CAR KEYS: Car key workshops in Colorado SpringsCar keys: cutting, electronics and programming
Half of a modern car key is electronics. These workshops go through the mechanical side and the electronic side on real vehicles and real equipment.
- Workshops
- 6 in this group, booked one at a time
- How long
- 4.5 hours or 9 hours
- Price
- $375 to $895 each
- Format
- One-on-one. You're the only student.
- Where
- My shop in Colorado Springs
- Experience
- None needed
- Included
- Tools and materials while you train
Taught by me, Nick Brown, a working locksmith in Colorado Springs. About me
Coming from out of state? Travel and lodging. Can't travel? Remote sessions.
The workshops in this group
Vehicles, manufacturers and key ID
4.5 hours · $375
How platforms differ, the key types from mechanical to transponder to proximity, and identifying blanks, part numbers and FCC IDs.
Sourcing, cutting and key electronics
9 hours · $595
Where keys, blanks and codes legitimately come from. Duplicating, originating from key code information, high security and laser cutting, hands-on cutter use, and transponders and immobilizers.
Common problems, repair and replacement
4.5 hours · $375
A key that won't turn, worn and damaged keys, ignition and cylinder symptoms, and telling a mechanical problem from an electronic one.
Tools, programmers and dealer software
9 hours · $595
The common tools and programmers and what each is for, adding a key, all keys lost, OBD programming, and manufacturer differences.
European vehicles: identification and tooling
9 hours · $895
Identifying European car key systems and the tools they take.
European vehicles: programming and security access
9 hours · $895
Programming European vehicles and working through their security access.
You'll leave able to
- Identify a key and the system behind it
- Cut a key and know why it works
- Tell whether a key problem is mechanical or electronic
Good fit for
- People who want to handle their own car keys instead of paying dealer prices
- People who work on their own cars and want to understand keys and immobilizers
- Anyone curious how a car knows its own key
Each of these is booked on its own. No order, no prerequisite, nothing to finish first.
Want to book one of these?
Message the Page or call me. Tell me what you already know and what days work for you.