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Originally Posted by demas
At least this was one fix where buying new vents just doesn't make sense given the material that is on them or made with them as it will brown over time.
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Agreed, but on the other hand new vents do at least reset the clock. It's the route I took and they did look brand new. So it may have to do with how they are stored... if you garage the car more often than the previous owner or use a sunshade when parked outside, they might last a really long time. Also there's a tiny chance the new ones look new because they made a change along the way (no coating, or different plastic, or whatever). I really can't say but I kind of doubt they are coated, it's probably just a bad choice in plastic and somethign is blooming to the surface of it and / or it's oxidizing. UV won't be helping at all.
Just thinking out loud if you end up wishing they were perfect, that new ones might last longer than the old.