Ok my friend aquierd a 90 gxl but it has no keys. Can he



a) go to mazda and have a key cut for him



b) hotwire the car



btw his dad owns a towing company and nobody claimed the car.



thanks...

Yes, he'll need the registration... in his name.

well **** there is no title either

parts car



i'll buy the taillights.

We lose keys constantly. Slim jim the car and remove the drivers side door panel, remove the outer door handle. Take the handle assy. to a local automotive locksmith. they can cut the key from the door tumbler.

take a dent puller put it to the iginition lock and key and suck that bitch out. Then take a screw driver and start the car. Thats it. Rx7 are mad easy to steal no need to hot WIRE

thanks guys, my friend is going to call the locksmith today https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

No title.. so, how does he expect to drive it?

File for a lost Title

Well for the lock thing I am pretty sure there are lock smiths that have a key that is a soft metal, and the put it in the lock and give it a firm wiggle, and then it leaves the key's pattern on the soft metal key, then he cuts it out, and then makes another key off of that one, and wala.



Or you could just buy a lock set from mazdatrix, and to the "get a dint puller and rip it out". I don't think that is wise, because if a cop ever see's you in the car, I am pretty sure that will count as stollen!



And I wouldn't do anything other than part it out, and I would run a VIN check on it to, because unless the owner was some guy with no family, that no one knew and he got killed. I find it very funny that no one has claimed it, so I am thinking it got a little to hot for someone (stollen) and they decided to get rid of it.

Yup.....Don't keep it. Its bad Ju-Ju to keep that car. Cops are gonna bang on your door to take it back. I am sure their are policies when comes to cars like this. You might just have to wait 90 days or something like that. I would consult with the DMV though.

door doesnt contain all the info needed to make a key that

will work all locks. I just went thru this with the car I sold,

I lost the key, I used the trunk lock to get keys made.



The locksmith had it in the computer that the door lock

didnt contain all the info, something like 9 pins, but the

trunk lock did. Besides its easier to remove the trunk lock.

a little off the subject here...but does anyone know if the Mazda dealer carries the original Mazda debossed black plastic key that was issued with the car? I could have swore someone posted a while back that they do...but my local dealer didn't carry any.

They're on eBay all the time for about $5.

I wonder if there is a master key. Like ford has a master hey that you have to have some kind of special license to own, meaning like a repo man or somthing like that.

well its not my car. Ill ask exactly how he aquierd it.

There is a way the tow yard can aquire the car from it's rightful owner, and it's legal. Because the yard charges a set amount for towing and storage of the car it all adds up. If the owner will not, or cannot pay the fees the tow yard can put whatis known as a "lien" on the vehicle for the ammount owed. If this lien is greater then the car is worth, or the owner will not claim their vehicle/ will not pick it up. The Tow yard can take legal,and rightful posession of the vehicle at that time. Much like repair shops can take someone's car if they don't pay for repairs made to that car. The dad is the owner of the tow company, I am sure he kows the LEGAL way of aquiring this car.



Like it is said, you can take the trunk lock to a locksmith and they can create a key for the car. The trunk lock is EASY to remove, takes about 10min if you don't know what you are doing.



I honestly would go the route I did when it comes to this. I didn't know how many people had keys to my car because mine was a repo in the area. Owners of these cars tend to be VERY bitter if they see "their" car rolling around the streets. I bought a set of locks off ebay for $29, included keys, ignition, and tumblers for the doors, trunk, and ignition. Took me about 3 hrs to complete the swap, and now I know that I have the only keys to my car in the area.



You can do the same thing at your local junk yard, and if you need some, let me know, I can pull a set for you, and ship them off. Then only he and MAYBE someone in the Seattle area has keys to his car.

thanks, very useful reply



my friend is registering as i type this so he can come tell yall about it

you can get a title for the car you just have to send for it. takes about 2 months or so and then when you get it then you can register it but if you just need to start the car buy a new ignition and door locks and then worry about the title later