[Aftermarket brakes, are they a good thing?]

Thanks for your reply, and encouragement to take a reasoned chance and buy non OEM brake parts. Would you happen to have any suggestions for reptable US companies that market drilled and slotted rotors?

[Aftermarket brakes, are they a good thing?]

Greetings all:

I own a 2004 HL with a 3.3 motor, with 85000 miles.

I have been looking at aftermarket and OEM brake parts with the idea of having the brakes done on my Highlander one-more-time. I have had the brakes done, in parts, almost twice, if one counts all the parts that have been replaced: rotors, pads, and one caliper.

Here is my issue: with all the aftermarket parts available, some of them offering lifetime warranties, what is the best case scenario that awaits me by using aftermarket parts? I am hoping someone with experience will reply about the extent to which going with aftermarket parts is a better or worse decision than staying with OEM.

Regards. . .