Re-Keying Locks

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Wed Jul 23 11:02:22 EDT 2003


Dan Cordon writes:
> I have a pair of Type 44's. On one car, there's not one matching key.
> The glovebox, each door, trunk, and ignition are all individual. I was
> wondering (since I haven't had it apart yet), is it possible to remove
> the lock cylinders and change the logs/shims that determine the key?
> I've done this on GM's before w/o any trouble. I'm toying around with
> keying all the locks to match my other audi so I just have one Audi key
> on my ring.

Yes, it's possible.  If you can't find the right combination of
the little wafers to make all locks work on one key, take it to
a locksmith and they should be able to help you.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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