Keys info for you!

Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:37 pm

There has been a few threads about Keys in the past, so I just thought i would post my findings.

Keys are still availalbe from BMW, (dealers have to send off for them and order them straight from your VIN number

Normal plastic ket is Ãƒ”šÃ‚£5.42 +VAT and Key with Light is Ãƒ”šÃ‚£17.50 + VAT + key insert (metal bit)

I think this is pretty reasonable.

Was told that the key may need filing down a bit due to age of car and may not fit if the locks have ever been changed.

To get a key you have to take your V5, driving liceanse/passport and a utilitie bill. They have to fill a form and sign there life away!

Seam to take it pretty seriously, probably due to the fact that getting a key is practicly the only way to steel a new car.

Learn't this from Hexagon Kentish Town NW5 London

Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:26 pm

Good info

There's only one key in existence that will start my car though

Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:03 pm

and 2 wires

Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:14 pm

ballin wrote:and 2 wires

?

Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:03 pm

just jokin matey

Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:05 pm

Its the same process at every dealer!

Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:07 pm

ballin wrote:just jokin matey

No probs. It's just that no amount of jiggery pokery with some wires would get my car started

Ian.

Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:34 pm

yep got my key from bmw, spent ages filing the thing down now its so thin it could snap at any minute, should get another cut asap

Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:10 pm

ian332isport wrote:
ballin wrote:just jokin matey
No probs. It's just that no amount of jiggery pokery with some wires would get my car started

Ian.

thats the way to have it

Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:36 pm

it would seam that my car has had its locks changed at some point.... key from the vin is nothing like the keys i have.

oh well ebay time.....

Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:08 pm

a local locksmith once told me he could match odd lockes if he had enough bits... may be worth asking if it saves a few quid and a load of hassle?

when i ordered a new matching key and barrel for my wifes E34 they just asked to the number plate and ordered it up

not posting what dealer though in case someone loses a E30 from this snippet of info! dodgy

Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:10 pm

ian332isport wrote:Good info

There's only one key in existence that will start my car though

you won't be laughing when you loose your keys.........lol

Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:12 pm

robmpulse wrote:
ian332isport wrote:Good info

There's only one key in existence that will start my car though
you won't be laughing when you loose your keys.........lol

I do have a spare transponder chip, so could quite easily get it running if that were to happen

Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:05 pm

Gwynleym10 wrote:There has been a few threads about Keys in the past, so I just thought i would post my findings.

Keys are still availalbe from BMW, (dealers have to send off for them and order them straight from your VIN number

Normal plastic ket is Ãƒ”šÃ‚£5.42 +VAT and Key with Light is Ãƒ”šÃ‚£17.50 + VAT + key insert (metal bit)

I think this is pretty reasonable.

Was told that the key may need filing down a bit due to age of car and may not fit if the locks have ever been changed.

To get a key you have to take your V5, driving liceanse/passport and a utilitie bill. They have to fill a form and sign there life away!

Seam to take it pretty seriously, probably due to the fact that getting a key is practicly the only way to steel a new car.

Learn't this from Hexagon Kentish Town NW5 London

I tried to get a torch key about 6 or 7 weeks ago from the dealers and they told me they are no longer available

Had to settle for a standard key, took my docs in and got a phone call a few days later saying the machine they used to cut the keys with no longer exists (different dealership)
So had to settle for a blank key!

Since then I got a blank torch key off E-Bay and got them both cut at my locksmiths.

I was pretty pissed off TBH, they kept me waiting over a week, told me I had to come over with my docs, and then after that I still didnt get a working key

Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:14 am

name and shame the dealer!

did yr ebay keys come from the us? are they ok?

Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:38 am

How does that work then if you buy a new barrel for your car and get given a new set of keys?! you see my cars de-locked.

Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:06 am

Thats Knights of Stafford Gwyn, but the dealer who had the machine was in Birmingham somewhere.

Yeah it was a US key, was Ãƒ”šÃ‚£12 inc post, so was nearly a tenner cheaper!

Did you actually buy a torch key? Or was it just a price you got, if somethings available they normally get it for me, never had any problems before

Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:10 pm

gareth wrote:when i ordered a new matching key and barrel for my wifes E34 they just asked to the number plate and ordered it up

My main dealer did exactly the same(key only) so there not all as secure as others...

Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:01 pm

dodgy!!!!

Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:34 pm

Very dodgy, dealer I visited (Hexagon of Highgate) had to fill out a form, if the car was stolen the police could according charge the dealership. Stealing keys is the easiest way to steal a car now.

He thought that the key may even have been cut in Germany...(didn't do it at the dealership)

Dan, no I just got the bog standard plastic one because I wanted to check, glad I did!

Ordering some from the US as we speak!

Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:36 am

Gwynleym10 wrote:Very dodgy, dealer I visited (Hexagon of Highgate) had to fill out a form, if the car was stolen the police could according charge the dealership. Stealing keys is the easiest way to steal a car now.

He thought that the key may even have been cut in Germany...(didn't do it at the dealership)

Dan, no I just got the bog standard plastic one because I wanted to check, glad I did!

Ordering some from the US as we speak!

Are you ordering enough to sell onto fellow zoners?