OEM downpipe now worth it's weight in gold?

Can someone tell me why these OEM downpipes are now selling for over $1k? I am parting out a 2011 STI and listed the dp for $300 and have people crawling out of my ass to buy it. Apparently prices have skyrocketed with covid. Can someone explain this?

Can someone tell me why these OEM downpipes are now selling for over $1k? I am parting out a 2011 STI and listed the dp for $300 and have people crawling out of my ass to buy it. Apparently prices have skyrocketed with covid. Can someone explain this?

 

Correction - it is worth it's weight in palladium, which yes...you're correct - it is worth more by weight than gold.

 

Maybe this? The amount of palladium in your downpipe could very well be worth quite a bit more to a scrapper than you are asking.

Edited April 17, 2021 by bubbagump

Wow I sold one of these for like $100 4 years ago just to get it out of my garage. Now I dunno what to ask for this one

Maxcapacity on here was saying he was able to sell the entire downpipe (two pieces) to a scrapper for nearly 1k USD. I have one sitting in my garage currently, deciding what to do with it.

 

See his post here, it's a few posts down:

https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/should-replace-turbo-preemptivelyi-285713.html

 

I've seen him post the same info in a couple different locations.

 

 

Anyways, the big question - what to sell it for. Tough one. I recently was in a similar situation with a video card. Ended up selling to someone who I KNOW is actually going to use it to play games vs. someone who would have turned around and sold it for 2x what they paid for it.

Edited April 17, 2021 by bubbagump

Someone is supposed to come tomorrow and give me $1300cad for this thing. Holy F

Good luck! I probably should have asked $1K+ for mine. I sold mine for $650 a few weeks ago. Alas, there are other things to worry about more. GLWYS.

Maxcapacity on here was saying he was able to sell the entire downpipe (two pieces) to a scrapper for nearly 1k USD. I have one sitting in my garage currently, deciding what to do with it.

 

See his post here, it's a few posts down:

https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/should-replace-turbo-preemptivelyi-285713.html

 

I've seen him post the same info in a couple different locations.

 

 

Anyways, the big question - what to sell it for. Tough one. I recently was in a similar situation with a video card. Ended up selling to someone who I KNOW is actually going to use it to play games vs. someone who would have turned around and sold it for 2x what they paid for it.

 

I can sell the GTX 970 I bought with my first ever paycheck when I was 17 back in 2016 for more than I bought it for ($150 back then). Unbelievable world we're in for GPUs.

Its not so much the downpipe itself, its the catalytic converter which has precious metals in it for emissions, its to filter out hydrocarbons

 

so what are they putting in aftermarket catalytic converters? I guess they use more in oem stuff..

the dealership I work at has been swapping cats because of a recall. We shipped 140 out this week. It went by secure carrier and was counted, separately, by 3 different people.

Damn.. 1k.. I "sold" mine to an automotive recycler for $300CDN in the fall. Feeling like I got ripped off now.. Held onto it for all these years too.

Damn.. 1k.. I "sold" mine to an automotive recycler for $300CDN in the fall. Feeling like I got ripped off now.. Held onto it for all these years too.

 

I asked the guy after I gave it to him how much he was going to be able to turn it around for. "Probably around $1800" he says. :/

crap I think I threw my old downpipe in the garbage.... hmmm, maybe I didn't .... time to go on a treasure hunt LOL! The downpipe was the 1st thing I got rid of when I bought the car. I really hope I didn't toss it in the garbage, hard to remember it was almost 10 years ago.

Sold mine a month ago for 1200. There’s several people in the Subaru B/S/T groups on facebook ready to jump all over them. Ironically, only kept mine for emissions testing as I’ll be moving a lot in the next couple of years, but couldn’t resist cashing out since the market is perfect for them right now.

Not sure about the US, but over here in the UK, catalytic converter theft is rife. People are having them stolen during the night while parked up on their driveways. It's been going on for years, all because of the scrap value of them because they contain rhodium, platinum and palladium.

Same problem here, especially on large trucks; easier access.

 

 

What about our uppipes? Valuable too?

Same problem here, especially on large trucks; easier access.

 

 

What about our uppipes? Valuable too?

 

Asked him about the uppipe and he said maybe $50

So not much fancy metals in there then.

Asked him about the uppipe and he said maybe $50

 

Yes, the up pipe has a different style cat in it.

 

FWIW, I have spent the money I got for the DP's, ordered a 7000lbs Quickjack.

no wonder all the methheads are stealing cats..

How much of this "stuff" is in our precious downpipe? Anyone know?

 

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Anyone know the weight of an OEM downpipe? For shipping purposes...?

 

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