I bought a cheap Mk 1 Ford Focus a few months back to use as a daily driver/sensible family car. Some previous owner obviously lost the remote locking fob, so i've been making do with key access... but now I want to get it sorted. I think I looked into this a while back and I was looking at @ £60 for the fob, and the same again (or more) for it to be recoded by Ford.
Does anyone have any experience of this type of thing? Would I be able to buy one and reprogram it somehow?
IIRC if you dont have the "master key" (often red) then you can't do the reprogramming yourself and usually they cost even more than a normal key. You could check out one of the hundreds of online key programming people that do it for half the price?
perhaps you could get an alarm fitted? they normally include remote central locking, i dont know if you already have an alarm as standard
Cheers guys. I will investigate further, and may opt to install a generic one if I have no joy with Ford.
Certainly could work out cheaper - a decent CAT1 alarm and immob can be had for ~100, they'll all do central locking, some will do window closure etc too.
You could try Trix in dunfermline he supply's and fits alarms. He did one on my pals old civic for around £150 I think.
I've seen a few motors about the town sporting the "Trix" logo, now I wknow what it is.
The thing is though, I really can't be fecked throwing money at this car, as it's basically a money-saving tool in it's own right. It's mildly irritating that I have to use the key to lock/unlock, but I can live with it. There may be ways and means using ebay etc. to get a lockset and remote/receiver. I know i'm being tight, but hey... I'm a skint dad nowadays!
Aye they do a lot of window tinting thats most common i think. he did my battery relocation.
I know what you mean I'm sure the faff and your little one will demand enough cash spending on them let alone your everyday runner.
I just need my lazy wife to get back to work, then we'll be better off again! :o
I've got a few bits i'm wanting for the four, which deffo takes priority over the Focus.