Re-keying locks

Having recently read the great thread on re-keying locks, I was wondering if anybody knew where to get hold of the dowels as all of my locks need different keys. Any advice on where to find them would be greatly appreciated!

Well the easiest is to buy a set of pins or take them to a locksmith.

When I go to the wrecking yards and find Golfs or Cabriolets/Rabbit/jettas, I remove a handle or 3 and remove the pins…. I had one car that had two keys, so I wanted a one key car.

If you take the locks out including the Glovebox to a locksmith be sure you have them all keyed to the ignition switch

The pins or Wafers aren't that expensive.

Briano1234 said

Well the easiest is to buy a set of pins or take them to a locksmith.

When I go to the wrecking yards and find Golfs or Cabriolets/Rabbit/jettas, I remove a handle or 3 and remove the pins…. I had one car that had two keys, so I wanted a one key car.

If you take the locks out including the Glovebox to a locksmith be sure you have them all keyed to the ignition switch

The pins or Wafers aren't that expensive.

 Thanks very much for this. I thought that the dowels/pins/wafers were VW specific? If not, that's great!

There’s a guide in the how to section.




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chortle said

There’s a guide in the how to section.




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 Yes, it was that guide that got me to thinking about re-keying. I'm trying to work out if it's still possible to get hold of the dowels.

buy some 2nd hand handles complete with locks and you should find you have enough wafers to re-key your locks  

Ian

DaBullCam said

chortle said

There’s a guide in the how to section.




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 Yes, it was that guide that got me to thinking about re-keying. I'm trying to work out if it's still possible to get hold of the dowels.

Main dealers used to sell em.

But yes get some off someone who’s breaking a car.


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