Bronx man creates new tool to stop catalytic converter thefts

[@woopsserg]

Those welds look like he's a professional bodger with 40 year experience. Also who in hell tries to cut chain with reciprocating saw, not to say while flimsily held in hands. That thing won't survive a minute against angle grinder.

[@TheHonarable1]

All this because the politicians don't want to hold thieves accountable.

[@tooge47]

all this because CITIZENS don't want to hold thieves accountable...................

[@adrielburned6924]

No doubt those politicians find a way to stop him too. Can't have people making the thieves lives hard. 🤬fjb

[@chrissypoo69]

This is 🎯🎯🎯🎯 I love having people like you on this earth that isn’t fucking stupid.

[@adrielburned6924]

@@chrissypoo69 reprobate minds these days. I'm just glad my kids were raised right, BEFORE this crap hit.

[@MichaelD.McMahan]

Another bot, posting

[@wileecoyote5749]

A reciprocating saw (sawzall) wont work but a grinder will make short work of it, but better than nothing.

[@freemab222]

Yeah. It's like a padlock: The Lockpicking Lawyer can open it in seconds, but your regular thief can't.

[@woopsserg]

Also he did absolute shit of a job of welding. I did better on the first day I ever welded.

[@bikeny]

@@freemab222 I was not expecting to see a reference to LPL in this. Nice.

[@davidhowell1415]

How much do you think a garage is going to charge to do repairs when you have that welded on ?

[@damham5689]

Sawsall wont work at all especially if your holding the chain in your hands like that. .

[@ellobo1326]

Hate to burst everyone’s bubble. But a battery powered, hand held metal cutoff tool and a pair of channel lock pliers to hold chain still, would cut through any given section in 6-8 seconds. $50 worth of tools at any Harbor Freight.

[@Artoconnell]

Sam Colt invented the perfect tool to keep things from being stolen.

[@johnboylong40]

And democrats put DA’s in place to protect criminals and incarcerate 2A folks

[@mattypants]

You sitting on your front porch with a shotgun 24/7 never sleeping cowboy?

[@josebravo5125]

Only could work if you can be there next to your car all the time.

[@kenofken9458]

Yeah, but you can't shoot somebody over property under self defense laws.

[@niyablake]

These thieves have been shot and killed in places like Texas. Does not stop them. What would is that when you go and sell these you have to show ID and then they mail you a check 90 days later.

[@blipco5]

0:40 Cutting a loose cable with a WOOD blade. 😂

[@kenofken9458]

Yeah I noticed that, but even the hacksaw blade doesn't really like loose cables.

[@PandaMan02]

@@kenofken9458 and once its welded to the converter, its not loose anymore.

[@kenofken9458]

@@PandaMan02 Maybe. The chain isn't loose at the weld points, but the cable looks like it still has some play. I don't know. I'm sure the design is far from optimal, but it's not bad as a first go at it. There's always a way to defeat it, but the value of security devices like this is not in their ability to withstand determined attack. It's lies in making the project just enough of a sh*t show that the thief moves on to easier pickings. Time is not on the crook's side. They see a setup like this and have a decision to make: Do they stay and work on this or use the same amount of time to steal two or three or four unguarded converters? In most cases it will be the latter. If your chained cat is the only one parked in the area and it's free from prying eyes and ears, they may well opt to work on it. If guarded cats become the norm, the thieves will adapt their methods and tools or find some other racket to fund their drug habits. It will always be a cat and mouse game with no absolute winners.

[@VoidlessOfSpace]

imagine taking your car to the mechanic and they see that

[@catwoman2596]

And?

[@Panchocastillo420]

​@@catwoman2596it's ridiculous

[@mrcead]

Exactly. Paying double if they gotta deal with that

[@DropGearDisappear83]

"Hours to cut through".... more like 30 seconds with an angle grinder 😅

[@catwoman2596]

Battery operated angle Grinder? Lol...I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of any grinder when it gets tangled. From the sounds of it you've never picked up a tool a day in your life.

[@lloydchristmas1086]

​@@catwoman2596 lmao are you kidding? Apparently you dont know how to use a grinder..would take about a minute.

