I got a remote flip key off Ebay ,for the wife´s Suzuki and it was an easy job.
The flip remote just comes with a specific case and an UNCUT key.All you do then is remove the board with the chip transponder+buttons from you old remote and get the UNCUT key ,cut.
There´s quite s few here for the X5
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