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allantheboss
21-02-14, 04:19 PM
Hey team!

I'd like to get a spare key cut for my 1999 BMW. A blank key even from Timpsons costs £35. I got a blank from somewhere else, but need to find a place that will cut it, and copy the transponder chip code across too.

Can you guys suggest anywhere? Please! Otherwise I've wasted money getting this blank!

Thanks!
Mark_h
21-02-14, 04:27 PM
I know my old BMWs could learn new keys so may not need to do any chip swapping, just google how to add a new key to your car. unofficialbmw.com was always the most useful back in the day.

As for getting it cut try an independent cobbler/key cutter rather than a franchise/chain as they are more likely to be accommodating ref cutting it. I would however get it known by your car before paying to get it cut as then if it's not a goer you can sell it on as an uncut blank.
allantheboss
21-02-14, 04:34 PM
Yeah.. can you suggest anywhere private in these regions?
atassiedevil
21-02-14, 04:35 PM
While you can code the key to the car, you can't code the transponder chip in the key to the ignition.
New key time i am afraid, and you're looking at around £120 to do it.
Need any more info on that pm me and i'll fill you in.
Mark_h
21-02-14, 04:39 PM
While you can code the key to the car, you can't code the transponder chip in the key to the ignition.
New key time i am afraid, and you're looking at around £120 to do it.
Need any more info on that pm me and i'll fill you in.

Are you sure??

I got a new key, and as long as you have the old key to trigger the learning process it learned the new one and was happy. Doubtless varied model to model but I certainly didn't pay anyone £120 to add a new remote key to my E46 after it had the locks changed.
allantheboss
21-02-14, 04:39 PM
This is news to me; nobody else has said this!

I have the key that gets physically cut, and then the chip inside is cloned to be like the chip in my current car key. Is that not all?
atassiedevil
21-02-14, 04:49 PM
There is a transponder chip in the key that is coded to the ignition, they are not transferrable between cars, and new ones have to be coded by bmw. You can code any key to unlock the doors, but it WILL not start the car.
You can get a key blank cut, but it has to go into a shell that has a transponder that is already coded to your car. If you could just cut new keys like that, there would be a lot more stolen BMWs around.
DJ123
21-02-14, 06:55 PM
Go to your local BMW dealership & ask them if it can be coded.
allantheboss
22-02-14, 11:04 PM
That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid; they will charge £££££££££ and then ££££££££ + VAT
DJ123
22-02-14, 11:25 PM
I'm guessing you didn't read what i wrote. Ask them if it can be done. Not, ask them to do it . . .
Ford coded mine for me, for free.
Sir Trev
23-02-14, 06:29 PM
I'm guessing you didn't read what i wrote. Ask them if it can be done. Not, ask them to do it . . .
Ford coded mine for me, for free.



This.


A Ford of mine only came with one key and I read up on the web to see how to code the new one. I asked the supplying ford dealer to get me a blank and told them why and they did the whole thing for me for free.


No harm in asking.
atassiedevil
24-02-14, 09:56 AM
Read here....

http://www.e46zone.com/forum/topic/15732-new-key/page-2


Will answer a lot of your questions. The key blank has a transponder in it, that talks to the immobiliser. If thats not there, it won't start.


This is news to me; nobody else has said this!

I have the key that gets physically cut, and then the chip inside is cloned to be like the chip in my current car key. Is that not all?