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The blades come in 2 sizes 35mm and 40mm. Sounds like you got the 40mm type, would recommend not cutting it down. Best to start again and sell your 40mm key. I nearly made the same mistake, but the measurment is taken from the tip of the blade to where it enters the chassis, not where it end inside the chassis. As for cutting in manchester use a timpsons, would try a busy area like train station or centre of town (more likely to be experienced and know what they are doing - commuters and business types passing through). It'll probly cost £5-£7 as you are supplying the key but they dont guarantee it, other people on forums have said its not a problem - Who dares wins !!!

Okay that was quick but basically DONT PAY £150 (hate bloody rip-off companies a little knowlege goes a long way) look at this link on another forum, re-programing is a doddle (sort of). The principle is 1 - Buy used key (off ebay?) just for the transponder 2 - Buy blank key chassis (ebay again?) 3 - Put used transponer in chassis 4 - Cut key 5 - Re-programme as per above link This way you can have all the keys you want at a fraction of the cost enjoy

mmmm, i did read in another forum that the way around this is to get a key of ebay (on old one which is already cut) and remove the "blippy bit" (transponder). then place it into a new chassis and reprogramme the transponder to match yours. I once did this with an et4 scooter, re-programming was easy. Its likely that there is an easy way to do it (which lexus probly wont tell you) but the forum i looked at stated that the total cost doing it this way was £25. sounds better than £150. I'll look into it to satisfy my natural curiosity for all things electronic.

I just got some new blank keys for my dad (via ebay) as both sets of his keys dropped in bits. I changed the innards for him when i was at his and left it at that, assuming he could get them cut. No such luck, he cant find anywhere in Burnley that does them. I live in london and my local timpsons reckons they can do it. I should know by next week if it was succesfull (he's posting the keys to me), if so i'll let you know. If you want I can get some cut for you as im only getting the one done for him, if it works im going to go back and get his second one done. Model : IS200 (03 plate) Key : 3 button 35mm type