I don' agree -
So Van's says that they are ok. You paid for a perfect kit - right - nothing about any 'repaired parts' in any of the correspondence.
It's sorry that Van's even shipped less that perfect parts. Repaired and acceptable or not, why did they ship them? - $$$? How much money did they save? No matter what the engineers said, this is not a perfect part and a perfect part is what you paid for
I'd order new parts, pay for them myself and be done with it. It's no different from the rudder skin that I bent a little - others might not see the bent part but I would every time I pre-flight. I ordered a new part.
One of the really nice things about building your own airplane is that you have control of what does and does not go into it. You are in charge,
These ribs are structural parts - right? If so, in my opinion, then the parts should be as per the plans - not 'repaired'. Maybe you should 'repair' their repair - but why when you can get a 'non-repaired' rib from Van's?
Sometimes tragic accidents happen not as the result of 'one little thing that went wrong' but as the result of 'several accumulated things that wet wrong'. To me, you are accepting 'strike one' when you have the opportunity to eliminate 'strike one'. That is how I see it and I don't mean to be critical of you - it's just how I see it.
And yeah, I think that since you have communicated to Van's about your concerns, the right thing for them to do was to have sent you replacement parts with no flaws 'or repairs' and at no costs to you. And I still think that they should do that - it's called good customer service.
I can't believe that Van's didn't just send replacement parts - I don't care what the engineers said.
Replacing the 'repaired parts' or even shipping them in the first place should be a non-issue. Look at it this way, if you had your choice of a perfect part or a repaired part, which one would you choose? Sorry Van's, I love you guys and gals but as I see it, this time, you dropped the ball. That's my opinion.