I had my Cat stolen from my Lexus RX400H a couple of days ago. This forum really helped me but I managed to get hold of a really helpful company based in Germany that have sold over 500 Cats to the UK specifically for Lexus's. As other have said, the cat they steal is a secondary cat that does not need to be as good as it is. This company sells replacements for between £110 and £130 + shipping to the uk at £20. They go in the place of the original Cat and do the job just fine. It should cost somewhere between £50 and £80 for a garage to fit them for you and pass the UK MOT fine. This is NOT an original Lexus part but the advantage is that thieves don;t generally take them again as they know what they are looking for and it looks very different to the original system.
They currently cost at the time of writing this post £112.95 but I bought a modified version as the inlet is 55mm and the outlet is 60mm on the Lexus RX400H so the modified version has one end modified to fit straight on. The only other thing that you will need is a short piece of 55mm pipe to fit on where they cut yours off...
It is a :
Magnaflow 400 Zeller Ceramic Catalytic Converter Lexus RX 400h
fastforward performance company powered by Magnaflow SRL
Warehouse
Neuendorferstraße 64-69 Halle 24
13585 Berlin
Germany
Administration
Württembergallee 15
14052 Berlin
Germany
Cell: +49 177 50 100 10
Phone: +49 30 3350 62 42
Phone: +49 30 3036 54 30
Fax: +49 30 3036 54 21
Fax: +49 30 3350 62 43
PLEASE NOTE : I have no affiliation with this company. I just found them extremely helpful so am posting the details here in case anyone else is in trouble like I was... There are other suppliers of the same Cat I believe.
