DIY: Upgrade your ugly FOB to a nicer Infiniti Smartkey

[redlude97]

Originally Posted by Strtsk8r321

I just got ready to do this and looked at the inside of my new fob and its different than yours. The buttons don't reach to the circuit board like yours. Can I make this one work or did I waste $32?

There a a few different fobs that look the same externally but have slightly different internal configurations. The principle behind the mod is the same, but the execution is a little different, you have to be creative to get it to work correctly. I have 1 infiniti smartkey and 2 nissan smartkeys sitting in front of me, all with different circuit boards and buttom styles internally, I'll eventually get around to modding these and post a DIY

[Strtsk8r321]

I filled the holes with epoxy. I dont even know if epoxy dries hard, but if it does that should fill the gap.

[Trizzle]

Was about to start this modd but i noticed some of the numbers on the back of the curcit board were diffirent..Will this be a problem ?

[Strtsk8r321]

Epoxy didnt work at all, but I figured out something else. The electronics were no problem at all but I had a really hard time getting it to all fit back together. Finally after modification and many attempts I got it

[redlude97]

Finished mine this morning also

[Ferrarimanic360]

do either of you two want to do this for me? pm me and maybe we can work something out

[Strtsk8r321]

I don't really want to be responsible for something that could wrong cuz for me it wasn't straight forward at all, I had to do a lot of things that werent on the DIY. But try PMing redlude97 he would probably be better at it.

[Strtsk8r321]

Plus there would be no way for me to test it and make sure it works. Its really something you gotta do yourself to make sure it works right. If you get the kind of key fob that the OP has it shouldn't be too hard and if you get the kind I have I can tell you what I did so you dont have to go throught the trouble of trying different things.

[Nin]

that's awesome!

i'm gonna do it for sure

[Trizzle]

If i got an uncut key with the New FOB...Could i cut it and get it 2 work with my 04 ?

[ttrank]

Wow that looks 1,000X better.

[parklife]

Originally Posted by Strtsk8r321

Epoxy didnt work at all, but I figured out something else. The electronics were no problem at all but I had a really hard time getting it to all fit back together. Finally after modification and many attempts I got it

Hey gret work man...I'm glad everything works well. It looks way better now right!!

[parklife]

Originally Posted by Trizzle

If i got an uncut key with the New FOB...Could i cut it and get it 2 work with my 04 ?

I believe you can, but you must bring it to infiniti to be cut there and program the chip.

[redlude97]

Originally Posted by Strtsk8r321

Plus there would be no way for me to test it and make sure it works. Its really something you gotta do yourself to make sure it works right. If you get the kind of key fob that the OP has it shouldn't be too hard and if you get the kind I have I can tell you what I did so you dont have to go throught the trouble of trying different things.

What did you do? I have one of those and I was just going to put it back up on ebay, but if you found a relatively easy fix maybe I'll keep it

[Ferrarimanic360]

hey redlude want to do this mod for me!! haha