where to cut lexus keys besides dealer?

[thetransporter]

where to cut lexus keys besides dealer? I have a blank key and they want $50 to cut it. yes i do realize its "laser" but anyone know of of anyone else

[bubbley]

Seem like a fair price considering some high end companies charge an arm for replacement keys :thumbsup:

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by bubbley
Seem like a fair price considering some high end companies charge an arm for replacement keys :thumbsup:


but i already have the replacement keys...

[revelations]

Is there a chip in your key?

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by revelations
Is there a chip in your key?

no...

[FraserB]

$50 for a laser cut key is cheap. You obviously have the money for an Acura, just too cheap for a key?

[Redlyne_mr2]

Why would you cheap out on getting something as important as a key cut? A poor cut can end up messing up your ignition and lock cylinders.

[Xtrema]

$50 is cheap from a marquis brand. And if your Lexus has no chip, must be a very old one?

[thetransporter]

i am not cheaping out. i purchased 4 blanks. that would be a total of $200 just cutting. from what reading online people where doing it for about 20 from various sources so i was wondering if there was a keycutter that people now. not here to be called cheap.

i am no where near cheap.

[dj_rice]

Infiniti/Nissan dealers, $108 for key/fob if its Intelligent Key and $130 to get it reprogrammed


Have u tried a locksmith?

[Weapon_R]

I'm pretty sure you can get it cut with a regular grinder. I've read that people have successfully got it done before using this method.

Since you have a couple blanks, try it and see what happens. If you don't have one to copy, you'll be stuck going to the dealer for $50 or waiting 2 weeks until a $20 one arrives in the mail.

[JZS_147]

what are you talking about? i got a spare key cut at lexus of calgary a couple months ago, and i was charged $35 including the key.....

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by JZS_147
what are you talking about? i got a spare key cut at lexus of calgary a couple months ago, and i was charged $35 including the key.....


really?, he told me 48 dollars even if i bring my key and even if i need multiple copies. no discount. i remember 2 years ago i got a key cut that i supply for 18. i guess its not really standard..

[thetransporter]

thanks everyone for your help minus the name calling

[rizfarmer]

cheap

[BokCh0y]

You gotta pay to play......


Cheap x 2

[2EFNFAST]

i agree with the above 2 - you're obviously ghetto cheap. That's beyond cheap :thumbsdow

ghetto cheap x3

[JZS_147]

Originally posted by thetransporter



really?, he told me 48 dollars even if i bring my key and even if i need multiple copies. no discount. i remember 2 years ago i got a key cut that i supply for 18. i guess its not really standard..

parts guy was probably being a dick.

we have a wholesale account there, i'll pm you my number, call me tomorrow and i'll see if i can get you a deal

[JZS_147]

$50 a key is bullshit, especially when you're providing the blanks.

he's not being cheap, anyone with half a brain would see that being a total ripoff.

[anhsicun]

i lost my key a month ago for my car and it cost me 360 to get a new master key from lexus. so yah 50 dollar for a extra key is cheap.

[Dj_Stylz]

I went to Acura to get a key cut and it was $100. Mine has a chip in it though

[JZS_147]

Originally posted by anhsicun
i lost my key a month ago for my car and it cost me 360 to get a new master key from lexus. so yah 50 dollar for a extra key is cheap.

that's different. and you probably have one of the newer keys as well.

[Neil4Speed]

If you don't mind me asking, why do you have 4 blanks wanting to get cut?

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by JZS_147
$50 a key is bullshit, especially when you're providing the blanks.

he's not being cheap, anyone with half a brain would see that being a total ripoff.


yeah i am going to take blank keys to be cut and charged 200 so i can be made fun of.

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by Xtrema
$50 is cheap from a marquis brand. And if your Lexus has no chip, must be a very old one?

one of my cars is a 1992 toyota soarer. it uses a lexus type key

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by Neil4Speed
If you don't mind me asking, why do you have 4 blanks wanting to get cut?


well i want to make 2 copies atleast, incase something happens. i cant "cheap" out on just making 1 copy.

plus i have the other blanks for future use or for another vehicle.

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by 2EFNFAST
i agree with the above 2 - you're obviously ghetto cheap. That's beyond cheap :thumbsdow

ghetto cheap x3

yeah ok i would rather be called cheap then to pay a few hundred dollars to cut keys that I supplied and called stupid.

[Q-TIP]

Walmart cut my RX-8 switchblade key for about 10 dollars when I provided the blank. Chip makes no difference in the cutting procedure as long as you know how to program the key properly. They have a cartridge system and so long as the key isn't an inside cut key (the tumbler channel runs down the center of the key not on the outside) they can do it.

[thetransporter]

Originally posted by Q-TIP
Walmart cut my RX-8 switchblade key for about 10 dollars when I provided the blank. Chip makes no difference in the cutting procedure as long as you know how to program the key properly. They have a cartridge system and so long as the key isn't an inside cut key (the tumbler channel runs down the center of the key not on the outside) they can do it.


oh ok, so walmart does it. thank you.

http://gimg.dt00.net/goods/3897/389781/135911big.jpg

[rizfarmer]

^:facepalm: Really? you didn't know where to get a regular key cut?

[bituerbo]

Originally posted by rizfarmer
^:facepalm: Really? you didn't know where to get a regular key cut?

That's not a regular key. That's the 'inside cut' that the guy above him was posting about. I don't think Walmart will cut this type of key for him. This is what it looks like when done:

http://www.vftbushes.com/images/key2.jpg

[megavolt]

Give Budget Lock a call. They cut my VW sidewinder keys for me.

[dutchschultz]

i bought keys off ebay and they cut them at country hills toyota for 3 bones

[NRGie]

Aboe locksmith on center street

[CanmoreOrLess]

Take a moment and appreciate the five year old bump we have all witnessed. Someone please bump the first post ever on Beyond.

[npham]

Originally posted by CanmoreOrLess
Take a moment and appreciate the five year old bump we have all witnessed. Someone please bump the first post ever on Beyond.

I was pretty entertained by how upset the OP was getting when people were calling him cheap, but normally I would agree with you.

[CelicaST-162]

Originally posted by megavolt
Give Budget Lock a call. They cut my VW sidewinder keys for me.

This. They cut two keys for my Aristo. The keys are the same for a Soarer, good luck!

[jwslam]

bump from the dead.

bought a blank off ebay wondering where to get it cut.
2009 Honda

won't need to program as the transponder and remote will be recycled from the old key.