[Larry Merk]

We put Aerospace brakes on our car this year but I would NOT recommend them.

From a few feet away they look so good, all shiny machined aluminum. But when we installed them we found every tapped hole very rough and full of machining chips. We had to run a tap through every hole to clean them out. Following their instructions, one front caliper was way out of tolerance for being centered on the rotor. It had to be sent back to be machined an additional .080 inches so it would fit properly costing additional us freight charges and time.

To avoid finger pointing if we should run into any problems, we also bought the master cylinder and pushrod from them. After getting everything installed we started bleeding the brakes. Several minor leaks and several hours later the brakes still would not hold pressure. We finally removed the master cylinder and took it apart. There was a huge gouge in the cylinder bore! No wonder it would not hold pressure. Went to the local parts store and bought a master cylinder for a Dodge pickup and installed it. Had the brakes bled in 10 minutes.

To add insult to injury I called Aerospace, told them what had transpired, and asked to return the master cylinder for credit. No problem was their reply. When I got my credit card statement they had dinged me a 10% restocking fee on the defective master cylinder. Not my idea of good customer service.

The brakes work great, but the whole episode left a bad taste in my mouth. I would go with some other brand next time.