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KEY FOB COLOR PEELING/CHIPPING OFF

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If you keep actual keys tethered to it, it's gonna clash against the fob at some point when in a pocket and cause damage. There are all kinds of protective covers you can buy, but they obscure the color on the fob. I guess clear covers don't exist because fobs are not normally a fashion statement or status symbol. :unsure:
 
Never had a problem with any of my car keys but non have been paired with something else or been neighbors in my pocket with other metal objects (aka keys).

Please show us what is at the other end of the ring.
 
Yep, my fob has chipped paint and I since added the fake carbon fiber outer covering. Now I don’t worry about it and the keys attached causing it.

Unfortunately nobody I found makes a fob cover to properly show the V emblem. Adding the cover makes it bulky IMO but easier to find as I have several other fobs that look similar.
 
If you keep actual keys tethered to it, it's gonna clash against the fob at some point when in a pocket and cause damage.
THIS^^^ My wife tethers her fob to her house keys and the paint is chipped in a few places. I keep mine untethered and have no chips or other marks.
 
This might be extra OCD, but when I get the car PPF'd, I'm going to see if he can throw some on the key fob.
I believe someone tried this and due to all the curvatures they were unsuccessful. Curious to what you find out.
 
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I believe someone tried this and due to all the curvatures they were unsuccessful. Curious to what you find out.
My PPF shop looked at them and did not want to do them. But I’ve read that others have been able to do it. - but I have not heard how well they hold up over time, likely the edges would peel. In 1 1/2 years mine look perfect. No keys or metal objects in the same pocket as the FOB.
 
Yeah, mine has a couple small chips so I keep it in the smaller coin pocket on pants that have them or just drop the fob in the key holder in the center console since the fob has a tendency to slip out of my pocket during long stretches of highway driving on cruise control.
 
LOL Barstool.

I don't have this problem, as my fobs have all been ceramic coated, PPF'd and are in a protective leather case which is contained within bubble wrap. And then I had an extra replacement made, so the original can sit in my safe deposit box un-molested.

OK, actually, since I didn't get specially colored calipers, my fobs are not painted and so I don't have the issue.
 
ladies and gentlemen, here's the answer


procure a pair on eBay for $16. Good quality/soft-ish plastic, close-fitting and preserves the key perfectly while being completely transparent.
 

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ladies and gentlemen, here's the answer


procure a pair on eBay for $16. Good quality/soft-ish plastic, close-fitting and preserves the key perfectly while being completely transparent.

Very likely identical to the one I posted earlier:

I'm curious if this clear cover fits.

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(Which now costs $4 more because: amazon)

Glad to hear that it fits!
 
yep it looks identical, and I can vouch for it. Comes from China of course like everything else, but it's legit.
 
Very likely identical to the one I posted earlier:



Glad to hear that it fits!

Too late for my keyfob. The 2nd one is pristine since it just sits in a drawer. (For those wanting to know, the whitish cylinder is a Tritium keychain attachment that glows so I can easily find the fob in the dark.)
 

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Too late for my keyfob. The 2nd one is pristine since it just sits in a drawer. (For those wanting to know, the whitish cylinder is a Tritium keychain attachment that glows so I can easily find the fob in the dark.)
This is why I resurrected this thread, you can buy new fob covers from Savage Cadillac in red. Then do whatever you want with the clear case, or some other option.

My first BW's key fob was delivered like the photos you posted from the dealer which left a bad taste in my mouth.
 

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