Cat chat: 2002 stock EX replacement cost?
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Cat chat: 2002 stock EX replacement cost?
[edit: ok, did look at some online wholesale prices, haha. Maybe not OEM! $$$]
Just got my Civic yesterday. Everything's stock and in great shape. But the dealer/inspector cleared the emissions when I realize now that they shouldn't have! There's a lot of exhaust coming into the cabin at stoplights when the outside air intake is on (none I can smell with recirculation.)
So I had looked under the car intensively before buying and used my camera to take pics of what I couldn't see. The pic of the cat showed rust on the little LCD but didn't look too bad. After I bought the car and noticed this problem driving home, I pulled up the pic on my big monitor, and it's clear it needs to be replaced! It's a little loud when accelerating, too, but the rest of the system had only medium to minor rust (I did take a pic of behind the muffler.)
Yeah, I kinda got a bit hosed, but I literally did not have the money, I thought, to have a pre-purchase inspection. I know, I'd have come out ahead with the inspection and the price knocked down for the cat! Oh, well, it's otherwise a great car, and I will cherish the $25 I now have to my name. :0
So, about what is the kind of price I'm looking at to replace it? I'd like OEM or better, since this car was obviously otherwise cared for like a little baby (inside the engine looks like it's off the showroom among many other things.) I'm assuming 3rd party is suckage.
I also wanted to show the pic!
They also put on new brake pads. I assume they're ****, so I should probably have the brakes looked at at the same time, you think? I'm worried about damaging the rotors.
Thanks,
Kristen
Just got my Civic yesterday. Everything's stock and in great shape. But the dealer/inspector cleared the emissions when I realize now that they shouldn't have! There's a lot of exhaust coming into the cabin at stoplights when the outside air intake is on (none I can smell with recirculation.)
So I had looked under the car intensively before buying and used my camera to take pics of what I couldn't see. The pic of the cat showed rust on the little LCD but didn't look too bad. After I bought the car and noticed this problem driving home, I pulled up the pic on my big monitor, and it's clear it needs to be replaced! It's a little loud when accelerating, too, but the rest of the system had only medium to minor rust (I did take a pic of behind the muffler.)
Yeah, I kinda got a bit hosed, but I literally did not have the money, I thought, to have a pre-purchase inspection. I know, I'd have come out ahead with the inspection and the price knocked down for the cat! Oh, well, it's otherwise a great car, and I will cherish the $25 I now have to my name. :0
So, about what is the kind of price I'm looking at to replace it? I'd like OEM or better, since this car was obviously otherwise cared for like a little baby (inside the engine looks like it's off the showroom among many other things.) I'm assuming 3rd party is suckage.
I also wanted to show the pic!
They also put on new brake pads. I assume they're ****, so I should probably have the brakes looked at at the same time, you think? I'm worried about damaging the rotors.
Thanks,
Kristen
Last edited by mfskarphedin; 03-17-2011 at 05:50 PM.
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