Go back and read the part about 'uniformity'



The upper and lower have this note as the first paragraph of the description:



If you had clicked on the link to the knowledge center it would have brought up the rest of the stuff I posted

I feel for you, it sucks to not get what you were expecting. At the same time it's not really Aero's fault. Good on them for giving you some money back even though they didn't have to. They're a good company. Due diligence man. It was all right there on their website

You're not the first to have mismatched colors. I've got a 50 shades of FDE rifle. Since everything is slightly off nothing stands out as wrong, kinda like our membership

While I see your point, I hope you can see mine? One should not have to hunt for problems before. There shouldn’t have to be warnings or disclaimers or links to some things there are bad. This is a blem, sell it as such. If all these lowers are anodized black, how come most all of them look the same? So in my mind, I would think that the green would be the best suited to not be different from cerekote color. Obviously I was wrong in my thinking.

Dang man, that looks like doggie doo. Hopefully you can recoup some of your funds, those are definitely blem items.

Go back and read the part about 'uniformity'

I had read it already. I guess I find it difficult to understand they would sell a product that finishes out like that.

6061 takes the color dye differently than 7075. That's why black is the most chosen color, it's easiest to match between the different alloys. The darker the color, the easier it is to match. The lighter the color, the more difficult is to match.

Those are created during the forging die process. It's lubrication to allow the forgings to release from the die. Sometimes, it gets impregnated into the forging and creates those streaks. Almost all uppers/lowers will have it, but if it's dyed black you'll never notice it.

I kinda like it.

Shut up and build Kermit gun!!!

I'd be disappointed too. I almost bought the same group of parts a week or so ago. I didn't move forward on it because I was wary of this exact situation.

I used to work for a hot rod shop that did a lot of boutique parts. There were several products over the years that we had to stop selling because of inconsistencies with the finish that were inherent to the process, and the resulting customer service nightmare. It just wasn't worth it. We couldn't price them high enough (without seeming like assholes) to be able to scrap up to 60% of a batch that didn't meet QC or cover the cost of the customer service. Too much damage control.

In a way, it's cool that Aero is willing to continue to offer this service. It's a f'n pain in the ass.

Years later we'd still get hit up for that product "Why did you guys stop selling ______??? You should totally bring it back!"
SMH

I'm a little surprised they aren't cerakoted, I would assume that it would be a far more uniform finish.

They have an ODG cerakote option.

The green ano is an entirely different look. Really sharp. Just tricky to get it right.

Call Aero or send an email with the pics of the scratches in the lower. I'll bet they will make it right. I know how frustrating it is to have to go through the paperwork to get a lower and get something that is blemished like that when you pay full price. You have to understand that just like during the Shamdemic, with the situation in Washington State right now, They are under a tremdous amount of pressure to get out as much product as they can before the wall slams down. I'm not saying its right, but you will get some failures slipping through under the best of times. The lower and upper look like it functions so you got that going for you, but you wanted and probably paid for something that should have left the warehouse perfect. I'd wager that if you send the email they will put forth the effort to make sure you are satisfied.

They gave him $10.81. Kinda light IMO.

I've had a few issues with lowers in the past. Nothing major. But these weren't 5 for $100 no name lowers. Nor were they cheap lowers.

Gas, maybe use that green as the base color for some 60s camo job. Or bite the bullet and cerakote the whole thing.

I want a desert tan or FDE AR. Your experience confirms I'm gonna cerakote.

With Czar Inslee on the red button, I’m going to build whatever I can. I ordered two more hand guards and they are allowing me to return the ones that are worse off.

I recently purchased an M5 upper where the barrel nut was hand tight, nowhere near spec. Not knowing when this AWB was going to go into effect I didn't want to return it.

My dealer @509busman helped me torque it to spec, even gave me some of his personal shims to get the gas tube channel to line up.

Differences in colors when anodizing is common and well docum3nted acrossed every manufacturer out there that offers it.