[@Jadengome3351]

@@catwoman2596 milwaukee Grinder with diamond wheel papa be nice!!

[@DropGearDisappear83]

@catwoman2596 Sounds like you have prior experience with getting objects "tangled" in an angle grinder, lol

[@jambreakfast4341]

@@catwoman2596back to the kitchen with you, woman!

[@soupbums]

You used a wood blade on a sawzall 😂 good scam 😂

[@SoCalFreelance]

Like a scene out of a late-night infomercial

[@Rockyboy1969]

But wait!! There's more!!! Lmao 🤣 If you order now....

[@Supertech-86]

Given the ingenuity of thieves, seems all he's done is add a convenient carry handle, after they rip the entire exhaust out.

[@seanbela2847]

Right😂😂😂

[@gtech66]

My friend is a cop. He said if you etch your VIN on the converter, scrap yards won't take it or anything that has your name on it that makes it easy to identify.

[@blasph3my1]

i can only imagine the annoying rattling when the car is idle

[@Look_What_You_Did]

It will constantly rattle.

[@LivingTheDream21]

I needed this. 💰 💰 You know how much my mechanic charged me to install a new catalytic converter in my 2024 Tesla Model X!!

[@kenmore01]

ROFL!!!

[@NotExpatJoe]

Do you know how much my mechanic charged me to replace the battery in my Jeep Wrangler?

[@VitalityMassage]

That dude is banking. $250 in 45 min.

[@robertskelton2576]

Change banking to ripping off.

[@davidhowell1415]

How do you do repairs on the exhaust system if it’s got that welded all over it

[@Anthony-vh6ef]

@@robertskelton2576 how is it ripping off? Dude is providing a business, this isn't anything new, he just found an inexpensive way of doing it. You can go to an auto shop and get a shield and pay 1k+. Or get your cat stolen and pay 2k+. If you can't cough up 250 bucks for an auto job, then that's on you.

[@woopsserg]

@@Anthony-vh6ef Because his "work" is a nearly useless shit that at most will take a few additional minutes for a thief with angle grinder. Not to say it does not look like he knows how to weld properly despite claiming 40 years experience.

[@Anthony-vh6ef]

@@woopsserg You have never used that tool in your life if you can say that confidently, in what world?

[@georgevasquez5897]

He’s a legend and doing something great for the community.

[@davidhowell1415]

Until you need to do repairs to the exhaust system

[@woopsserg]

He's a grifter who does not know how to weld. Not to say demonstration of how it works is a deceptive scam.

[@coreyellisart6877]

Chains can be cut cables are harder to cut it's really simple use stainless steel the guy was holding the chain a foot apart of course the salsa won't cut through it a battery powered grinder will go through chain cable anything how about stop making emission devices so valuable

[@tanmaz8006]

... A lock cutters will cut it off ..

[@Unleaded93]

I've never seen the welding tip ,that far out past the cone..........but , who am I?........😂

[@dadogolpeando9510]

Congratulations Raphe

[@DANIELFLORES-qd8ly]

FINALLY!!! THANK YOU KIND SIR!!!! YOU HAVE MY RESPECT!!!

[@joeyork9891]

The best is 5 stainless steel rods.

[@Look_What_You_Did]

This is a hustle... I feel for the city folk that don't understand this. 0:40 A reciprocating saw will never cut ANYTHING in that position. I don't care what blade is or is not installed 1:46 If you are welding the chain to the exhaust... then why the clamps? Oh because it helps with the grift. The belt and suspenders pitch. That is some of the lightest gauge non hardened chain link you can buy. The cable provides no additional security. Only Fux is still pushing this FUD. I can hear that POS rattling from here.

[@woopsserg]

With wood blade.

[@ottopartz1]

A hastalloy plate bolted and welding the nuts in works fabulously as well. Hastalloy will destroy sawzall blades with the quickness if they ever try, but in three years no one has been foolish enough to try to get the one off my truck.

[@usefullifetips9034]

They can cut through it with a Cordless angle grinder & a cut off wheel. Then use the cordless reciprocating saw 2nd. Also, it would be interesting to see if it makes excessive noise due to vibration & aerodynamic drag.

