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What if we told you that you left a gold nugget in your car? Would you leave it in the car unprotected and out in the open? With the skyrocketing costs of precious metals, your vehicle’s catalytic converter looks like a gold mine to thieves. Catalytic converters are easy to steal, hard to trace, and difficult to prosecute. Thieves are making quick and easy money selling your converters on the black market.

With the rapid increase in catalytic converter theft among hybrid and luxury vehicles, Toyota and Lexus customers can now enjoy new security upgrade options and accessories for protecting their new automobile purchase. This, in combination with point of purchase accessorizing,...

If a thief is determined to steal your converter, it does not matter where you park your car or what you etch on your converter. We receive countless testimonials from people parking their cars in garages and using alarms and other security devices...

Read about how Lake Forest, CA is helping their residents protect their catalytic converters.

Read about vehicle manufacturing and what you can do to stay #CATSHIELDPROTECTED.

Read about why fleet vehicles are especially vulnerable to catalytic converter theft and how you can protect your fleet with Cat Shield by Miller CAT.

There are several security devices to prevent catalytic converter theft. To help you decide which security device is right for your vehicle, we’ve reviewed the most common types.

If your catalytic converter gets stolen, you may be wondering if it’s covered by your vehicle insurance and how to make a claim for it.

Any aftermarket part should be designed in a way to minimize changes to the vehicle. These are our tips on how to protect your catalytic converter without damaging it.

Worrying about your catalytic converter being stolen? It mostly comes down to the type of car you drive. These are the vehicles most targeted by catalytic converter thieves.

While we would love to protect our designs from copycats, we realize that a patent is unnecessary if we design shields that are beyond the capabilities of our competitors.

Take a look at the advanced manufacturing techniques used to make each Cat Shield™ catalytic converter anti-theft device.

The Honda Accord has quickly risen on thieves' most wanted list of vehicles to target for catalytic converter theft. Stay protected by purchasing a Cat Shield for your 2003-2007 Honda Accord.

Will a Cat Shield cause a catalytic converter to overheat? Here is the technical answer from our engineering department with over 30 years experience in catalytic converters and exhaust systems.

Every Miller CAT Cat Shield is produced by a company fully dedicated to combating catalytic converter theft with world-class manufacturing capabilities, delivering industry-leading products.

We use the best hardware available for all our Cat Shield™ designs like zinc-coated rivet nuts to prevent corrosion.

***UPDATED JAN 2024 We pride ourselves on designing the best catalytic converter shields that are unlike any other products out there. This means that there are times we will come back to older designs and implement new features and techniques to...

Learn about why Miller CAT Corp came out with our stainless steel line for Cat Shield.

We're proud to introduce the Lexus CT 200h Cat Shield, creating additional coverage and clearance for the shield.

The New York Times wrote an excellent article on the national crisis of catalytic converter theft (link here). There has yet to be a national strategy to deal with this outbreak of theft, but communities and states can prepare themselves by adopting...

Read about which level of screws is right for you as you purchase your Cat Shield.