My buddy, an engineer and very skilled on Solidworks and CAD, printed me these, and it was a total waste of time!  They didn't fit well, and the plastic tabs cracked in minutes.  He even tried different materials. So for the time / effort and small cost savings.  Stick with some of the great parts suppliers on this list (when still available).

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Alistair Bell
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2019 9:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Parts availability

I think... I might be mistaken about the source, but I think there are files for 3D printing of that part at thingiverse.com.

Yup...

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:34856

For at least some of the plastic NLA parts, 3D printing will be our saviour.

Alistair 

> On Jul 14, 2019, at 5:21 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> On our ancient vehicles I rarely remember that sometimes parts become unavailable. Case i point the little plastic housings for the rear license tag lights. I found one of mine dangling (broken), and went to order from the usual places and “out of stock”. BusLab (in theory) has them, so I ordered a couple of replacements. Hopefully I won’t get a charge back due to them no longer having any….
> 
> I went to one of my “out of service” Vanagons. Plastic housing (and clear lens and screws) looked like new. Must have been replaced at some point in their life. On the other housing on the Van I was fixing, the screws are stripped, so that will be a fun repair if or when I have to replace the bulb on that side (if it isn’t working right now, it will flunk Virginia safety inspection.)