Where to get a duplicate key?
I don't have a spare key and I was wondering if and who can make a duplicate?
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Most home improvement stores can make keys. You'll end up with a key with a head that looks like a V'dub one.
944online carries the factory banks and new key heads also. Plus they're a site sponsor! |
plain steel ones are also available in most places
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Got mine lighted one off of ebay.. may sound stupid, but it's came in great use several times. Went to home depot and they said they couldn't cut it... I asked why, and he said "We just can't."-wtf?
The third time a teenage girl at the local hardware store finally did it, fits perfectly and goes in smooth. |
Neither Lowes or Home Defunct could cut mine, had to go to the been-in-buisness-for-50-years local place to get it cut old school way. Works great! Just ordered a key blank and head from pelican parts I think, and kept the el' cheapo key that the car came with as the spare.
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Originally Posted by fortysixandtwo
(Post 4881872)
Most home improvement stores can make keys. You'll end up with a key with a head that looks like a V'dub one.
944online carries the factory banks and new key heads also. Plus they're a site sponsor! |
Originally Posted by SpideySlave944
(Post 4882097)
Neither Lowes or Home Defunct could cut mine, had to go to the been-in-buisness-for-50-years local place to get it cut old school way. Works great! Just ordered a key blank and head from pelican parts I think, and kept the el' cheapo key that the car came with as the spare.
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i got mine done at walmart hahah
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Some places told me they couldn't cut it cause they are steel keys
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I just got two duplicates done at ASAP locksmith near where I live, I'm just sad cause I no longer have the Porsche head on it... :banghead:
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You can get cheap porsche blanks on ebay fo under $10.
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I had one made for my old 83 at osh and they couldn't do one for my 951
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thats weird isnt an 83 key the same as a 951 key?
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No early NAs used the VW sourced round key that had a crest cut into it while 85.5+ used the lighted key head.
What I ended up doing was taking the unmade key to ace hardware where he cut the key buy hand. Because it was cut by hand and therefor not as accurate as a machine it was free. He said there'd be a 50/50 chance it'd work and it did so I'm satisfied. |
but isnt the key itself the same, just different heads?
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