flip keys.

is it possible to get yourself a flip key - blank, the have it cut to manually unlock your car, but also re-program the alarm or key for remote use also?

 

Yeah its possible & has been done before,converting an AH key to fit the flip fob is easy enough (buy a suitable blank,chop,cut,file in a vice to fit using HAA key as a template) takes 30mins max.
Swapping the gubbins from 1 remote to the flip fob is another matter though, make sure you have another spare for starters (no offence but you'll probably knack it,i know i would) then you'll have to split the flip and remove swap all the bits etc..
Can be done but not for the average "tinkerer" IMO

 

my mate did one and he is a simpleton, his is fine and works well.

just take the flip key apart and work from there

 

yea ive got one of the flip keys to open me door manually havent got round to gettin it cut yet tho lol dont intend on doin the electrical swap mind just looks tasty haha and ive gotten next door neughbours stereo out of there golf haha

 

Hummm, i'm a fellow "simpleton" i've got a spare audi flip so i might rip it apart and take a look at it if i get bored i'll take pics if i do

 

so do you just swap the alarm fob innards into the flip key?

 

You make it sound so easy

Yes thats all you have to do, BUT you may have to trim down to alarm fob innards to make it fit in the Audi key fob. But doing that you may have to cut through some of the circuits.

Then you will have to make sure the button on the Audi makes contact with the alarm button inside.

Good luck on it. Take some pics if you do it. I would be interested in this myself.

 

I hope it is!

ill source the parts first, maybe spare fobs too so i can make spare too.

 

huh?

i just have a key, with no buttons on it, but i have a cobra alarm, on a separate fob, so could i just swap my key over? or is there some chip in the key? mk3 btw


i've seen a few flip up keys go on ebay guys, worth a look

 

nah this is getting a mk4/5 flip key, swapping the key itself onto the flip mech, then replacing the remote innards of the flip key with the alarm innards from the alarm fob (put simply).

 

Could i buy a blank key of ebay and get the key man to cut it to the shape of my mk2 key. Haveing new alarm fitted in couple of months when car come out of garage

 

thats basically it yer. there is a guide to doing it somewhere, cannot remember where i seen it though

 

I got a key cut from the local shop then cut it down.

This guide shows you how to do the key but not the alarm. It was dead easy, only took 20 mins.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1979975