Rekeying a Civic door cylinder

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Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:05:55 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

The locks on both of my front doors on my 2003 Honda Civic EX became frozen or jammed a couple years ago. The remote hasn’t worked since I bought the car. I’ve just been leaving it unlocked, but recently some minor things were stolen out of it.
I’d like to have the locks working again (that is, the doors unlockable from the outside w/o crawling through the trunk.)

The local repair shop quotes $125/door but the key would be different.

I see I can buy new cylinders for $35/ea +shipping, but the key would be different.

A locksmith I talked to said he could rekey a door cylinder, but I’d have to find one which isn’t assembled (not his exact words - I don’t remember what he called it) with a pinning kit.

I don’t mind trying to put in a a door lock cylinder myself, but I don’t want 3 keys (one for the doors, one for the trunk, one for the ignition which was recently replaced for the same issue). Should another locksmith be able to do this without me finding the pinning kit? Is there a better, relatively inexpensive way to get the results I want?

(Edit: Please excuse the username. The forum gave me troubles signing up and also insists I have a Ferrari -.-)

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