Introducing you the the guided series for picking and decoding the BMW HU92 Ignition using the Genuine Lishi pick and decoder.
There are two different Genuine Lishi tools for this lock, a single lift version and a twin lift version. The single lift is for models up to 2013 and the twin lift was produced for some models after 2013 that use a more narrow face cap.
Pre-2013, both tools have the same coverage, so both can be used depending on personal preference. Personally, I prefer the single lift tool as it copes with heavy tension better than the twin lift design, and some of the older Gen 1 locks need a very heavy tension which the twin lift tool is not suited to. I’d only advise single lift tool on pre-2005 Gen 1 locks.
Both tools operate in the same way – the picking process doesn’t differ other than you are using two arms as opposed to just one arm. Only the decode process significantly differs. The single lift tool decodes in the opposite direction to the way we’re picking, whereas the twin lift tool decodes in the same way to the picking direction. It’s important to remember this for an accurate decode.
Key Details
The key is a two-track laser style key. It houses eight key cut positions using four key cut heights numbered one to four, with one being the highest cut and four being the deepest cut. The key is cut on Instacode card number: 1096 for BMW and Land Rover models is cut on card 1113. Even numbered positions are read on one side of the key. Odd numbered positions are read on the opposite track, though all cuts are on both tracks.
Site Reading the HU92 Key
This key reads from bow-to-tip from positions one to eight as “23332223”. With the key tip to the right and the bow to the left, it’s the bottom cuts of the key that we read by eye.
Lock Details
The door, boot and ignition locks all house eight wafers in each lock, so as long as none have had a lock change, any can be picked and decoded to generate the key. Each lock has eight wafers, four on one side and four on the opposite side in a conventional one up and one down configuration. The key interacts with both tracks within the lock, with even numbered positions on one track and odd numbered positions on the opposite track.
The boot locks on these catch many locksmiths out, though it shouldn’t if you remember that the boot locks always pick open anti-clockwise. If you pick it clockwise, you will only deadlock it and cause yourself more work as you will have to pick it twice and then anti-clockwise to pick it open.
To know when you get to the car whether you need to pick it once or twice anti clockwise is simple – visually inspect the keyway, and if the keyway is at the 6 o’clock vertical position, you will only have to pick it once anti-clockwise to open. If, however, the keyway is at the quarter-past-three horizontal position, then the deadlock is on and it will need picking twice – once to a vertical position, then again to open anti-clockwise. Remember this and the anti-clockwise to open and you won’t waste unnecessary time on opening the boot.
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