Valeo key blades

T16 · 21st September 2017, 14:38

Can anyone get Genuine valeo key blanks?

I got a few different chinese/ebay key blanks, and they all seem to be an absolutely rubbish fit in the spare shells I have.

The original key blade I swapped out was tight as a drum, so I can only assume its rubbish quality control on the moulded bit of plastic on the end of the key where its snaps in to the shell.

If these are not attainable, has anyone taken their original plastic bit and re-purposed it with a replacement blank blade?

dbt01 · 21st September 2017, 19:22

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Originally Posted by T16

Can anyone get Genuine valeo key blanks?

I got a few different chinese/ebay key blanks, and they all seem to be an absolutely rubbish fit in the spare shells I have.

The original key blade I swapped out was tight as a drum, so I can only assume its rubbish quality control on the moulded bit of plastic on the end of the key where its snaps in to the shell.

If these are not attainable, has anyone taken their original plastic bit and re-purposed it with a replacement blank blade?

I've given up on that and settled for buying uncut blade-with-shell units and swap only my electronics+chip. My local key-cutting man in the village was quite happy to cut the blade, but had to destroy the MGR/Valeo original case to get the blade out to fit his machine to copy it. Had 6 done now for 3 cars without problems,

David

madeupname · 21st September 2017, 19:29

Hi, I put the old blade in the new case and it is loose, so it isn't the plastic bit at the end of the blade, it's the new case being slightly bigger than it should be

stevestrat · 21st September 2017, 19:51

Russ did me a key a couple of years ago and even then he commented that himself and Brian were finding it difficult to get good quality blank keys/fobs.

stevenicks · 22nd September 2017, 06:39

I removed a blade very easily from its casing yesterday and put it into a new one that I had purchased and it fits like a glove. I was even surprised myself how easily the swop over went

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Arryhall · 22nd September 2017, 19:51

Glue?

stevenicks · 23rd September 2017, 06:26

I have used superglue before and it was fine

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