Flip Key mechanics with virgin blade
I have not found where to buy online only flip key mechanism. It is then necessary to buy a completely flip key as the necessary parts. We will use the screws, flip body, flip button and spring.
The key, however, is quite comprehensive economic (a ten €). Do a search on ebay with the following words: "Nissan flip key"
The key to buy must have one of this shapes:
if u want to be sure it is compatible send me a PM with the link to the flip key you found and i will confirm about his compatibility.
Assembly instructions:
File PDF:
(this instruction are related about my first version, but the procedure is the same)
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chro me=true&srcid=0B4C5irIVLNtGYTQ4Mzk2NTUtYTU0OS00YmI2LWJhN mMtNjE5YjM3ODJlNTM3&hl=en
Video instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQ53UQLAa4
Cutting the virgin blade
The virgin key that comes with ebay shell will be probably 4 mm longer than the orginal key.
V4 shells are modelled for original key dimensions so when you go to cut the virgin key at a shop you must tell to the operator to respect original size.
The material to remove is marked by
red in the above image.
It is a quite simple work to do, just be sure to allign the virgin key sockets marked in
orange with the ones that are in the original key.
Surface Finishing:
Material: White Strong & Flexible
Smothness:
With this material there is some steps due to the printing tecnique. With Black Strong & Flexible this steps are not presents.
To make it smoth i just used sandpaper. 5 minutes of work:
Paintings:
To paint the shell i decided to use spray color (RAL 9006).
This material is quite porous so i had to spray 3/4 times before it stop to absorb and start to get smoth.
(this is no finished yet)
When finished i will ad a coat of transparent paint to protect it from scratch.
I just made some experiment with heat resistant paint, here the result that is pretty cool: