C5 Key Mod
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From: Philadelphia PA
Good idea 
Honestly I do not have any other keys on my key ring other then the key to the car and its Fob. The gerage door opener or home link in the car is what one should use to get in their house anyways. (perhaps a spare house key in the glove box if ur paranoid)
Honestly I do not have any other keys on my key ring other then the key to the car and its Fob. The gerage door opener or home link in the car is what one should use to get in their house anyways. (perhaps a spare house key in the glove box if ur paranoid)
Melting Slicks
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From: Macomb MI
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This is what a Lexus key looks like.
This is what the VW key looks like with the key closed.
Same key with it opened
And last the key Pad for the Vette ( Opened ) not much meat to insert the stem of the key.
Sorry for the fuzzy pictures, had to use my cell phone to take these photos.
This is what the VW key looks like with the key closed.
Same key with it opened
And last the key Pad for the Vette ( Opened ) not much meat to insert the stem of the key.
Sorry for the fuzzy pictures, had to use my cell phone to take these photos.
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Safety Car
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From: San Diego CA
To answer a few questions that came up.
This isn't a Vette key so there is no "chip" on it. I didn't want to cut up my Vette key so I used a GM one I had laying around.
I don't carry any other keys on my Vette keyring. I don't like a ton of keys dangling from the ignition so I don't need a hole for a keyring.
I don't have the engineering ability to make it a VW "switchblade" type but that would be very cool.
This isn't a Vette key so there is no "chip" on it. I didn't want to cut up my Vette key so I used a GM one I had laying around.
I don't carry any other keys on my Vette keyring. I don't like a ton of keys dangling from the ignition so I don't need a hole for a keyring.
I don't have the engineering ability to make it a VW "switchblade" type but that would be very cool.
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From: Assachusetts
Sponge Vette - that VW key, does it open by pressing the button? Spring loaded?
I have considered making spring loaded or 'solid' key+fobs but unfortunately I don't think there's much of a market. The cost would be fairly prohibitive. Just a C5 key alone is fairly expensive (my dealer wanted something insane like $125). Then a fob (just a normal C5 fob) is like $25 or more. Nevermind adding in extra parts and labor to modify the 2. You'd be talking over $200-250. For a key.
Dope
Dope
I have considered making spring loaded or 'solid' key+fobs but unfortunately I don't think there's much of a market. The cost would be fairly prohibitive. Just a C5 key alone is fairly expensive (my dealer wanted something insane like $125). Then a fob (just a normal C5 fob) is like $25 or more. Nevermind adding in extra parts and labor to modify the 2. You'd be talking over $200-250. For a key.
Dope
Dope
Cherish your Hopes...
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From: West Palm Beach FL
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by USA-VET
I would take that as a maybe? ..not a bad idea for those who wanna put them together...
(mustang owners do this all the time...I hear)
I dont because I dont want to be acused ofbeing a mustang lover...
...not that there is anything wrong with the key or mustangs...
..so post the tech sheet...
Melting Slicks
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From: Macomb MI
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Originally Posted by Dope
Sponge Vette - that VW key, does it open by pressing the button? Spring loaded?
I have considered making spring loaded or 'solid' key+fobs but unfortunately I don't think there's much of a market. The cost would be fairly prohibitive. Just a C5 key alone is fairly expensive (my dealer wanted something insane like $125). Then a fob (just a normal C5 fob) is like $25 or more. Nevermind adding in extra parts and labor to modify the 2. You'd be talking over $200-250. For a key.
Dope
Dope
I have considered making spring loaded or 'solid' key+fobs but unfortunately I don't think there's much of a market. The cost would be fairly prohibitive. Just a C5 key alone is fairly expensive (my dealer wanted something insane like $125). Then a fob (just a normal C5 fob) is like $25 or more. Nevermind adding in extra parts and labor to modify the 2. You'd be talking over $200-250. For a key.
Dope
Dope
Yes, it opens by pressing on the silver button.
Racer
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From: Chicago IL
I actually am working on the combo key FOB right now, were entering production in a few weeks after we tweek the design a little bit. Here is a close idea of the finished product. This has a GM pellet key, and will house our remote/fobs making it a fully functional piece. Please post responses on whether you like it or not and what you think.
Last edited by BlackC5Vette; Jan 26, 2005 at 05:45 PM.
I'm "Apache" a psycho dog
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From: N.J.
[QUOTE=BlackC5Vette]I actually am working on the combo key FOB right now, were entering production in a few weeks after we tweek the design a little bit. Here is a close idea of the finished product. This has a GM pellet key, and will house our remote/fobs making it a fully functional piece. Please post responses on whether you like it or not and what you think.
Are you the guy many members have been looking for since this post??
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=983635
Are you the guy many members have been looking for since this post??
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=983635
Last edited by Rob 99; Jan 26, 2005 at 10:47 PM.
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From: Thousand Oaks CA
Originally Posted by BlackC5Vette
I actually am working on the combo key FOB right now, were entering production in a few weeks after we tweek the design a little bit. Here is a close idea of the finished product. This has a GM pellet key, and will house our remote/fobs making it a fully functional piece. Please post responses on whether you like it or not and what you think.
You want to know what I think... I will take 2 please
