New KEY, valet, blank????

[roadracer311]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

The problem with this is that you cannot open up a valet key head in order to swap the chip from your non-working remote.

It worked. I was able to swap the chip from my large key head with a dead remote, to the valet key that I ordered from Sunset.

There is a plug that can be popped out, then I scraped out some glue, then ended up drilling a tiny hole that allowed me to push the un-programmed chip out from behind. I slid the chip from my dead remote-key into the valet key head and secured it with a little silicone, then pushed the plug back in. I tested it tonight, works great.

Now instead of one working remote key and one broken remote key, I have one working remote key and one valet key that stays in my wallet all the time in case I lock the remote key in the trunk.

[Tool Pants]

Clever. I would not have thought of a way of getting the chip out of a new valet key and putting in a programed chip without screwing it up.

For others, this is the chip, which is easy to remove from the remote.

I guess you could implant that chip in a finger and impress your friends....