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Offline fireman sam

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flip key
« on: 25 April 2005, 22:01 »
has anyone replaced a flip key recently?
lost one of my keys ages ago in the house somewhere and nearly lost the only key left yesterday on a day out- luckily an honest bloke behind me told me it fell out of my pocket on the grass !
real eye opener i would have been in real trouble!
anyway i'll stop waffling now- scene loads of 2nd hand keys on ebay recently and blank blades. people advertising therm say get them cut locally rather than dealers? but i always thought keys had immobilizer chips in them do you have to still go to dealers and pay for a new chip or can local key cutters do chips?
i def need to get another key it could have been very pricey yesterday

wow did i really type all that? :shocked:
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Offline W36 EJO

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Re: flip key
« Reply #1 on: 30 April 2005, 20:54 »
You'd still need to take it to the stealers to get it mapped to the immobilizer whcih costs £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£'s!
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Offline gti1.8t

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Re: flip key
« Reply #2 on: 03 May 2005, 14:12 »
Yeh the key is cheap bit, only really cost about £5 (or summit like that) but you have to get them encoded sop the immobiliser knows its you and not some theiving scumbag.
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Offline golf1.8t

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Re: flip key
« Reply #3 on: 03 May 2005, 16:32 »
the blade can be cut anywere the key can be programed to work i.e open the doors etc by your self but the immobiliser has to be programmed i think via vagcom/or one of there other fancy computers. it aint that cheap. but hay if you aint got a key for your pride and joy then what.
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Offline ijaure

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Re: flip key
« Reply #4 on: 10 May 2005, 09:39 »
Any one has Opened that key to replace battery, cleane it...?

any hints? beacause the soft part covers all the key and im afraid to break it if i try to open it
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Offline kniterider

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Re: flip key
« Reply #5 on: 10 May 2005, 09:57 »
i replace my battery every year in my key fob, it comes to pieces easy mate, theres nothing to break so dont worry!!

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Offline fireman sam

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Re: flip key
« Reply #6 on: 11 May 2005, 17:56 »
sorted one out for my self a fortune for the immobilizer part to be programed to the car but I'm sure it would have been a fortune like someone else said if i had lost both keys.
Anyway i was talking to my mum about it and she wondered if she could have flip key for hers.
Managed to do it for her, see link

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=21176.msg171499#msg171499
« Last Edit: 11 May 2005, 17:59 by fireman sam »
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Offline tote

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Re: flip key
« Reply #7 on: 11 May 2005, 18:17 »
Hi were did you get the key for it?
did you have to take it to vw cos i lost one of mine for my passat.

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Offline fireman sam

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Re: flip key
« Reply #8 on: 11 May 2005, 19:26 »
i got second hand keys off ebay (1 for me mum) got key blades cut local. i had to go to vw fro my immobilizer to be sorted but my mums was a straight swap out of her standard key
 hope this helps
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Offline Mr Blue

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Re: flip key
« Reply #9 on: 12 May 2005, 19:21 »
how much did it cost to get it prgrmmed by VW mate.

Need a spare myself


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