Automotive Keys TOY40 Lexus Transponder Key Shell / High Security Long Blade Vancouver

TOY40 is the long, high security blade profile Lexus fitted to its blade key cars before the range moved to proximity fobs, and this listing is the shell for it: a new key head with an uncut blade and no transponder inside. High security in this context means the cut is milled into the faces of the blade as a wandering groove instead of being notched along the edge, which is why a hardware store cannot copy one and why it takes a side milling machine to cut it. A shell exists for one situation. Your current key still starts the car, but the head has split around the ring hole, the plastic has gone brittle, or the blade has worn so smooth that it slips in the door and has to be jiggled in the ignition. We take the transponder out of your old head, seat it in this one, and cut the new blade to your working key or to the code, so the finished key starts the car straight away without any programming. If the transponder is gone with the old key, a shell is the wrong product and you need a complete key originated to the immobiliser instead, which is also done here. Our Lexus page puts the first two generations of the RX, plus the older ES, IS and GX, on blade transponder keys, and those are the cars this blade belongs to. It also notes that the older ES and IS cylinders bind as the wafers wear, so if your key sticks as well as looks tired, mention it and we check the lock while the key is on the bench. Lexus shares the Toyota key platform, and nothing on this job goes to a dealership. Bring the old key, the car's registration and your photo identification to 4105 Macdonald St in Vancouver, or ask us to come to the car. Stock and fitment questions go to 604-734-7233.