[@jdmtake1]

You would think with those years of experience the welds would look at least decent lol😂

[@woopsserg]

40 years experience of selling snake oil.

[@TheOriginalAndysGarage]

If he's a professional welder he might as well go back to school cuz those welds are terrible, I bet you his Road sounds like Santa Claus coming to town with all that jingling going on under the cars

[@kgraham5820]

Brilliant!

[@daisyandlani4481]

A true Hero

[@OfficialDJTasawennateken]

Dog I'm guaranteeing you that someone definitely can cut through that This guy is a liar claiming that no one can get through it and it's probably most likely that he's using this as a scam himself to scam people of money I can guarantee you like I said that anybody will be able to cut that crap off All you need is a good hacksaw it's not going to be that hard like come on man This story is freaking ridiculous and not invention is stupid

[@chiquita683]

I think the point is people come with tools to cut the comverter off but they dont expect this so they'll move to the next car. Yes if everyone had it then they'd just bring another tool to remove this and it'd be no problem

[@BFG_10G]

How many thieves are gonna go through with it seeing that though?

[@woopsserg]

He's for sure a professional bodger as his welds shown on the video are absolute shit. Not to say this shit won't survive a minute against angle grinder or bolt cutter.

[@HiThisIsMine]

The “weakest link in a chain” is the welded one. A loose chain is “impossible to cut”.. but once it’s riveted, it cuts like anything else. Save your $200 for when you’ll need to buy another car after your CAT is stolen and replacing it is more than a new.. used car.

[@rlbrown-js9ns]

12000 RPM radiac saw. What you talkin about, Willis?😂

[@akilpowell]

Gotta love that Bronx ingenuity. Big ups Rafe.

[@troyb.4101]

I call it stupidity for having such an issue. These anti gun nutters who are in the theft business are making the laws. Democratic shit holes. In the south west we know how to get rid of this issue.

[@Some_of_this_n_some_of_that]

No bro your wrong cable cutters for think cable will cut right through that.

[@gutstompenrocker]

I had a guy swing under my truck to have at the converter. He wasn't that smart, because he didn't see me sitting inside. He must have banged his head 4 or 5 times trying to get out from underneath when I started it up.

[@countrygaming8367]

Cordless grinder with a cut off wheel would defeat this!

[@Pk1998AMG]

Im very, very skeptical of this. First off, that looked like a wood blade in his saw. Also it wont have anywhere near that much slack once its welded on. Id guess it would be super easy to cut if you just cut through one of the links thats welded and won't move around.

[@woopsserg]

Also he was welding for like second time in his life. How he did it and the result are laughable.

[@rc51rider300exc]

Now the IRS is going to be pissing up his chimney wanting to know if he's claiming that side money!

[@unclecraigbaannawk]

wondering if that voids warranty on the vehicle and or parts as well as effects on car insurance?...you know America...where there's a will there's a way...

[@TheCreedBratton]

I love those welding gloves. So comfy

[@woopsserg]

Those are Tillman 1420 drivers gloves, welding gloves are not like that. And he ain't a welder but a scammer who was welding probably for a second time in his life.

[@TheCreedBratton]

​@@woopsserg good eye! I thought they were the tig gloves. Small screen haha

[@DEVINdevdev]

Nice chain rattling noise added to car for 250 green ones. sounds great to me.

[@opossom1968]

that weld look like crap

[@bigdapramirez6157]

Fun fact: if you twist the jack handle you can make a thief's death look like an accident caused by jack failure as long as you wipe the prints off or wear gloves

[@cherimcdonald513]

What happens if you have to replace the converter? Will it be easy for your mechanic to replace if need be?

[@pgrutube]

I bet it sounds like Christmas every morning on the street, when they all leave for work................

[@askew9976]

Seems like it’s gonna sound fantastic! 🎉🎉🎉

[@dbkragen]

I’d drive there to have that installed

[@KRich408]

This reminds me of back in the 70s I would see vans from NYC in North Jersey getting huge latches and padlocks welded on the back doors of the vans, back then you could loose your tires and wheels just by stopping at a Red light.

