My spare key fob for the SC was manky. The rubber cover from the rear was missing and the sides of the top cover peeling away. It's not a good look, and a new fob is hundreds. So I decided to do a DIY refurb.

Went online and ordered some free black leather swatches from sofa shops and got some super glue

Stuck down the peeling sides and then shaped some nice soft black leather for the back cover. I showed my Dad and he didn't even realise it wasn't standard!

Looks good. Wish I'd thought of that. I just made a small fuss at dealers and its getting replaced under warranty and my damage was a lot less than yours. New key  MY11 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - "African Queen"

Yep, that works too! Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top
1998 90 TUL FFR Hard Top XD Wolf
1993 90 Tdi

*Gone: L405 4.4 VSE, L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Smart move and well done mate  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

my key on my 2011 is peeling away on the back
rubber coming adrift on the sides also
whinged to the dealer yesterday and they are gonna replace under warranty

Not bad Adam guess you know where the key is inside that fob

I do Mick, and it might now be super glued shut!

Still, it only cost me about £3 in super glue rather than hundreds for a new key. It works perfectly otherwise, it was all visual. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top
1998 90 TUL FFR Hard Top XD Wolf
1993 90 Tdi

*Gone: L405 4.4 VSE, L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

iancollins wrote:

my key on my 2011 is peeling away on the back
rubber coming adrift on the sides also
whinged to the dealer yesterday and they are gonna replace under warranty

Same here, will peel off completely soon! So might go for the all metal naked look  Current MY2020
Gone: 1 x L405 and 2 x L322's

quick update on my dealer fixing the keyfob - either I'm missing a trick or there's serious issues in quality. they replaced the brand new spare keyfob i had instead and gave me back this together with the old (clearly visible) peeling keyfob !  MY11 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - "African Queen"

Hello to all, first post here so thought I'd better make it something hopefully vaguely maybe useful ....... LR now do a Smart key refurb kit, part no LR052905 at the strangely cheap price of £4.48 each! Fitted mine this evening, first key takes 20 minutes to do, second one done in 2 minutes.

No excuses for tatty flappy smart keys now!!



Apologies if this is old news but I couldn't find a solution until I mentioned it to my local dealer who actually came up with something helpful. :thumbsup:

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Good find sir

Yes I should have updated my post, because back in December I moaned at the dealer about it and you're right, there's a refurb kit and a LTB about how to do it, they say 20 mins too.

The dealer did mine for me so I now have 2 brand new looking keys.

Thanks for posting  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top
1998 90 TUL FFR Hard Top XD Wolf
1993 90 Tdi

*Gone: L405 4.4 VSE, L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Does anyone know what sort of glue you use with this kit?

Im guessing superglue?????

No glue needed, just clicks together. Some side cutters and long nose pliers help but I did I friends key with a butter knife and a pair scissors at the weekend!