Hey all,
For those of you who still have manual locks, I was just curious if any of you have had spare keys ---- yes, the actual metal key from inside the key fob --- made by anyone other than the dealers?
My Jeep (Willys Sport) will have manual locks, requiring the physical metal key inside the fob to open them each time, and while I am totally fine with this (prefer it, actually), I am NOT fine with the idea of having only one or at the most two keys/fobs upon purchase, and equally not fine with having to pay $275 or whatever the crazy high price is for additional keys from the dealer.
My point in asking this is because I loathe the idea of having to carry that stupid, needlessly cumbersome fob with me at all times, and would prefer to just leave it hidden inside the Jeep (lectures on the security of doing this are not required nor welcome). Since I will need the physical, metal key to unlock the doors, it is only sensible to have two or more spares --- one on my spare key ring at home, one with the trusted next door neighbor, and one either in my wallet or hidden but accessible on the Jeep itself.
I have read in another Jeep forum that such keys ("laser cut keys") CAN be made by locksmiths, at least by specialized ones, but I have no idea how common such specialized locksmiths actually are. More than that, they are apparently VASTLY cheaper than buying extra keys from the dealers at their extortionistic prices as well. So I was curious if any of you have had such keys made outside of the dealers.
For those of you who still have manual locks, I was just curious if any of you have had spare keys ---- yes, the actual metal key from inside the key fob --- made by anyone other than the dealers?
My Jeep (Willys Sport) will have manual locks, requiring the physical metal key inside the fob to open them each time, and while I am totally fine with this (prefer it, actually), I am NOT fine with the idea of having only one or at the most two keys/fobs upon purchase, and equally not fine with having to pay $275 or whatever the crazy high price is for additional keys from the dealer.
My point in asking this is because I loathe the idea of having to carry that stupid, needlessly cumbersome fob with me at all times, and would prefer to just leave it hidden inside the Jeep (lectures on the security of doing this are not required nor welcome). Since I will need the physical, metal key to unlock the doors, it is only sensible to have two or more spares --- one on my spare key ring at home, one with the trusted next door neighbor, and one either in my wallet or hidden but accessible on the Jeep itself.
I have read in another Jeep forum that such keys ("laser cut keys") CAN be made by locksmiths, at least by specialized ones, but I have no idea how common such specialized locksmiths actually are. More than that, they are apparently VASTLY cheaper than buying extra keys from the dealers at their extortionistic prices as well. So I was curious if any of you have had such keys made outside of the dealers.
