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Title: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on September 22, 2011, 09:14:12 am: Whats the best way to get a spare key for the GTI

1. Go to the dealers.
2. Go to timpsons as they apprantly do them
3. Buy a 3 button remote off ebay, get the blade cut and then get it coded at the dealers.

Any other options ?
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: Jaywoo-GTI on September 22, 2011, 09:16:49 am: Dont do the ebay option as its a pain in the backside and still work out expensive, I did it this way and am still trying to get my key coded for a decent price locally.

My advice would be to bite the bullet and go to the dealers saves so much hassel.
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: Stevenebm on September 22, 2011, 11:45:31 am: I could be doing with a spare.how much roughly are they from the dealers.
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: liver on September 22, 2011, 11:53:57 am: about £150 from the dealers

£50 for the key part
£50 for the button housing
£50 for the coding to the car

thats what i heard a sales person telling a customer about a month ago anyway
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: MitchGTI on September 22, 2011, 11:55:39 am: When i had my gti it cost me £200 for a new key at the dealers :surprised:
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: DaveR77 on September 22, 2011, 12:30:00 pm: Coding was a fixed price at my dealer, 27 quid, I got my key from eBay for 40.
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: WolverineMAc on September 22, 2011, 12:41:04 pm: My key cost £180 however was paid by the independent dealer as I was only given one key
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: adamf on September 22, 2011, 01:14:51 pm: A local auto electrician can do me one for 100 quid :signLOL:
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: alackofspeed on September 22, 2011, 01:19:35 pm: I bought a key from the dealer, then got an independant to do the immobiliser element. The independant had to extract the hex codes to decript the SKC, which means I've now got that to make future keys easier to code. Not only was the independant more helpful / flexible, they were cheaper for the coding too.
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: gizmo68 on September 22, 2011, 07:51:13 pm: I bought a remote from eBay, key & transponder from hickleys.com, key cut by a local locksmith, got the SKC retrieved by a friendly member :happy2: then coded it myself (with VCDS) all for less than £50
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on September 23, 2011, 09:19:50 pm: Took the old key apart and found the part number, ordered one of ebay with the blade, chip etc brand new original part for £42 now need it cut and then programmed
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: golf nutter on September 24, 2011, 01:58:04 pm: i am in the same boat...need to get another key but not happy to pay 180 notes to the stealer. any links to an appropriate ebay/cheap, but good source of the bits needed. assume stealers are ok about coding keys that they havent provided?
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on September 24, 2011, 02:40:13 pm: The company ive bought mine off

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-VW-THREE-3-BUTTON-FLIP-KEY-FOB-BLANK-1K0-G-/170692249086?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27be0d05fe
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: DaveR77 on September 25, 2011, 11:30:06 am: Quote from: golf nutter on September 24, 2011, 01:58:04 pm
assume stealers are ok about coding keys that they havent provided?

Mine was, VW Leeds
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on September 28, 2011, 11:10:24 am: Price of coding the key at the local dealers £45

Getting the key cut tomorrow at timpsons, then all ready for the coding a week a thursday
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: Thecrawf on September 28, 2011, 02:57:22 pm: Quote from: DaveR77 on September 22, 2011, 12:30:00 pm
Coding was a fixed price at my dealer, 27 quid, I got my key from eBay for 40.

Second that had my v5 beetle done as the remote stopped working and only worked inside the cab, and yes I did try the batteries before you all ask lol
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on October 01, 2011, 02:00:48 pm: If you only need a blade you can buy one cut from ebay, send him a pic of your old key and he cuts it.

I was doubtful but after reading some reviews i tried it and the key works fine, just waiting to get it programmed now
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: DaveR77 on October 04, 2011, 12:29:42 pm: Quote from: brough74 on October 01, 2011, 02:00:48 pm
I was doubtful but after reading some reviews i tried it and the key works fine, just waiting to get it programmed now

You sent a picture of you car key and your address to some random person on eBay? I certainly wouldn't do that!

Key + blade - eBay £40 (or less)
Key cut at local mechanics £15
Coding at VW Leeds £27 (part of there fixed price offers)
Total £72
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: Rob GTI on October 04, 2011, 03:44:29 pm: Haven't you got to take you V5 and Id with you to get the key programmed / cut?
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: golf nutter on October 04, 2011, 03:49:50 pm: Quote from: DaveR77 on October 04, 2011, 12:29:42 pm
Quote from: brough74 on October 01, 2011, 02:00:48 pm
I was doubtful but after reading some reviews i tried it and the key works fine, just waiting to get it programmed now

You sent a picture of you car key and your address to some random person on eBay? I certainly wouldn't do that!

Key + blade - eBay £40 (or less)
Key cut at local mechanics £15Coding at VW Leeds £27 (part of there fixed price offers)
Total £72

what sort of places does that? i have tried "normal" key cutters and they wont touch car keys.
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on October 06, 2011, 04:25:49 pm: Pissed off, took my "new key" off ebay to my dealers to be coded today and they could not do it.

So £45 worse off and still no second key, just a cut blade. The key wont code in they tried 3 times and ive tried it and it wont work. Why not as it has internals
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: Weston on October 06, 2011, 04:31:27 pm: Where did you get it from? Could it be fake?
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on October 06, 2011, 05:45:19 pm: From a dealer on ebay, it said it was a complete key and has all the workings inside etc
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: DaveR77 on October 06, 2011, 06:07:36 pm: I got mine from the following if it helps anyone

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/remotefobcentre/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: brough74 on October 06, 2011, 08:56:58 pm: Did it include everything ? ie transponder chip etc
Title: Re: Best way to buy a spare key
Post by: DaveR77 on October 06, 2011, 09:44:15 pm: Quote from: brough74 on October 06, 2011, 08:56:58 pm
Did it include everything ? ie transponder chip etc

Yeah, inc case/transponder. You probably got a used transponder, I don't think they can be re-coded