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Mini VCI Cables, is there any horseshoe cloned avail? are copies with 2.0.4 better than 1.4.1?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by jboudreaux1965, Oct 14, 2020.

  1. Oct 14, 2020 at 12:47 AM
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    jboudreaux1965

    jboudreaux1965 [OP] Ragin Cajun Fan

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    Howdy,
    Im about to buy a mini VCI cable to program a new key. My questions for the mini VCI cable experts are, is there a true horseshoe clone even available for sale and if so from where? if i have to buy a cheap clone, is there any features the cables that have firmware 2.0.4 can do that the cables with firmware 1.4.1 can not?
     
  2. Oct 14, 2020 at 12:57 AM
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    I really don't have an answer, but I have one of the older 1.XX versions and it does everything that I know to do with it on my 2012 Tacoma and my wife's 2010 Highlander...
     
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  3. Oct 14, 2020 at 1:01 AM
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    thanks for the input bro! my main goal is program a key, but if i can buy a cable that does more at the same time, its a no brainer. with the older cable, any issues programing a key?
     
  4. Oct 14, 2020 at 1:06 AM
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    No issues at all. It should do what you need.
     

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