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Originally Posted by cooljess76  As far as I know ALL 318ti's have an EWS chip inside the key. My '97 and '95 both have chips in the keys. I've opened them and verified it. This is still a good deal on the key blanks though. Can you open them to install a chip or is it molded together? |
Hmm, interesting. I just had one made, and it worked just fine. Maybe mine was disabled somehow during the engine swap, I dunno. All I know is it started the car fine
I doubt you can open them up, but i'll look. Got to get to bed asap, so pics will come tomorrow or Sat.
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Originally Posted by elchicano318ti I would just go to the dealer and pay the $65 with the chip. But still a good deal for blanks. |
Had no idea they were only $65 at the dealer. I know my parents spent like $75-80 on their spare Z3 key, and on a 98 saab it cost them like $100 a key.
And like Philly said, if you look at your key, it's VERY different than a normal key. The machine the guy used actually takes a laser image of the key, detects worn down sections, and makes it back to factory. Pretty cool.