A spare key,
while one still works
The cheapest key you will ever buy is the one made while you still have a working original. We copy it, program it to the car, and you have a second key before you ever need it.
Your registration tells us the job and the price before we set off.
spare keys in progress · client photography
You are paying for the visit
The expensive part of a key is getting to the car and the first programming. With an original to work from, most of that disappears.
When every key is lost we have to read the lock, cut a blade from scratch and program the car with no working key to hand. A spare skips most of that: the original gives us the cut and the car accepts a new key more easily.
It also happens at a time you choose rather than at eleven at night in a car park, which means no emergency premium and no waiting around.
If you are down to one key, this is the cheapest advice on the site. Losing it turns a spare into a replacement, and a replacement costs considerably more.
Six things in the price
Everything below is in the figure you get on the phone.
At your door
Home, work or anywhere the car is parked. No trip to a dealer.
Copied and coded
Blade cut from the original, chip programmed to the car.
Tested
You start the car with the new key before paying.
Remote paired
Lock and unlock buttons set up where the key has them.
Second spare
Much cheaper made at the same visit.
Twelve months
Guaranteed on the key and the coding.
Three kinds of spare
As with a replacement, the key type decides the price far more than the make.
Blade with chip
Metal blade with a transponder. Most cars up to about 2010.
- Cut from your original
- Chip programmed
- Typically half an hour
Remote key
Flip or fixed blade with buttons. Most cars since 2010.
- Blade, chip and remote
- Tested on the car
- Typically forty minutes
Keyless fob
Proximity entry and push-button start.
- Entry and start set up
- Emergency blade cut
- Some need the unit
Lost every key already? Then it is a replacement rather than a spare — see the replacement keys page.
What happens when we arrive
Book
A time that suits
Home, work, or anywhere the car will be parked.
Copy
Cut from the original
The blade copied from your working key in the van.
Code
Programmed to the car
The chip and remote set up through the diagnostic port.
Test
You try it
Start, lock and unlock with the new key before paying.
Before you ring
If yours is not here, ring and ask. Two questions usually settles it.
Call 0115 960 4128Why not just get a copy cut at a key shop?
A key shop can cut the blade, but it will not start a car built after the late nineties without the chip being programmed. That is the part we do.
Is it cheaper to do two at once?
Much cheaper. The visit and the programming session are the costly part; a second key at the same time is a fraction of the first.
Do I need to be there?
Someone needs to be, with the working key and proof of ownership. It does not have to be at home.
How long does it take?
Around half an hour for a chipped blade, forty minutes for a remote, longer for keyless fobs.
Will it work exactly like my original?
Yes: same blade, same buttons, same start. You test it before paying.
Anywhere on the patch
The van covers everywhere below at the same price. Where you are decides how quickly we arrive, not what it costs.
Dispatch
Open now · until 21:00 tonight
Sunday 09:00–18:00
Ring with the registration
You get the job, the price and a real arrival time in one call.