Fixing the hoop on a car key

Floz wrote 05/02/2016 at 00:55 • 0 points

My girlfriend dropped her keys and promptly stepped on them, snapping the integrated hoop of plastic off that normally attaches the remote and other things to the key.

After a few weeks of "where's the key?..  ok, now where's the alarm remote?", I decided to try a solution.

A small bit of kydex wrapped around the head of the key, with holes punched through for the keyring, and voila! 

A bit more detail:

Cut the Kydex in a strip as wide as the "head" of the key, and twice as long.  Cut a slot out of one end wide enough for the shaft of the key to pass through, leaving a few tabs to wrap back around the body.  Place the Kydex in an oven (or toaster oven) at 200'ish degrees for a few minutes.  Remove it, and quickly shape it to wrap around the key head longitudinally.  Dremel, drill, or punch a hole through each side for the keyring, and you're good.