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Title: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: PaulW on 16 January 2009, 20:52:09
Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 January 2009, 20:57:50
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Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf


That PCB is the same as the mini facelift fey and facelift estate
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: Andy B on 16 January 2009, 21:02:48
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Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf


That PCB is the same as the mini facelift fey and facelift estate

So ...... are you going to start offering this as an option along side your switch repairs?   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: Elite Pete on 16 January 2009, 21:58:31
They drive me mad. We hired a Volkswagen on our hols last year which had a flippy key which I kept playing with in my pocket, the wife said it looked like I was playing with my old boy ::)
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: BigAl on 16 January 2009, 22:30:25
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Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf


That PCB is the same as the mini facelift fey and facelift estate

So ...... are you going to start offering this as an option along side your switch repairs?   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

I'd be interested  :y
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 January 2009, 23:16:30
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Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf


That PCB is the same as the mini facelift fey and facelift estate

So ...... are you going to start offering this as an option along side your switch repairs?   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D


Looks like too much work to be worth doing
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 January 2009, 23:17:13
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Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf


That PCB is the same as the mini facelift fey and facelift estate

So ...... are you going to start offering this as an option along side your switch repairs?   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

I'd be interested  :y


To be honest I don't really trust the flip out mod and I would be worried about breaking the bits.

The way it was reassembled looks like it would self destruct after a few months
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 23:39:07
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They drive me mad. We hired a Volkswagen on our hols last year which had a flippy key which I kept playing with in my pocket, the wife said it looked like I was playing with my old boy ::)

Playing with ya dad..... :o
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: BigAl on 17 January 2009, 00:02:00
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Reckon this would work with the Omega fob??  Given the PCB is similiar size/shape to the Astra one...

http://www.andi.mat.btinternet.co.uk/ICEForum/keyfob.pdf


That PCB is the same as the mini facelift fey and facelift estate

So ...... are you going to start offering this as an option along side your switch repairs?   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

I'd be interested  :y


To be honest I don't really trust the flip out mod and I would be worried about breaking the bits.

The way it was reassembled looks like it would self destruct after a few months
What about filling the void with silicone  :question
Title: Re: DIY Flippy Key
Post by: shanjon on 17 January 2009, 00:54:48
i tried this mod on my last car (vectra) , it is not easy to do and all you end up with is two knackered keys

you have to hack away inside the flip key so that the pcb fits inside (easy to do)
you also have to cut the flip key buttons , because when they are depressed they have a black plastic bit that pushes down onto the switch , these need shortening so that you can glue the micro switches to the fob housing ( one false move here and cut the plastic things to short and your flip key is u/s)

you then have to run wires from the micro switches that you removed from your perfectly good fob to your good pcb and then try to reassemble the flip key ( and because you have to cut the fob open in the first place you are never going to get it together properly)

please bear in mind that the seal on the flip key will never be brilliant and inside you will have to put the chip from your key to enable you to start the car  :-/  

having tried this mod all i can say is I REALLY RECCOMEND YOU DONT DO IT unless you have money to buy yourself a new spare key :y

This is a link to the site i got info from http://www.yellowdawg.co.uk/flipkey/Untitled-1.html