Substitute For Kia Sportage Key

A situation I came across a while ago as many other locksmith technicians in the field was finding out there was something new in the market.
A customer drove up to the shop in a brand-new Kia Sportage and needed some copies made of the ignition/door key. After a complete search in our company's inventory, I realized we did not carry it. So like any other professional locksmith technician, I improvised. I found that an Ilco X198/B74 is long enough, and even though the millings allow the blank to pass the keyway, I had to modify the blank.

I rounded the head of the key and cut the blade from the head to the shoulder stop to narrow the blade enough to fit in the ignition. After this was completed, I cut the keys on the modified blank and got the customer on their way. Sometime after, I found out that the new Sportage uses an Ilco X267/KK4 blank.
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