Some **** tried to nick my car...

Some **** tried to nick my car...

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Krikkit

26,544 posts

182 months

Thursday 26th November 2015
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SHutchinson said:
Krikkit said:
My suggestion: Replace barrel, get a set of key blades cut on the cheap, one for each lock, then saw 10mm off the front of them. Insert the newly-removed 10mm of key into the lock, then use the keys as normal - if they've cloned your key it won't fit in the lock properly.
For some reason this bodge really appeals to me! I feel like I want to go and do it to my car just for fun.
Thinking about it you might need to get 2x cut for each lock, as whatever method you use to cut them some material is lost, so you could do with grinding 10mm off the end of one (precisely as you can) and cutting 10mm off another.

Either way someone like Timpsons do lock cutting for very little these days.