The catalytic converter was stolen from my wife's pickup while it was parked inside a gated (and supposedly secure) employee parking lot. While we were waiting on the replacement parts, I studied ways to better protect the converter and discourage theft. We did two things: we had the shop install a steel shield that completely covered the new converter, and I bought this can of paint and sprayed the converters in both of our cars a nice bright orange and even did a little over-spraying so the bright orange would be easily visible to any potential thieves BEFORE they started cutting. Not only did I paint both converters, but I also sprayed the tail pipe (and some adjacent surfaces) all the way from the manifold to the muffler. So now if I get down to look under the cars, the first thing I see is a lot of bright orange. This will discourage theft by making the converters harder to sell and give police a better way to identify it. The paint has even baked into the metal as the exhaust system heated up during driving, so its there to stay. This stuff did a great job, just what I wanted it to so.
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]