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reallybigbadbob · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Location: oshkosh, wi

Found an awesome VW thread with some pretty good pics and info on rekeying, and also, found a link with replacement handles for pretty cheap, not sure if they would work in a 924/931 or not

rekeying:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3496179

door handles (this is a VW part, but pretty sure they are the same as the 924, if any knows for sure, let me know)
http://www.volkswaparts.com/83-92JettaLockSet.htm

Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject:

Great. Lets say i dont have any keys to my 3 locks
can i get a key made from a locksmith.
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reallybigbadbob · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Location: oshkosh, wi

yeah, you usually have to take the lock cylinder out

Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks cause i dont have keys isnt that something.. ive been wonderin what to do.
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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reallybigbadbob · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Location: oshkosh, wi

yeah, mine didn't come with keys, just a spoon handle for the ignition. But, eh, what can you expect for a 931 which is mechanically sound for 600

Harm · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 1378 Location: Holland

sbarc · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject:

A locksmith can rekey a lock for a fairly reasonable cost and make all your locks fit the same key......provided the locks use the same type of key. I need to get the ignition lock rekeyed on my car as the ignition key does not fit the door locks.....which is pretty silly......I mean....who would change a lock and not get it rekeyed to fit the key in the other locks. Around here it only costs $10 or $15 to rekey a lock, which sure beats having an extra key to deal with constantly.

I did notice the ignition lock on my 931 uses a VW key.....which is the same type of key as the door locks that use a Porsche key, so I'm assuming our 931's use VW ignition locks as well.
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania

for my red car i have two keys, one for the ignition and one for the doors and hatch.

for my blue car i have 4 keys: one for ignition, one for left dor..one for right dor...and one for the hatch

a rekey sounds good for me too

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Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:49 pm Post subject:

Hello morghan long time no chat.. I can imagine having keys
and being able to lock up the car with them.. thats a big step.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

reallybigbadbob · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Location: oshkosh, wi

Yeah, I know there are tons of threads on here talking about this, but none really had a very good step by step, and that VW thread, has the step-by-step and is all of the same parts. There also, if you do not have all of the right size tumblers, you can put ones that do not fit in, and then grind off the excess, or just not use just leave that slot empty (saw as advice on a previous thread on here on this topic). You could probably even leave most of the slots empty, as when people break into cars, they usually don't try a key.

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania

Harm · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 1378 Location: Holland

reallybigbadbob · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Location: oshkosh, wi

Harm · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 1378 Location: Holland

reallybigbadbob · Joined: 10 Jul 2010 Posts: 7 Location: oshkosh, wi