Show me your keys!

"Street Surgeon" (coryislost) 02/16/2015 at 18:11 • Filed to: None

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Oppo, I buy weird/cool car keys and I can't stop. Sometimes they're cut, sometimes they aren't, sometimes they're rare, sometimes they aren't. Do any of you guys/gals do this?

Here's a few from the stash and sorry about the quality, pics are from a potato.

Random findings: The STi key is commonly (and mistakenly) referred to as being made out of titanium, it is not. The 300ZX key is an OEM titanium blank, not a knock off, the 917 style key is heavier than it's plastic counterpart, and the Ralliart key is super 80s rad!

$kaycog > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:13

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You have a very neat collection!

Tareim - V8 powered > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:14

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you've got a key to a 917?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:15

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Hooray switchblade!

Not actual SR20.

Dogapult > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:17

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Quite a cool collection...I'm actually l0oking for a specific key, that I haven't been able to find...

Nibby > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:18

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dem weight savings

Street Surgeon > Tareim - V8 powered 02/16/2015 at 18:19

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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh... I don't think so. What I do know about this key is that it will work if cut for a 930 or similar vintage Porsche that uses the same style of key. The actual 917 key blank looks like it was made on a bench with a drill press and has a wider "neck/base" (I'm not a locksmith so pardon me if I get the terminology wrong) where the key blade meets the head. It might work though, we should get a 917 and check it out.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:19

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Street Surgeon > Nibby 02/16/2015 at 18:21

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The plastic head key is actually lighter, something about composite vs alloy and whatnot.

Street Surgeon > $kaycog 02/16/2015 at 18:21

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Thanks, when I have a bit more time I'll put some other keys up here as well.

GhostZ > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:23

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AW MAAAAAAN that's so cool

Your boy, BJR > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:23

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the keys don't look too special, the car they start, however, absolutely is.

desertdog5051 > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:26

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Cool collection. Best part is it takes up very little space.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:27

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Thick, black, and uncut...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:29

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For GM cars... or not.

T5Killer > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:49

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Makes me sad that Ford couldn't do a super cool key for the GT or any of their other "special" cars. Look at that STi key or any of the EPIC Z car ones.

Street Surgeon > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/16/2015 at 18:58

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Dem Alfa keys!

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 18:58

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Keys to my two cars. I also have the keys to my grandma's old Thunderbird, which has been gone for around 13 years.

Street Surgeon > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/16/2015 at 18:59

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Haha, I like the "reveal" at the end of the clip :D

E92M3 > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 19:22

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Those would be awesome Christmas ornaments!

KirkyV > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 19:48

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Your keys are substantially prettier than my keys.

Ryan A. > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 19:51

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Well, since you asked...

The spare key to my FR-S. Because I'm immature, I liked how the salesman wrote my name on the back of one of the tags.

The key to my FR-S that I usually use, with a leather cover that my girlfriend got me for Christmas. And the key to her bitchin' brown RAV4.

My parents had Hondas when I was growing up, so I wanted one of these since I was three years old. I just bought a OEM blank on eBay. Having the key is not nearly as cool as three-year-old me thought it would be.

Three-year-old me also liked the key tags that dealers used because I used to want to sell cars. My dad saved the tag from his Tacoma for me. And, on the right, is the tag for the first car I bought myself. I kind of wish I kept a key for that car.

I was thinking of hanging a cork board with key hooks and getting several car keys to hang on there as a decoration. I bought a "lot" of vintage car keys on eBay, hoping to get something good. Aside from the many GM keys and AMC set, there are a few nice ones. I like the brass Lincoln/Mercury key; there's an unidentifiable key to what I'm guessing is a German car (it says Huf on the other side), and a Mustang key blank.

My favorite in the lot of eBay keys was this set of Toyota keys.

Street Surgeon > Ryan A. 02/16/2015 at 20:00

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Those Toyota keys are hot! Also liking the vintage Mustang key a lot, nice!

