Don't you think it quite ironic that with the amount of chrome removal and chrome delete and Pasti-dipping that takes place within this community that Chevrolet had the sheer audacity to place chrome on our KEY FOBS as well!?!?!? 
I actually like the feel of the Colorado key fob in my hand - compared to my sons Cruze fob or my wife's Traverse fob - the Colorado fob as a much more tactile and substantial feel to it - but I never liked the aesthetics of the fob itself - looking at it - its ugly. It looks like a bulk order that Chevrolet had to "use up" before they could get to something better that has some semblance of style. They had 5 million of them laying around from Tahoe's and Yukon's and they said Viola! - we will add chrome wings and use them for the Colorado as well! Now to be fair - have you seen some of the Ford, Toyota or Jeep fobs - good hell - horrible. If I paid $70K for a Ford Raptor and the dealer handed me that horrible fob I would be like - "you have to be kidding".
So what is a Colorado owner to do? Here is what you do - you go to the AJT Designs website and buy a replacement fob. I think that they look light years better than the stock FOB, they actually have style and will be more rugged and shock resistant over time. And here is the best part, you get to customize the fob to our own tastes - novel idea. You can get a black, gray, orange, blue, red, hunter green, lime green, white or tan fob - and get this - you can then customize the button color AND the screw/hardware color used to put the whole thing together. Creating a completely custom design for your fob based solely on your own preferences.
Now the process does require you to disassemble your current Chevrolet fob and pull out three parts -
In the end - you get a fully functional key fob that looks like this:
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Comparatively about the same length and width as the old fob - but with a MUCH improved feel in your hand and one that can potentially take some abuse and not crap out prematurely. I chose a gray case, with black button and red screws to match my Shadow Gray Metallic Colorado. I think its a very nice match. You could even order more than one color buttons or screws and really mix things up if you wanted to.
The fob is $35 with free shipping. I ordered mine on 7/1 and it was delivered on 7/6 - which I thought was fantastic service. Mine shipped the same day it was ordered. I will most likely replace the other fob housing in the near term with the same type - may a different color so that the family knows which key is MY KEY.
The company has some tremendous products from shift knobs, to climate control rings to vent rings - but none of that for Chevy yet. They are heavily Toyota invested at this point, but hopefully will expand their product line the future to include more GM coverage.
Let me know if you have any questions.
www.ajtdesign-llc.com
I actually like the feel of the Colorado key fob in my hand - compared to my sons Cruze fob or my wife's Traverse fob - the Colorado fob as a much more tactile and substantial feel to it - but I never liked the aesthetics of the fob itself - looking at it - its ugly. It looks like a bulk order that Chevrolet had to "use up" before they could get to something better that has some semblance of style. They had 5 million of them laying around from Tahoe's and Yukon's and they said Viola! - we will add chrome wings and use them for the Colorado as well! Now to be fair - have you seen some of the Ford, Toyota or Jeep fobs - good hell - horrible. If I paid $70K for a Ford Raptor and the dealer handed me that horrible fob I would be like - "you have to be kidding".
So what is a Colorado owner to do? Here is what you do - you go to the AJT Designs website and buy a replacement fob. I think that they look light years better than the stock FOB, they actually have style and will be more rugged and shock resistant over time. And here is the best part, you get to customize the fob to our own tastes - novel idea. You can get a black, gray, orange, blue, red, hunter green, lime green, white or tan fob - and get this - you can then customize the button color AND the screw/hardware color used to put the whole thing together. Creating a completely custom design for your fob based solely on your own preferences.
Now the process does require you to disassemble your current Chevrolet fob and pull out three parts -
- Battery
- Battery contact
- Printed Circuit Board
In the end - you get a fully functional key fob that looks like this:
Comparatively about the same length and width as the old fob - but with a MUCH improved feel in your hand and one that can potentially take some abuse and not crap out prematurely. I chose a gray case, with black button and red screws to match my Shadow Gray Metallic Colorado. I think its a very nice match. You could even order more than one color buttons or screws and really mix things up if you wanted to.
The fob is $35 with free shipping. I ordered mine on 7/1 and it was delivered on 7/6 - which I thought was fantastic service. Mine shipped the same day it was ordered. I will most likely replace the other fob housing in the near term with the same type - may a different color so that the family knows which key is MY KEY.
The company has some tremendous products from shift knobs, to climate control rings to vent rings - but none of that for Chevy yet. They are heavily Toyota invested at this point, but hopefully will expand their product line the future to include more GM coverage.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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