The white plastic scissors underneath the keys were different due to internal cable routing and things not obvious on the outside of the mac. I don't know if the current DE keyboard aluminum is 100% identical to the US aluminum - but in the past the return keys and key spacings were enough different that you couldn't just pop the caps and have things work. Just know you will be asking them to rebuild your mac around some new plastic keys. See if they have any ideas how to help you out. Let them explain how many screws are there to do the work to replace all the key caps. If you are near an Apple Retail store - I would certainly go in and have a chat with the technicians. Thanks to iFixit for the great photo and repair guides. Put another way, when taking your mac apart, when everything is out and sitting on the workbench, you have the frame with all the keys sitting in your hands as a whole part. You can buy all the tools, as well as a new keyboard, online for around 40-50. I don't know of anyone making replacement keys - just silicone overlays. If your MacBook Pro keyboard needs to be replaced, you do have the option of completing the replacement yourself. So the correct way to change things would be to take apart your entire mac and re-assemble it on the new frame. The keyboard keys are manufactured into the unibody top case and Apple doesn't really sell a set of key caps, but the entire topcase.
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