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 20:07

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I dont collect keys, but thats looks like a fun hobby. Heres my keys:

I have my regular set and my spare. I have a key to my brother's Subaru on my spare set

zeontestpilot > Street Surgeon 02/16/2015 at 21:57

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Well that's....pretty awesome! Dude, I'm jealous! Was collecting these keys pricy?

Street Surgeon > zeontestpilot 02/17/2015 at 00:29

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It can actually get damn pricey, or sometimes you can snag them from unsuspecting owners or nice guys. The most valuable keys I have are the uncut Nismo blanks which have gone for over 300.00 in some instances on ebay though I got mine for 25 bucks a pop :) The OEM titanium Nissan blank was one of the tougher keys to find as they're NLA and I've seen them go for near 300.00 but the price has started to fall quite a bit since you can get replicas for 30 bucks. The nice thing is if you're patient and good at the interwebz you can usually get keys for a decent deal. I also have been collecting for a long time so I just pick one up here and there, wait a while, poke around on ebay, grab another one.

I want to start collecting some die cast cars/models and placing their respective keys with them in a case some day. I have to finish finding some of the stragglers though like a Ferrari 288 GTO key, an OEM Fiat 131 key etc.

These were the prices for all of the above.
Porsche 944 blank was 18ish bucks

Porsche 930 blank was 24.00

Porsche 917 (style?) was 32.00

OEM 300ZX Titanium key was 93.00 but I had to ninja sneak buy it on ebay :) as they go for much more.

The old school Nissan key will fit certain Datsun/Nissan Roadsters and was 19ish

R34 GT-R key was 64.00

STi key was 23ish

Found six of these Nismo keys at a dealership in Gulfport, MS just sitting behind the counter. A little bit of man-flirting later and I got them for 25 a pop and he threw in one for free! A deal considering the typical price when I sold them was about 250ish!!!

The Nissan Roadster key with Fob was 29.00

The Ford GT was a bit over 20

The R33 GT-R was 18

One of the cut Nismo keys I have belonged to my little brothers 240SX which he has since sold, and the other was me being an idiot and cutting one for my Xterra! :D

The weird plastic head early 90s Nissan key (the hardest to find believe it or not since it's been superseded by a newer design came with the Z key from a guy that worked in the Nissan parts department.

The Gold "Fairlady Z" key is a Black Clover blank (they specialize in aftermarket weird keys) that is nigh impossible to find but one popped up on ebay for 24.00!

The Ralliart key was an ebay find for 6 bucks

The oval Nissan key was 15ish.

Street Surgeon > KirkyV 02/17/2015 at 00:32

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That key with the integrated fob is funky, what is that to?

Street Surgeon > Dogapult 02/17/2015 at 00:33

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I'll bite, what key is that?

KirkyV > Street Surgeon 02/17/2015 at 00:47

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Garrett Davis > Street Surgeon 02/17/2015 at 01:14

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Duuuude where did you get that?

zeontestpilot > Street Surgeon 02/17/2015 at 08:17

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Nice! I really like that Porsche key with the holes. That looks pretty epic.

Dogapult > Street Surgeon 02/17/2015 at 11:04

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I've been trying to find a blank Suzuki CAR key from the mid-late 80's. I wanted to get an original Suzuki key for the car, instead of the replacement key I have. I was going to check the local locksmith, but I figured the odds of them having something like that would be pretty damn slim to none.

Street Surgeon > Dogapult 02/17/2015 at 12:07

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Hmmm, tell me this is for a Suzuki Swift GTi!

Dogapult > Street Surgeon 02/17/2015 at 12:13

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Significantly rarer than a Swift GTi, actually.

Ryan A. > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 02/17/2015 at 13:28

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Don't drop your keys to your green '93 Ford Ranger in the parking lot!

Jalopeura > Street Surgeon 04/15/2015 at 06:46

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Some old keys I have; on the key-rings there is one Mazda key, but all the others on the rings are Toyota

I also have these blank keys for Toyota (and one for Citroën)