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adam 32

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adam 32 Grand Master

adam 32

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ok well i lost my car keys 2 days ago. and ive pretty much given up looking for them... but i dont have a spare key and the car is stuck at my cousins house

what can i do? can i get a key moulded to my current lock? or do i have to get a new one???

this has been pissing me off all weekend! does anyone have any ideas?

Warpspeed Experienced

Warpspeed

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First get into the car, maybe a coathanger ? Then remove one of the doorlocks and take it to a locksmith on Monday.

He will be able to dismantle the lock and measure the pins. From this he will be able to make you a key. If it works, get several made !

Hide a spare key somewhere under the car where it cannot be seen. Or maybe bolt a spare key behind the numberplate or something.

Then one day when you loose your keys at 4AM, out in the middle of nowhere, in the pissing rain, with no money in your pocket, you will be o/k !

dAVE Grand Master

dAVE

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i know what its like. I sorta did the same thing. Was on holiday in Byron Bay and couldnt find the keys anywhere on the day we were meant to leave.

Lucky wrx's are easy to break into, so we managed to pack the car, go to the pub and forget about it.

Found the keys 2 days later in one of the girls handbags.... felt stupid, but we got 2 extra days of holiday!

Shell Grand Master

Shell

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Originally posted by Dragon18

if you lose your keys that means u cant start your car anywayz coz

of the immobiliser and alaram hehe

hehe just do what my dad does (being the extra cautious Camry driver he is :D )

he's got a key and a spare remote for the security system tucked away up in one of the bumpers. It's tied up with heaps of wire so it can't come loose and it's in a sealed plastic bag so that no water or dirt gets in.. :D

Warpspeed Experienced

Warpspeed

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Well I also have an alarm/immobiliser and steering wheel lock. Both front doorlocks are disconnected so a thief cannot twist the locks around with a large screwdriver. That is how I lost my last car.

If I lose my keys, or the battery in the remote goes flat, my system is as follows.

Get the spare key from under the car, get into the rear boot. Inside the boot I have a spre remote for the alarm to gain entry, and a spare key for the steering wheel lock.

mr180 Contributor

mr180

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Originally posted by Warpspeed

If I lose my keys, or the battery in the remote goes flat, my system is as follows.

Get the spare key from under the car, get into the rear boot. Inside the boot I have a spre remote for the alarm to gain entry, and a spare key for the steering wheel lock.

Just make sure the battery is replaced every now and then! It would be so frustrating to find the spare remote wasnt working. I was stuck for a while in Chadstone late one night after a movie when my immobiliser battery died... I pulled the battery out and twisted it around and luckily it somehow had enough power to work so I could start the car.

blind_elk Grand Master

blind_elk

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Originally posted by Warpspeed

Hide a spare key ...  behind the numberplate or something.  

I did that once. One problem - the screwdriver to undo the number plate was in the boot - which required the key behind number plate to open it!!!!!

With regard to the alams and immobilisers - most immobilisers simply intercept the wire to the starter motor, they don't actually disable the car (all the lights on the panel light up, just the starter won't work. Solution (for manuals only) - kick start down a hill!!!! And the alarm should have some means to disable it without the module.

Warpspeed Experienced

Warpspeed

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Bolting the key behind the numberplate was used as an example to get people thinking, but I have actually done this myself though.

If you use a stainless steel screw and a brass nut, with a shakeprook star washer, it will not vibrate loose. It will not rust up either. By twisting the key, the nut can be loosened quite easily. Try it and see ! Or maybe a brass wing nut.

Another way is to attatch a long piece of stiff wire to the key and poke the key down inside a chasis rail, gearbox crossmember, behind the front grille, inside a hollow towbar, or something. If you can feel the end of the wire with your fingers, then pull the whole lot out.

Use your imagination. Suerly you can find a place that does not require a full 250 piece toolset on a trolly to get at the key. Jeeeeez

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