[@kenofken9458]

Yes and well into more recent times another thing was the spare wheel under pickup trucks. They were usually nice aluminum rims and brand new full size tires. Unless you thought to lock it somehow, it took only seconds to crank the thing down and free it from the cable. The junkies would go through the parking lots of country western bars like locusts harvesting those things🤣 Most of the time, the owner wouldn't even notice until they happened to look under the truck one day and saw the retainer cable dangling empty.

[@truckcamper5751]

Why don’t they just move leave that hell hole

[@Look_What_You_Did]

You first. Leave our country.

[@stealthmanx2]

Neat little trick with a Saw all, now try with a grinder. does it come with a warranty?

[@timothygibbs2211]

What about when you need to replace it ?

[@bikeny]

I was wondering that too, but how often, under normal circumstances, are we replacing them?

[@ElDell]

Bolt cutter??

[@alexshatner3907]

Exactly just what I thought not much of an Invention

[@Frank-r3y2i]

It's welded in several spots and is also welded to the converter don't think a bolt cutter will work.

[@alexshatner3907]

@@Frank-r3y2i A bolt cutter will even cut through Master Locks, and the cable can be cut by large cable cutters, Sorry I don't see anything cut proof here, nothing personal. Cancel Reply

[@Frank-r3y2i]

@@alexshatner3907 no large bolt cutter is going to work under a car.

[@alexshatner3907]

@@Frank-r3y2i It doesn't have to be large a friend of mine has a new advanced bolt cutter that is short but made with tremendous leverage, you sound like a defender as if you were the inventor of the so called anti theft devise

[@tuffman1970]

My cat is located under the hood against the engine under miles of sheet metal . Few neighbors got theirs stolen but mine!😂

[@SaltySouthTexan]

Dude is welding in his Skechers…..sooooo New Yawk!!!!

[@mikeporro3311]

Sounds like it would violate the warranty on a newer car.

[@jeretso]

Add car jackings and everyone's car insurance goes up. My emission inspection failed and the shop wanted more than a thousand bucks to replace my catalytic converter.

[@troyb.4101]

Strange how an open carry state has neither of these two issues, or very few of them.

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

Hooray! 👏👏👏💓💓💓

[@brendarico715]

Genius😊❤

[@BxBullDog258]

How much to do?

[@Aim2jig]

That chain gets snagged on something under while driving yikes...is this the same as having tints..inspection approves this?

[@roxwaynedunkley8566]

God bless him for being a great community member of New York City 🏙️

[@Julio-jm8ld]

New tool... stop it. Its been done they still get them. May take them a bit longer but they will get it.

[@AntonSander]

Jokes on ya'll none of my vehicles have catalytic converters...

[@ryanparshall9582]

Mine either

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Federal crime... Congrats on the admission.

[@AntonSander]

@@Look_What_You_Did They don't test emissions in Alberta and all my shits 40+ years old. So good, F the police.

[@mattypants]

Is this still a thing in places?

[@Curtis1984]

Nice. I bet they sure make a racket! What about just bagging your suspension so when parked it lays on the ground 👍 (obviously not applicable for all vehicles)

[@BEBESSCHET-rs7ir]

How about a car alarm with a motion sensor underneath near the exhaust. So when it's parked and armed it will go off the minute they start to slid underneath the car. It would scare the crap out of them as well! 🤔😆😂

[@patcline6972]

I have a tool as well its a 12 gauge i call thief be gone 😂😂😂😂

[@Baebon6259]

not in NYC unfortunately.

[@ashleypeterson340]

Happened to me last year!!

[@TheRealiamsitoC]

What’s his information I need it on my vehicle tho

[@vman8835]

Dude is a hero. He should be calling a manufacturer and getting very rich soon.

[@reubensandwich9249]

80% of the work is the installation, not the device

[@Look_What_You_Did]

He's a conman... a grifter... working the hustle...

[@lorisyoutube4008]

Very smart

[@vdjKryptosRock]

I have a bear trap under, so when I hear screaming outside I just go for a drive.

