Converter Purchase

Pricing
 

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Purchase

In the Australian market there are currently 2 pricing systems in place.

Grading - you get different prices for the different grades based on sizes like Jumbo, Large, Regular, Small etc. The bigger your converters, the better you get paid. Scroll down to read more about grading below. We don't bother you with complicated catalogues when common sense can do the job!

One price for all - you get paid one price for all your factory fit converters regardless of size for a typical mix. Scroll down to read more about the mix. Suitable for suppliers who don't want to waste precious time with complicated grading.

We can price your converters based on any system you are comfortable

 "YOU" choose the system and we pay you top $$$ on all your cats!

Either system - you win-win with Rcube.

Grading

Australian converters are differentiated based on their “Sizes” into different grades as follows, 

Jumbo -Jumbo size converters from BMW & Mercedes cars                    Catalyst content: average 1.5 Kg of ceramic honeycomb

Large - Large size converters from cars with large engines like V6 and above. Example: Mazda 626, some exotic Japanese and European cars                      Catalyst content: average 1.3 Kg of ceramic honeycomb

Regular – Regular size converters from cars with large engines like V6.  Example: Holden Commodore, Ford Falcon etc
Catalyst content: average 1 Kg of ceramic honeycomb

Small – Small size converters from cars with smaller engines like V4 and below. Example: Mazda 121, Toyota Corolla, Daewoo Matiz etc
Catalyst Content: average 500 gms of ceramic honeycomb
 
Cast Iron – small converters attached to the manifold on the engine, mostly with a cast iron casing in old cars.                                                  Example: Converters from Japanese import cars - Nissan, Toyota etc     Catalyst content: average 300 gms of ceramic honeycomb
 
Aftermarket – Replacement converters which have substituted OEM standard fitting for various reasons like converter failure, Tuning etc. A new aftermarket converter can be purchased for an average of $80. These converters have extremely low recycling value due to aftermarket quality. 
Catalyst content: average of 450 gms of ceramic honeycomb
 

Photos of the different grades are shown on the right hand side of this page.

  

The Mix

The converters that we see today are from cars that were manufactured during 1990’s and based on the statistics of the cars sold in the Australian market around the 90’s and from our experience, the expected mix can be defined as follows

Jumbo        - approx.   1 %

Large         - approx.   3 %

Regular      - approx.  75 %

Small         - approx.  15 %

Cast Iron    - approx.   1 %

Aftermarket - approx.   5 %

The price for the mix is calculated based on the prices and the average percentages of the different grades.

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