I finally got the stripped upper last Friday, and the handguard came today, the upper is light gold/brown, I suspect they just boxed one of their "Kodiak brown" uppers and sent it, the handguard color is in between the 2. 7 weeks for the final shipment, none of it matches as a set that I bought, yes it was blem, but its not even close. I will reach out after the holiday, but its a blem and they don't take returns on them.
I like Aero stuff, its high quality (this was Stag arms they were selling, which is also good), but as a retailer, they suck. If you want Aero precision parts, buy it from a dealer.