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It’s honestly easier to just get a whole new keyblade fob made. You have to be very peculiar with searching for key fobs, since a lot of these are easily made aftermarket, and lots of them suck as well.
It took me a while to find some nice aftermarket ones, with the logo in the back. The logos/badges looked fake immediately as you checked them out up close. I ended up buying separate donor keys, and then removed the badge and tossed the rest (was sometimes a trashed key shell/fob).
It’s like $25-35 here around where I live, in order to match a key blade cut. And to program these key fobs… SUPER easy. If you don’t already know, just keep a working key or keyblade fob, use it to turn the ignition all the way to ‘ON’; and then immediately remove it and use the newly cut key to turn it to the same ignition position. Assuming there aren’t NINE whole keys registered in the ECM or whatever, you should have a fresh new key enrolled, and it should give you a message saying so.
If possible, either upgrade to the flat-edged “BMW” styled key fob, or the one that has rounded edges. Those TWO other style of aftermarket key fob upgrades, are much more durable, with no soft rubber keys to wear and tear. Only downside is no logo, and people will immediately know they’re replica keys (who cares..?).
If you want to keep the original key fob style, get the ones that have a set screw. This will prevent the halves from coming apart, which the super cheap OEM replica key fobs may sometimes do. And best thing aside from that, is to have a key fob case, like a silicone one. Might be ugly, but that’ll keep the buttons from getting jacked up….
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