lost the key to my RX7 :( how can i get a new one..
 

long story short.. i have 2 cars my RX7 and my daily car, they broke into my daily car and jacked some crap some crap from my glove box "my rx7 keys were in there" now i need some keys for it, but don't know where to start.. someone please help!!!!

Rig up a hidden kill switch before they jack your FC! If they've got the keys, I'm sure they will put 2 and 2 together and end up taking it for a joy ride.

Dealership will cut you a new key for the original lock cylinders if you bring in your current registration. Costs about $40-$60 (I had to buy a key blank at the time, >_<). If the locks were replaced, visit a locksmith

+1 on the kill switch, or pull a few fuses from the engine bay. Take any goodies out of the FC as well.

Shit bro. I had mine cut for $18. I don't live in Cali, but still.

To the o.p., Why would you leave keys in any car?

When you go to the dealership bring the registaration and your ID or they won't cut it for you. If they do then that's scary. Also let me know where you live if they don't check because I'll go look at your VIN tag through your windsheild then go to the dealer get a key cut and pick up my new RX7.

You can also take out the passenger side lock cylinder & give the numbers on it to a locksmith so they can cut you a key.

well i got the key cut by some locksmith. Mazda said that the car was to old and that they didn't have the key for it anyways, so they send me to some locksmith down the street. 15min later and $25 got me a new key for it :)... and for those asking why i had my keys in my daily car i have no idea lol. woooo!!!! i have my RX7 again!!!

Until the person with the other keys comes to get it. :nod:

not sure if the fc is like civics but im sure next time just get ahold of someone with a lot of fc's and try out their key collection. i remember someone telling me about using all their keys to help a friend get into the car.

The hatch tumbler is Cake to get out and Off the car IF this happens again.
They can make a Duplicate key with that.
also what Jailenator Said
I had an MX6 that used my RX7 key!

I got this reply from my local Mazda dealership too (Congressional Mazda in Rockville, MD). Evidently the style of blank is not being used on any current or recent Mazdas, so a lot of dealers don't stock the key blanks anymore. They can order them for you, which is what Congressional did. I think they gouged me about $35 for this, and they did require ID and vehicle registration. They also claimed they could no longer look up the key pattern using the four-digit number on the cylinder but were able to find it by looking up my VIN.

A locksmith is a great alternative too, especially if it's cheaper and more convenient.

You might want to first give your local dealer a call first, give them your VIN number and ask if the original key code is even in their database.

What happen to me was that couple months ago I thought I drop my only RX-7 keys somewhere, and the car was parked outside and street cleaning starts at 11:30am. To try to avoid getting a ticket or worst case a tow, I got up at 8 am in the morning, call around all 5 dealerships in NYC asking if they have "key blanks" that would work with RX-7 S5. only 1 dealership has it. and its in bklyn. so I rushed my ass over and end up stuck in Traffic for 2 hours. finally got there. THEN to find out that the "original dealer in California" never even entered the Key code to the database 19 years ago ... so basically I got there for nothing. I bought the key anyway. went home. opened the door with hook. took the rear lock out and went to lock smith, but he couldn't do anything because starting 1990 all Auto locks have Primary/Secondary code. all he can get outa the rear trunk lock is the secondary code. Primary has 2 additional cuts and without the original key he can't make the right combination ...

I had my father to watch the car the whole time and lucky the traffic guy didnt give me a ticket.

then I got really pissed, went home and about to fucking break the Master Cylinder out (the only way to get the code), my brother came back and was like what are you doing, I have ur keys ...

I almost had an heart attack and about to beat the shit outa him, even he is older than me. shit at that time I had a thought in my mind that I really want to kill him. Jesus.

So in short, yea, just CALL DEALERSHIP FIRST AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE UR KEYCODE IN THE DATABASE FIRST!

(P.S.: now the original key is in a safe place, I bought 2 additional Mazda Primary keys"the one covered in black plastic with Mazda embedded on it", got it cut. and I use those only)

dont mean to resurrect, but most ace hardwares have the keys (atleast the 6 local to me do; i am also an employee at ace), the key there is MZ16 i believe. i havent checked if its not something we stock anymore and just have a bunch of left overs but i plan to cut myself a few of them just incase

That is really a prob man. But I think there is a solution on that...

This*
1.Buy FC.
2.Make copy of key.
3.Leave one copy of key in a "safe place".
4.Drive FC.

Next time, come down to Malloy in Woodbridge, VA... Ray Crowe stocks any RX-7 part.

I know, and I've been buying all my parts from Ray for about three years. My run-in with Congressional Mazda happened just before I found out about Ray. In fact, when I told him the story he cut me another extra key on a genuine Mazda blank and threw it in with my next parts order.