Lighted key head retrofit

[sammygon1]

Can a lighted key head be retrofited to older key styles. Or better yet is the new key able to be cut to an older key style. The key is for a '69 911. I'm tired of trying to find the key hole in the dark. No jokes please Has anyone tried this?

Thanks, Sam

[ubiquity0]

I think so- at least it worked w/ my SC. Any locksmith will cut a copy- you just need to take in your old key & the new blank & presto- no more feeling around blindly for the slot.

[randywebb]

You cannot take the metal key insert out of the black or red plastic "hoop" holders and use it in the lighted key heads - even if you cut them down with a dremel it would not fit.

If you mean something else maybe you can give some more info...

[Jgordon]

You could just get her drunk and leave the lights on...

[ubiquity0]

yea you definitely need the correct blank for the new 'head'.

[Joe Bob]

I bought a modern blank....the lighted head....ground my old key head off and matched it to the blank.....worked great. Except the Fuch ing Porsche crest fell of off the new key head....

[randywebb]

are you saying you added the U slot and the horn 'hook' onto it? Incredible amount of work if so.

[Joe Bob]

yup....just a little filing and a dremel. Pi$$ed me off when they told me it wouldn't work....I hate that....telling me I can't do something....

[sammygon1]

I like the dremel idea. I have a couple extra keys to try it with. My key is not a hoop key it has an oval head. Also, I take it that a key blank that is made for the lighted key head can be cut to work in a '69 911. Meaning there isn't a fundamental difference between the new and old key shapes. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks, Sam

[Joe Bob]

I did it with an 83 key....it looked like the keys that I have for my 70s era 914....dunno what yours looks like.

[fintstone]

I took my '74 key down to the dealer and asked them to make me a lighted one to match. They did and it works swell. It was about the same price cut as the blanks on ebay.

[Fishcop]

Sammy, sounds like an excellent project as I have a 69 and a lighted key head, but no blank. Post plenty of pictures!