Thanks a lot! You guys are terrific.
I guess I'll go for the 3D printed ones and also look for parts here in the forum.
You are of course correct, we don't have the lights in the vents but it would sure be cool to have them here. Would make my little baby even more special.
Don't throw the part out! It may be repairable.
Does anyone know what these vents are made out of?
If they are ABS Plastic, I suspect that you could have this repaired.
If you are a hobbyist, or if you have a body repair person willing to take this on, the following type of material could be used to build up the scratches.
Plastifix Repair Kit
The kit consists of a solvent that melts ABS plastic and ground up black ABS plastic.
There are other products available that are similar, so it doesn't have to be this one.
I'm no artist so I don't know if I could do it, but I have used this to help repair a rear view mirror body that had a mounting screw hole torn out of the plastic shell.
The ABS is finely ground and is applied by dusting a part. The solvent applicator has a fine tip syringe that you drop solvent with. ABS plastic melts. Typically you would mask off the damaged area, dust it with the ABS powder and drop the solvent onto. The surface of the plastic literally melts and fuses with the ABS dust. The key to making this work is the ability to sand the repaired section to the original level and to polish the plastic so the finish is the same as the original.
Polyvance Web site showing a repair
If the part is not ABS plastic, the ground up ABS plastic will not fuse with the part, but sit on top.
I just want to throw this out in case you have trouble getting a replacement part. And if you get it to work, the repair is even better as you did it yourself.
Dale