Automotive Locksmithing

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  • Eternity Security Systems Inc.

    Company • November 27th, 2007

  • Cloning Electronic Keys:

    Duplicating The Electronic Half of a Transponder Key

    Article • November 1st, 2007

  • JET HARDWARE MFG. CORP. SMART CLONE WITH JET CRYPTO UPGRADE

    This upgrade enables the Smart-Clone to clone specific automotive cryptographic transponders from Chrysler, Ford, Kia, Lexus, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota.

    Article • November 1st, 2007

  • General Motors 93 Groove Vehicles and the Pin Kits That Service Them

    Be careful when choosing the proper keying kit for a specific vehicle. You must know whose locks are installed on the vehicle. Replacement locks may not be the same manufacturer or lock style.

    Article • November 1st, 2007

  • CHRYSLER 300: Long Distance Key Fitting

    As a locksmith specializing in the automotive sector, I resisted purchasing transponder programming equipment for a long time. A couple years ago, my business slowed down because those non-transponder vehicles were disappearing from the roads. My...

    Article • November 1st, 2007

  • HOTWIRE: A New Way to Program Transponders

    The system from Keyless Ride is PC-based and operates on your laptop computer. The advantage of using a laptop computer cannot be overstated

    Article • October 1st, 2007

  • Using the New Kobra Readers

    I've been an automotive locksmith for almost 35 years now, and I've used just about every technique and tool there is to make keys to vehicles at one time or another...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • STRATTEC CODESEEKER: PROGRAMMING KEYS to the 2007 TOYOTA RAV4

    Transponder programming for late model vehicles is not always easy. Programming information has usually not been made available on some of the newer models. This problem is not specific to locksmiths as vehicle manufacturers also have delays with not...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Taking Another Look at THE KABA-ILCO TKO TRANSPONDER KEY ORIGINATOR

    Nine out of ten of the top selling vehicles in North America today are equipped with transponder-based anti-theft systems. In 1995, only two car models were equipped with this type of system. As we are finishing the 2007 model year, more than 400...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Taking Another Look at THE KABA-ILCO TKO TRANSPONDER KEY ORIGINATOR

    Nine out of ten of the top selling vehicles in North America today are equipped with transponder-based anti-theft systems. In 1995, only two car models were equipped with this type of system. As we are finishing the 2007 model year, more than 400...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Silent Partners

    Decades ago our lock shop did things a little different than today. My father had a large metal container which was filled with tumblers discarded from old cylinders. He changed combinations by selecting pins from the container which were slightly...

    Article • September 1st, 2007

  • Programming the CHEVROLET HHR PK3+ TRANSPONDER BASED ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM

    In the past, transponder based anti-theft system programming has been relatively easy for most General Motors vehicles. In addition to using the General Motors programming device, most GM vehicles could be on-board programmed. An on-board programming...

    Article • August 1st, 2007

  • Q&A: David M. Hasty CRL

    Locksmith Ledger questions the locksmith foreman for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus about institutional locksmithing

    Article • August 1st, 2007

  • NEW BIANCHI CLONING SYSTEM

    The Repli-Code 7 TX is capable of making cloned transponder keys for more than 750 makes, models and vehicle years on the road today.

    Article • July 1st, 2007

  • LONG REACH TOOL by PRO-LOK

    Pro-Lok's new shapes and sizes of auto opening tools are designed to bypass even the most stubborn lock system.

    Article • July 1st, 2007

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