Flip Key Snapped

[JoeF]

went to get my flip key cut today at timpsons, he said to me it might break or we aint responsilbe because its not our blank, i said okay and just give it a go, he did but ended up snapping it right at the end, i asked why or how and he said that the key is 1mm shorter then what it should be and thats why it snapped? has anyone else had theirs snapped? got it off ebay so maybe its dodgy?

 

[Guinness]

got mine for £3 off ebay never had a problem

 

[JoeF]

can the actual blade be remove from the moving part of the key if that makes sense? i mean just the long straight key and not the round thing with button on? looks as if it can come free

 

[Guinness]

yep take the pin out dead easy. Wouldnt ask for it cut with the key on the end makes it harder for whos cutting it

 

[JoeF]

how do i take the pin out lol ! sorry

 

[Guinness]

I used a watch makers screw driver like a round one and a small hammer and pushed it out, luckily my key blade came with a spare one, but Im sure the old one could have went back in.

 

[JoeF]

which end do i go from? the one flush to the key or one with the small hole in

 

[Guinness]

the pin comes out the big end I think. Ie it comes out the side with the badge

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

I snapped a VW Toureag flip key in work! put it in the door, walked off to get something, left it in the door, walked past it and snapped it off, leaving the key in the door and the flip bit on the floor!

 

[JoeF]

well guy at timpsons said the flip might snap in the ignition or something like that lol, this pin is a bitch to get out aint it :s

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Cos thats what you want to happen?!

 

[evoy2k2]

sorry to be bit unsure but whats a flip key? lol

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=flip+key&gbv=2 A key that folds in to the housing and flips out when you press the button.

 

[evoy2k2]

oh rite, and do these work with most cars?? Cheers for the pics ibiza 130

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

oh rite, and do these work with most cars?? Cheers for the pics ibiza 130

Its alright! Im not sure how they work tbh. I know Guiness has one so maybe wait til he replies? I know like VW's, Audi's, Peugeots, some Citroens, some Skoda's, some Mazda's I think....! quiet a few I guess!

 

[Guinness]

the flip key info thread in the faq area answers most these the pin is hard to get in and out but is the only real way of doing it. my local timpsons suck but luckily the smalles cobbelers in the world did it for me no problems with it. The flip key as Im aware of it, has the transponde rin the blad half and the rest in the other half. Its pretty easy.

as for what a flip key is it is a smaller in length but fatter key in which the key folds into the plastic meaning u have a nice round item in your pocket rather than a key blad diging in you. It is also a bit mroe bling, if you need one for a seat you need to buy a VW or one from the vag group loads on ebay.

 

[JoeF]

so you reckon if i took it to say somewhere that cuts keys they may be able to get the pin out for me?

 

[justlivyalife]

Timpsons snapped my blade too, took it to my local locksmiths and they cut my new balde for me for £1.50. Did the guy at Timpsons charge you?

 

[JoeF]

na he didnt charge me will go eslewhere next time, seem a blank blade on ebay and is marked HAA same as my seat blade, the other one wasnt HAA it was just blank, although i doubt this will make it any different

 

[Guinness]

shud be an HAA blade well thats what I used