Spare Car Key in Colchester
A second key cut and programmed at your driveway — routinely half the main-dealer price.
Everyone means to get a spare and nobody does until the first one's gone. Cut, chipped and programmed to your car at your home or work, usually in under an hour, with no recovery truck involved.
Local note — Colchester
Home patch. Huge spread of housing age here — Victorian terraces off North Hill on five-lever mortices, and New Town builds on euro cylinders that came in at builder's-basic spec. The job's rarely the same twice.
A photo of the lock prices it in seconds
Included
What you get in Colchester
- /Key cut to your lock, not just the blank
- /Transponder programmed to your vehicle
- /Remote central locking paired and tested
- /Old keys left working unless you ask otherwise
Questions
Spare Car Key in Colchester — the usual questions
How quickly can you get to Colchester?
Colchester is about 15 min from Colchester and sits in my emergency patch, so booked work is usually same or next day, Mon–Sat, 08:00–18:00.
What does spare car key cost in Colchester?
Spare Car Key starts at £139. The £65 call-out is waived on any job I go ahead with, and out of hours carries a 50% uplift. You get a firm price before I start.
Which Colchester postcodes do you cover?
CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4 and everything between them. Home patch. Huge spread of housing age here — Victorian terraces off North Hill on five-lever mortices, and New Town builds on euro cylinders that came in at builder's-basic spec. The job's rarely the same twice.
How long does the job take?
45–75 min. Key cut to your lock, not just the blank.