corvette key
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Racer
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From: Cape Coral FL
corvette key
k guys i lost my key, i havnt had enough time to go hunting for it again, and it was the only one that i had for the car. Ive seen the key's online at one of the corvette sponsors. can i buy one of those key's for 15 - 20$ and just have a person just cut the key and make it work?
thanks guys..
thanks guys..
Burning Brakes
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I probally am not the smartest guy on this, but don't all keys have the resistor in them? And I belive there are like 15 different ones. I personally would just to go the dealership with your VIN, I know they can "CUT" your key by vin, but I am not sure if the vin would also say which resistor is in it, call and ask.
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A dealer should be able to help you out. Just be prepared to positively prove that the car is yours. Otherwise they may not be willing to cut the key.
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From: Silver Spring MD
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After you spend huge bucks on a single key from the dealer go to someone like locksmithsource on ebay and purchase another key with the right resistance code and spend about $2 to have it cut by a local locksmith. I did the second part made a spare before I lost the original.
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Originally Posted by HisandHerZ06
I probally am not the smartest guy on this, but don't all keys have the resistor in them? And I belive there are like 15 different ones. I personally would just to go the dealership with your VIN, I know they can "CUT" your key by vin, but I am not sure if the vin would also say which resistor is in it, call and ask.
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From: "when lightning strikes twice, the funerals insane, the funerals insane"
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
A dealer should be able to help you out. Just be prepared to positively prove that the car is yours. Otherwise they may not be willing to cut the key.
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From: Seoul Korea
Originally Posted by dwarmenzerk
well you see i called the local dealer and they told me it would be 50$ for a new key. so i was wondering if i could buy a key online or something.
Ah, NO, not without knowing the specif resistor code........ unless all you want to do is unlock your door. Call another dealership, It wasn't even $20 for mine that I got last week.
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Originally Posted by dwarmenzerk
well you see i called the local dealer and they told me it would be 50$ for a new key. so i was wondering if i could buy a key online or something.