Was the design always that color or has it just aged over time?

 

I covered my number for a reason, and the key is aged.

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Mark, do you know how to read that number?

 

No, but my local Mazda parts guy can cut me a key if I bring him a number...

Hey you were going to 7stock right...

Just kidding, I would never steal a fellow RX-7 owners car.

 

You see!

 

the key number or the vin number? I am unsure which number you guys are talking about. how would you go about getting your original key number, I don't have mine. THanks matt22

 

You can cut a key with the key number on the original key. When I Mazda dealer cut two OEM keys for me, I learned that the number on my secondary key is the key code, just add three zeros to the beginning of the code.

BTW, the Mazda dealership in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, is a good dealership. They have a rotary-trained mechanic there and they did some work on my RX7 when I was going to college.

 

holy toledo i just peeled of the plastic coating, I got a new key! awesome.

 

i actually like mine w/ the aged plastic coating. kinda gives it a "bronzed" look. lol!

 

The PO of my AE changed the tumblers for the drivers door and the hatch so they open with a different key. Is there any way I can have the tumblers in the door and hatch changed to work with the AE key?

 

just re-key them

 

I do not know the process of re-keying, is that something that only a locksmith can perform, or can your basic back yard mechanic handle it?

 

Well, that's wonderful. In the "Motor City Capital of the World" Detroit, MI, not one single locksmith has the abilty to re-key a Mazda lock.

What is this world coming to.

 

hehe, i'm on the same boat as most people here. it is my only key. should really go make couple of copies.

hey, good lookin on letting us know about the plastic cover thing. now my key really matches my car.

eddie

 

any locksmith in the world should be able to re-key it. heck if you had the time and wanted to learn you could probably do it yourself, I know there have been a couple of people on this board that have re-key'd the doors to match.

In worst case, take the locks out of the car that you want re-key'd and carry them into a locksmith (not one of those instant key places, but a real locksmith) and give them a key and say you need this key to work in those cylinders.

 

I searched the web for a how-to on rekeying locks and didn't find anything. I guess I'll go to Border's or Barnes and Noble to find a book and learn the old fashioned way...

 

dude whats up with your sig?

it has been mine for years

 

you bring back a 3.5 year old post for that?


btw, I lost my uncut 10ae key.. what a waste of money that was!

 

holy crap, didnt even see the date... I just did a search

ignore me