Thread: Key

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I need one, just the board, I have spare fobs.
My go to guy and girl don't stock them. There are plenty on eBay, does anybody have a recommendation, please?
ATM, I only have one key, it's superglued together, if it dies, I'm knackered .
I am prepared to buy a complete key, ready for programming.

Ian, you must be the only person in Goodna who needs the key to start a car. Go down to the local teenage hangout and get some tuition.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Ummm, yes, that makes it clear. Ian, did you understand that? Or should we ask the author to repeat.

In simpler terms, my idea won't work.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Ian, you must be the only person in Goodna who needs the key to start a car. Go down to the local teenage hangout and get some tuition.

I'm not in Goodna and it's too far to walk.
I used to work with a bloke who could unlock a car with a blade of grass. He grew up in Logan.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

In simpler terms, my idea won't work.


I'm not in Goodna and it's too far to walk.
I used to work with a bloke who could unlock a car with a blade of grass. He grew up in Logan.

Sorry, Ian. I had the idea you lived in Goodna. Anyhow, west of Moorooka there are plenty of skilled hot wirers to start your car for you.

An auto leccy at Clovelly in Sydney had a standing offer of a $100 bet that he could open and start your car in three minutes without setting of any alarm. High tech manufacturer installed alarms or the much advertised after market ones. Another Sydneysider I knew was in the auto export business. He reckoned that if a professional car thief wanted your car it was gone no matter what alarm or immobilisers were fitted.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

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An auto leccy at Clovelly in Sydney had a standing offer of a $100 bet that he could open and start your car in three minutes without setting of any alarm. ...

I wish i was there cos i'd happilly take that bet just to see how he does that with a well working D2.

Have you tried Richard Landy Nut Holden (facebook name), not sure of his user name here. I got a 433Mhz key (complete) off him recently. Decent price too but I'm close enough to pick it up.

Originally Posted by ChookD2

Have you tried Richard Landy Nut Holden (facebook name), not sure of his user name here. I got a 433Mhz key (complete) off him recently. Decent price too but I'm close enough to pick it up.

Can anyone enlighten me with an AULRO username, please?

Does your vehicle have the rolling codes version, which uses a different code each time it locks, or the fixed code version, which only uses the same type every time? If it's the fixed code version you're screwed and might as well just forget the alarm and immobiliser and just lock it with a key, not a remote.
Buy a pedal lock or chain it to something big and heavy.
At one stage with the D1 when the ignition broke I just had two wires under the bonnet which I touched together to start it. Got sick of opening the bonnet though. Made me realise how easy it is to steal a vehicle.
When I lived in Sydney a workmate had a neighbour who was a professional car thief. He said it was much more expensive to have a car stolen on demand for insurance fraud if the vehicle was to be found. Cheaper to just gave it disappear forever.

You're not really screwed with the early type.

Buy a used key to suit from a dismantled D2 and off ebay buy a genuine Valeo blank key/casing. Swap the circuitboard and the key blade into the new fob. Then use a Nanocom to allow your BCU to talk to the new key circuit. There is space for about 3 keys to be programed in at any one time.

This is what I did anyway. It wasnt difficult, expensive or problematic.