keyfob required

T16 · 18th July 2019, 22:07

I wish I knew...

I think it was hunting around ebay, and various other sellers.

There is a place in the UK that does "genuine" keys, that look like they have Valeo shells, but their name escapes me, they might have some shells.

Thinking back it might well have been someone from Poland, I suspect the parts might have been manufactured there then shipped to Germany for the keys to get made. Who knows.

I did have a fake Valeo from China, where the imprint of "Valeo" was shocking, and compared to the legitimate shells, the quality and rubbers were an order of magnitude worse.

Sorry I cant help further, I stopped looking around after I stocked up.

Oh one other thing... the genuine shells hold the original key blade flipping tight as you would expect. When moving the blade over on the chinese ones, it was always wobbly and totally rubbish which led me to hunt around for the proper ones. The fake quality was so bad they are pointless.

18th July 2019, 22:07	#12
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	I wish I knew... I think it was hunting around ebay, and various other sellers. There is a place in the UK that does "genuine" keys, that look like they have Valeo shells, but their name escapes me, they might have some shells. Thinking back it might well have been someone from Poland, I suspect the parts might have been manufactured there then shipped to Germany for the keys to get made. Who knows. I did have a fake Valeo from China, where the imprint of "Valeo" was shocking, and compared to the legitimate shells, the quality and rubbers were an order of magnitude worse. Sorry I cant help further, I stopped looking around after I stocked up. Oh one other thing... the genuine shells hold the original key blade flipping tight as you would expect. When moving the blade over on the chinese ones, it was always wobbly and totally rubbish which led me to hunt around for the proper ones. The fake quality was so bad they are pointless.