[@Umustbecrazy]

Hahaha plasma cutter,u know Bronx boys 🤣😂

[@davidhowell1415]

What happens when you have to get it replaced? They don’t last forever. Good idea but it wasn’t thought all the way through. I don’t know how you’d be able to remove it for repairs.

[@dlc2112dlc]

Bolt cutters. Done

[@michaelyoung2614]

Seems there would b whole lot cling cling cling sound from chain bouncing off exhaust pipes

[@morningsidedriverock]

Have one under mine after 2 were stolen. Got mine from the dealership for the same price

[@BigDsRc517]

Angle grinder has no problem

[@mrvn000]

MUY Bueno.

[@darrylnelson6264]

And now the city will say, "This area is zoned for residential buildings only" even though there has been zero converters stolen since his con'TRAP'ion.

[@Killahkron1992]

Damn its gonna cost hell of money to replace it lol

[@vaultsoferowid]

Or you could just actually prosecute the thieves and send them to prison for 10 years.

[@jessejaymes8684]

Does Rafe the Riveter guarantee his “anti theft” device with new factory cats? Anyone mechanically inclined can get through that in 10 seconds or less. A pair of bolt cutters or a cordless angle grinder.

[@poncethegayboi]

Great welds lol. I mean it would probably make hella noise while cutting through.

[@Calinotch06]

Here comes the IRS.

[@Tewthpaste]

*nothing a Milwaukee tool cant cut through.* 🤣

[@jambreakfast4341]

$250???? Take my converter.

[@chrisstewart8954]

What u do when you need to get some things fix under your car the mechanic nite mere

[@timothybalzano9355]

What's that rattling sound? Ohh that's my chained up cat... Don't forget about surge protection! Computers cost more than cats

[@TheMoneyMakingMentor]

They will now just take the whole car... lol

[@derekschneider8922]

Pretty good, dam, good...

[@Teenagegoogoomuk]

Bolt cutters, Carbide saw blades, no problem

[@jaykay3835]

I’d be charging little more than $250. It’s a necessity that more than most people need. It’d make him rich

[@hans5130]

What’s that new noise I hear? There goes my warrantee

[@BruceWalker-j1c]

250 for 20 bucks worth of materials.

[@Kewrock]

Buy a jeep. They're covered with skid plates. Take a half hour and a floor jack to get to them.

[@thebookkeeper0851]

This is a cheaper way of protecting your catalytic. Other manufacturers can create a custom plate or shield for your car that protects your catalytic but mosts a bit more.

[@hkr321hkr]

What's that rattle? My cat chains 😂❤❤❤

[@snipernoswiping8401]

New York needs more folks like this man. A man who sees a problem, fixes it, and gets paid for providing a service to his community. I just want him to avoid liability by any damage cause with regards to his invention. Other than that great job.

[@woopsserg]

It does not. Plenty of professional scammers in NY even without this guy who lied he's a welder. His welds and the process of welding look like he was doing it for first time in his life. Not to say deceptive demonstration with a wrong tool with a wood blade on top of it and chain held in hands. Which btw is dangerous.

[@snipernoswiping8401]

@@woopsserg New York needs people who can see a problem, fix it, and get paid for it. That’s my message. Whether he’s an actual welder or not is not an issue for me.

[@woopsserg]

@@snipernoswiping8401 Those people are lawmakers, and law enforcement. Even if what this dude made was working, thieves would just steal it from a car nearby. Any such contraptions that prevent stealing don't fix the problem at all, that is the thieves on the rampage because they know there won't be any punishment. And whoever buys them in volume knows there won't be punishment too. Then there are grifters like this dude who prey on desperate people who want to protect their property from this lawlessness.

[@bhambhole]

The thieves only require a few minutes to find the next car. Good on him though, for wearing protection. The clip of the attempt to cut the chain while held with slack between two hands was anything but convincing though.

[@TeamBlimp7]

Sawzall wood blade 😂

[@Kawasaki496]

Amazon sells a similar product to this😂

[@mannyechaluce3814]

get an air suspension installed, lower the darn thing to the ground when parking :D