2Rs2EF6F4i7C4sbCAlQWKPPSYi4ZMq%2B1Rxi3PGJ7Pqy4KsWp9dxI%2FxmbBaZfkdOEYlMFCPAnoZT6jFWj5XmixzJc5XwrlK0ftE63yEYoksOLZ5B7gFqdZC3EWWIg8khSdB6CbOaMkT9IPRnttkjkL9dYd%2FClVXp4Lcntik%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5KKyKqpYg

It is an OEM converter and complies with all CARB requirements. It will pass the smog test.

 

That eBay one has the markings that comply with the executive order.

The Magnaflow ones have 2-1/2 inch inlets and outlets. A custom muffler shop would have to cut off the current front and rear cats on your car and expand all the pipes to the larger diameter before welding.

Your best bet would be the OEM eBay one. It's a simple install.

 

If you go Magnaflow, it's cheaper on the long run to go with the direct fit unit. Having some shop fit the separate units would be more prone for failure. The Magnaflow unit is guaranteed fro 5 years. It would be simple and easy to replace if need be. The separate units would need extensive fitting again, even if they were replaced under warranty. Labor is not cheap.

 

From what I've read and seen,

A stock Toyota cat from a Gen 2 will have GD4 stamped on the cat closest to the engine and EA6 stamped on the second cat. Next to each GD4 and EA6 will be a small stamped Toyota symbol. NO OTHER stampings

 

It's absolutely criminal that you have to pay such prices.
Here in UK, the annual MOT test isn't allowed to check the exhaust output on a hybrid and when mine was stolen, it cost me a bit less than $200 to get an aftermarket one that's never given me an ounce of trouble in three years.
It might be cheaper just to move to the UK

 

There is no executive order number on my 2005 prius converter. I live in California. It just has the toyota markings

 

Considering the OEM cat is CARB-compliant, I really don't understand your line of thought.

Methinks your overthinking the whole thing.

 

It's literally the correct markings that the smog tech is looking for. Yes it came on my prius.