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Also check out their logo transponder chip keys. You can save $40 or more compared to a dealer. Buy the correct model for your vehicle, have it cut by a locksmith and program it yourself (typically requires 2 existing keys).
EDIT: Buy the "transponder smart key" not just the smart key casing. Obviously, make sure programming instructions are available for your particular vehicle.
Message edited by: Budoman on 2009-09-24 03:37:42 CDT
mrcc said:ehhhhh. i have the real thing. a collection. i have a caddilac, and a mercedes benz. why have a fake one? having the real one is even more priceless.
for everything else - ?! - there is a Master Card !!!
cashflo52 said:As teens we used to use Benz hood ornaments for key chains, some of the gansta wannabes wore them on a necklace. $25 for the chrome $60 for the gold.
About 5 dozen kids at my highschool had them.
The rich neighborhood few miles away must have been pissed when all the Benz hood ornaments disappeared.
I think some of the kids in that neighborhood where the ones selling them too!
is it that much harder to take the Gold one off ?!
Na just fewer of them. If I remember right only about 2 benz models had the option for them and was only on about 7 years at the time (Mid 90's) I recall car alarms started having a relay for the hood ornament in the late 90's
mrcc said:ehhhhh. i have the real thing. a collection. i have a caddilac, and a mercedes benz. why have a fake one? having the real one is even more priceless.
I have never seen a caddilac, is it some sort of cheap knock off like Tammy Hillfinger or Oarkley sunglasses?
Budoman said:Also check out their logo transponder chip keys. You can save $40 or more compared to a dealer. Buy the correct model for your vehicle, have it cut by a locksmith and program it yourself (typically requires 2 existing keys).
You cannot really program the chip yourself. You can program the remote so it can unlock the doors but that's it. The key will not start the car, or it will stop after a minute because of the chip. Only the dealers can program the chip in the key.
Message edited by: pturk on 2009-09-23 10:34:56 CDT
You cannot really program the chip yourself. You can program the remote so it can unlock the doors but that's it. The key will not start the car, or it will stop after a minute because of the chip. Only the dealers can program the chip in the key.
Please don't tell people what you don't know. I programmed the chip (in the key) for a 2003 deville and a 2008 navigator MYSELF. It's easy, you just need to googled for the instruction. The 2003 deville requires 1 original (active for the car) key and the 2008 navigator requires 2 original keys. It takes less than 5 minutes. Dealers love people like you. Oh wait, you're the dealer.
Message edited by: xxaznvtguyxx on 2009-09-23 11:22:17 CDT
pturk said:Budoman said:Also check out their logo transponder chip keys. You can save $40 or more compared to a dealer. Buy the correct model for your vehicle, have it cut by a locksmith and program it yourself (typically requires 2 existing keys).
You cannot really program the chip yourself. You can program the remote so it can unlock the doors but that's it. The key will not start the car, or it will stop after a minute because of the chip. Only the dealers can program the chip in the key.
Not true for a Honda, at least. You have to take the old key and run it through the ignition a certain way (turn it to the second mark, turn it to 0, turn it to the first mark, turn it to 0, something like that, it's about ten steps total), then put in the new key and run the same sequence, after which the car's computer will recognize the new key.
Budoman said:Also check out their logo transponder chip keys. You can save $40 or more compared to a dealer. Buy the correct model for your vehicle, have it cut by a locksmith and program it yourself (typically requires 2 existing keys). Wow, that's great. I never knew they existed. Wouldn't you save much more than $40 though, with the price of an OEM key and the labor the dealer charges to program?
pturk said:You cannot really program the chip yourself. You can program the remote so it can unlock the doors but that's it. The key will not start the car, or it will stop after a minute because of the chip. Only the dealers can program the chip in the key.
Many transponder keys are available and can be programmed once you obtain a properly chipped key such as those linked above. You also need the programming instruction sequence for your vehicle which may be difficult to find but is often available online or from key vendors. Many but not all auto makers require 2 existing keys to do-it-yourself for added security. For example, you don't want a parking attendant able to do it. And, if you already lost one key it may be necessary to go to the dealer. However, many car owners have done it successfully otherwise we wouldn't write about it.
Message edited by: Budoman on 2009-09-24 03:30:20 CDT
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