There was a thread about this a while ago. Someone taped a spare key in the steering column. It worked, but I do not know if he had isssues with it.

 

There was a thread about this a while ago. Someone taped a spare key in the steering column. It worked, but I do not know if he had isssues with it.

Yeah, I found that thread when I searched but the picture the guy posted no longer worked so I wasn't sure exactly how he did it. Physically taping an actual key into the car isn't something I want to do, it's one thing to just disable the immobilizer but to actually leave a real key in the car 24/7 isn't smart IMO. Did he tape it to the outside or the inside of the steering column?

 

just use the key subaru gave u, imo the 06 keys is better

 

Okay what you do is this. This is how people implant remote start on their cars. I did my friend's 06 so i know what to do. You take the chip out of a key, open up the steering column and basicly just tape it to the inside of the steering column by the keyring. After you do that you can buy an 04 key blank and have it cut for your car and use it.

 

gorilla glue FTW

 

Doesn't taping the chip on the steering column defeat the purpose of having an immobilizer key in the first place?

Just keep the 06 key and be done with it!? =)

 

i dont understand why people want to do pointless stuff like this....like disableing DRL's...i know ive heard all the excuses...but why?....why would you want an 04 key, and go through all the trouble to disarm the immobilizer or whatev!? fill me in...maybe im missing out on being cool too!!!

 

i dont understand why people want to do pointless stuff like this....like disableing DRL's...i know ive heard all the excuses...but why?....why would you want an 04 key, and go through all the trouble to disarm the immobilizer or whatev!? fill me in...maybe im missing out on being cool too!!!

Heavier key ?? it also reads STi... time piece?? :notsure:

 

it's just a key.

 

No way would I ever disable my immobilizer (great anti-theft feature) just so I can have cooler looking key that only I would appreciate.

 

what does the 04 key look like??

 

:yeahthat:

 

My idea is to basically take the immobilizer chip out of the key and permanently glue the chip right near where you put the key in... The only thing i'd be worried about is the chip somehow coming lose and getting lost

yes you can do it and yes it would most definitely suck if the chip fell off...

what does the 04 key look like??

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=sti key&sa=N&tab=wi

first hit.

 

The '04 key will look super sweet in your hands when you come outside to find your 30k car stolen and gone. Do it.

 

The '04 key will look super sweet in your hands when you come outside to find your 30k car stolen and gone. Do it.

Lol, I agree with nan.

And why don't you just have an '04 key cut and use it to open your trunk instead? It seems like everytime I hear about a STi being stolen (driven away, not towed) it is always the '04 model. Seems like it is more than a coincidence, don't you think?

 

Dude thats a great idea....but incase it does come loose or fall just carry your spare key in your wallet.

 

i wouldnt do it

 

He said he wouldnt mind bypassing the imobolizer, i just provided a solution. I own an 04 so i have the cool key lol.

 

Anyone with a picture of an 06' key?

 

I'm getting a Commando car alarm system with 2-way LCD pager, I have no need for the immobilizer.

 

Hey jag, you might be intrested in the LGT key. Its pretty awsome too. If i got a GC8 body style i'd rock one instead of the STi key.

 

 

Is that an 06' key or a LGT key?

 

I'm getting a Commando car alarm system with 2-way LCD pager, I have no need for the immobilizer.

Do you mean you dont need an immobilizer because you have the paging alarm? or because you think you need to change it because of remote start? Usually the good security systems only disable the immobilizer just for the amount of time it requires to remote start the car.

 

i like that key a lot!