scap cats off a 02 MB clk430, value?

[Mike]

I just replaced some cats on a clk430 v8 mercedes, and I want to try to make a couple bucks off the old stuff. Any rough estimate on how much they might be worth? Anyone care to reccommend a recycler in the DC/MD/VA area that will pay top dollar?

[mikeedler]

cat value dropped through the floor about a year ago. good luck unloading em.

[der affe]

if you are lucky you can still get around $75-$100 each. i really doubt you will be able to get anymore than that. are they still solid or do they rattle. if they rattle you will get less $ too.

[Mike]

One out of three are rattling, one of those is a pre-cat, are they worth anything?

[der affe]

they are worth something, just not what they were a year or more ago. some money is better than no money if you just let them sit. the price is not going back up high any time soon.

[Rigmaster]

Not sure about MB cats, but BMW switched the internals on their cats when they went to OBDII. Pre OBDII BMW cats are worth at least 2-3 times what OBDII cats are worth. The OBDII cats are called "foil" cats since the insides look like shredded up foil, the earlier ones are the honeycomb type.


Find out who the junkyards sell them to, they usually pay the most $$$. Alternatively, you can try selling them on Ebay, I had decent luck selling a few that way last year.

But as has been mentioned, the price of cats is WAY down compared to last year- due to the drop in precious metals prices.

[2002maniac]

Ditto what rig said. I had a set of cats off an E46M3 and i was sure they'd be worth a bundle. The guy I've sold a few sets of E30 cats to said they werent even worth the price of shipping.