I recently went to get my car checked for a inspection. the mechanic told me my catalytic converter needs to fixed/replaced.

Im planning on buying a new exhaust system anyway, so im wondering if i did buy the system above does it come with the converter ?

tried googling it and couldn't get anything...

 

to answer your question simply, NO.

The exhaust you're looking at is a cat back, which gets it's name from it being from the catalytic converter to the end of the exhaust.

Why did they say you needed a new catalytic converter? Emissions reasons?

 

he didn't really get into it. P420 came up on the computer when he connected to the car.

how much am i looking to spend on a catalytic converter ?

 

Hes more than likely ripping you for money and labor. Cats usually dont go bad.

 

That's actually terribly incorrect. Cats go bad alot more often than you'd think and a p0420 is a catalyst efficiency below threshold code. I doubt they are ripping you off, but do some shopping around for prices.