Anyone try one of those flip out keys on fleabay? They say all you do is transfer your internals to the new one and take the key to Lexus to cut. My key is beat up so I'm looking at one of these so it doesn't poke me when in my pocket. My Sc is a 98 so I don't think there is a chip in the OE key. Right?

 

I got one. Unfortunately it was on the tacky side IMO.

 

Ill use it as a spare only

 

The flip out keys on ebay look like they're made very cheap in the picture, but I've never seen one in person. The 98+ keys have a little control unit that have the immobilizer and control keyless entry/trunk. You'll have to take the unit out of the oem key and swap it over to the new key.

 

sounds interesting i might do that down the road

 

Let the Mercedes and BMW's keep there design lol. I wouldn't buy it waste of money.

 

Actually I think lexus has a flip out key as well, not the same design of course. Beware those ebay keys... They are soft and bend very easily. I bought one off ebay but only a temporary spare...

 

^ which one did you buy? I'm looking at one from a vender in Australia.

 

dont forget VW as well lol.

it would be cool to have one that shoots out form the bottom. lol not one that flips or slides around.

 

Mercedes keys are IR, Jaguar keys are the one's that flip out.

 

Shoots out from the bottom? Haha like a switchblade? I wonder if that would be considered illegal...

 

to be fair, mercedes did have a flip out key for a few years, I know they are strictly IR now, but an old ML I had was a flip out, so I know they had them