I only have one key for the yellow submarine, and I hope I don’t lose it. I usually travel with other people, and juggling a key quickly becomes tiresome. I learned this while camping with 4 friends in the Westy in Maui. It’s always “Who has the key, where’s the key, can I borrow the key, did you lock it”. To avoid this problem, and allow everyone access to the Sprinter at their will, I wanted to install a keypad. I found this keypad on ebay for $32. The quality is quite good, and it works well. Now, where to mount it.
I wanted the keypad to be hidden, not because I’m afraid people will hack the code, but because it’s a little ugly, and I thought it would be much nicer if its discrete. The front license plate holder looked big and blocky, like there was enough space behind it to hide the keypad. All I had to do was hinge it, make a stop to limit how far it could be pulled out, and make it latch closed.
