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It is a slippery slope and a large learning curve that came from my module cloning tool build up. Half these bench cloning tools have slots for you to put smart keys in for programming. After 1 or 2 of these tools you ask yourself what else you need to program keys since you got functionality on tools you paid with you are not using. Surely it couldn't be that hard to add key replacement services to your income stream... This is one of those fields that the you really hav

The internet is full of pictures of what happens when a vehicle gets hit by lightning. This is one such example I was able to find. The truck in question for this post was indirectly hit.... The camper it was connected to was struck by lightning during the night. A harrowing experience for sure but no one noticed what happened to the truck... While they processed the insurance paperwork for the damage done to the trailer no one bothered to see if the truck still started o

More and more this is where I actually found myself starting this journey at the start of this series: the doing OF the thing for the 1st time. Here I share in all its adventure as that is the natural state of me trying to do anything. The motivation I like to think that this was something I was meant to pursue. It just so happened that we had a 2007 Subaru Outback come into the shop with misfire codes that came and went. Diagnostically speaking it was an oddball and we i

This field is truly fueled by the people out there that want to modify and tune their own vehicles. All the big money, well developed tools were designed specifically to allow for people to modify the programming in their car to match parts that were never intended to be on it. Racing teams, drag racers, etc are all big money big driving forces historically for these tools. There are aftermarket systems out there but if you can just make the one in the car do what you want

You can't really unless you do an insane amount of research. Even purchasing of tools does not guarantee those that provide them will be a good source of uses for their product. This is one field of knowledge where you need to keep detailed notes, spreadsheets, and other documentation that YOU generate while you are heading down this rabbit hole. If there is an EEPROM chip on the circuit board you can most likely clone immobilizer data, cluster data, mileage, and even key r

No one has a list made like this. There are some people who list all the tools they own in threads, some videos about the tools I started with, and some other mediocre references but there is no definitive "this is what you need." Not without you knowing yourself what you want to do specifically. Outside of those 2 questions: I will break this down as best as I can starting with the problem. You need all the tools. At least one from every manufacturer because this is t

Here I will give you my take on the tools available today that I have used. There are many tools I have not since every day there are hundreds of rebranded products dumped on the internet. There are some big ones I have not played with but this is a blog about my passions and experience involving a limited budget. I do research enough that the tools I mention here I can: A) Afford B) Don't need to be sold for lack of function C) pay for themselves over the course of my lif

A.I. wants me to say "Keeping a vehicle running well beyond the manufacturer’s intended lifespan is becoming a real challenge. Modern cars rely heavily on electronic modules, immobilizers, and complex key programming systems. When these components fail or need replacement, traditional repair methods often fall short. That’s where module cloning comes in—a technique that promises to extend vehicle life and save owners from costly replacements. This post explores why module clo

My new years resolution this year is to finally make the time to share my research, my passions and my process for doing things. Here I am trying to contribute and document things that I think a lot of people will appreciate given the complexity of the topics and undertakings involved. I want to share my passion for all things technical and help people avoid the mistakes I have made. I want to share my apocryphon. If you do not know what that is: its one of my favorite w