I just acquired an '84 RX7 in ok shape but it has no keys.What is the best way to get some keys for this car? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

 

You can take the Vin to your local dealer with the Title and they should be able to make some. That or go to the junkyard and buy a lock set.

John

 

What John says is 100% accurate. Depending on the dealer (and if you know any of the guys working there ) it shouldn't cost much.

 

take the glove box door to a locksmite to have him make a key that will fit it...that key will also fit your doors. As for the ignition??? Maybe you can buy the ignition switch $15.00 and pay a mechanic $??.?? to install it.

 

Whats a locksmite?

 

A midevel knight whoes sole purpose was to smite the evel evel locks...

 

i had this EXACT same problem... this is what you do...

the car is too old for the dealer to still have the keys with the vin number...

you take the door panel off of the passanger side door.

pop the rods off that go to the key hole, and get the actual lock out of the door. (its held in by a clip)

now when you take it out, theres a 4 digit number on the side, that its you "key code"

take it to a place that specializes in making keys, locksmith, whatever. tell them you have a 4 digit number, and tell them what happened, some places require you have a title in your name, but the place i went did not. they will cut you a key, and bam, you got yours


i asked the same thing on here, and i was told the vin number, but when i called the dealer, like i said, they told me i was way too old of a car for them to still have the key on their computer.


hope that helps

 

I did what one.one said. You should have no problems.

 

thats gold, I will henceforth be known as the locksmite!

 

Ok,thanks for all the good advice! I bought this car at a police auction and as soon as I get through all the B.S. runaround that you have to go through at Md. DMV to get a title I will do what you guys suggest.I've already wasted one afternoon with that already! Still I have to go back to a main office or wait 2-3 weeks to get a salvage title.Then to get a real title,I have to set up an appointment with a cop so they can sign off that the car was abandoned.At least according to the last person I talked to I will then get a legitimate clear title for the car.

 

Maybe it depends on the dealer. but, i got a copy of my key made by the dealer with the vin number. The key was so worn that he just got the vin number off my insurance card. Also, he was able to print out the service record for my car, showing any service that had been done to it by a mazda dealer. And he gave me the key code, so anyone else with the key maker could make one for me.

 

beside's the glove box and the rear compartments,the hatch lock would be much easier than the door to remove, much easier. I'm not sure a key can be made from the glove box or storage bins, I like to think they are much simpler locks that don't use the entire key.

 

lol so im guessing as you got it at a police auction, they wouldnt appreciate it if you got a screwdriver and hotwired the car....lol

would be funny to see though :P

-James

 

i lost my keys for another rex i had one time, and AAA came and made me one.

$30

 

I went to a dealer and got a key that fits everthing but the glove box.Cost me 8 bucks. Now if I can only figure out why it will not start...
...but that's for a warmer day than today was!
Thanks again for all the advice!

 

I'm just curious as how you got the 7 home from the popo if you didn't have a key!

 

Well first I had to pay a rollback driver 25 bucks to pull the car out of the yard across the street. They will not allow you to load a car on a trailer or use a tow hitch,etc. in the Baltimore inpound lot.Luckily one window was down so I could make sure it was out of gear.Once the car made it across the street to another city truck parking lot I used a hand winch to pull it onto my trailer.Had to pull it sideways several times since the wheels were turned.Was lots of fun,especially with an audience of city truck drivers making wise cracks!At least they were impressed with the car.Had keys made at a dealership before I rolled the car off my trailer.Now it is sitting in a storage barn out of the snow.

 

What info did you end up giving the dealer so they could make the key?

 

Ok, I talked to a dealer a while back during my resotartion because I only had one key for my car and it was a copy. The guy I talked to informed me that the first way to try and get a key is with the VIN number, but it depends on when the last time the car was used in the system was. For instance, if no one had taken it in for serivce or anything in like 10 years (for example), the computers will automatically remove it to make room for other cars. So, its really a matter of luck if your car will be in there or not. My car wasnt, so I was going to use the lock number way, but I never got around to it before the car was stolen. It was going to cost me $10 a key after tax, so $30 for a brand new set (two masters an a valet key). Since the car was stolen and three of the lock destroyed, Im just gonna buy a new lock set now, lol.

~T.J.

 

Thats what persistence and determination will do for ya!What a great story.If there is a classic archives here your story oughta be in there. Hope your able to get your car back together without too much expense out of your pocket.

 

Thats what persistence and determination will do for ya!What a great story.If there is a classic archives here your story oughta be in there. Hope your able to get your car back together without too much expense out of your pocket.

 

Thats what persistence and determination will do for ya!What a great story.If there is a classic archives here your story oughta be in there. Hope your able to get your car back together without too much expense out of your pocket.

 

heh....i could probably tell you the cuts on your key if you gave me the code.....<--------ex-repoman....fukin a...ill make you a key if you can get me a code. Aim-fayjie or shoot me an email...dubbayoc16@sbcglobal.net

 

No offence man, but I wouldnt tell someone online all that info about my keys .

~T.J.

 

I just leave my keys in the ignition!!!

i trust everybody!!! Not!