Date:         Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:02:44 -0500
Reply-To:     pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: GW Bigger Brakes
Comments: To: markmcculley@gmail.com
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I was considering this.

Instead, I ended up overhauling my existing brakes.

I.e., new calipers, pads, wheel cylinders, shoes, brake hoses.  Master
cylinder is fairly new so it stayed.  (I also replaced all the hydraulic
lines, but that was not to improve performance.)

I made sure the rear brakes were very carefully adjusted.

The result was night and day from anything I had ever experienced in a
vanagon before.

So, it's possible that just getting your existing brakes into brand new
off-the-lot condition would make a big difference.  I suspect that at least
some of the benefit people report from the upgrade kits is simply due to
the fact that they are replacing old components with new ones.

Given the improvement I got, I'm glad I went this route.  I was always a
little reluctant to install an aftermarket brake system.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 8:36 AM Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Anyone have any experience with the latest version of the GoWesty Bigger
> Brakes? They went off the market for a while but are back, I think they
> needed to re-engineer some of the components.
>
> Are bigger brakes a worthwhile upgrade for a stock Westy with original
> engine? I have 16" wheels so that won't be an issue.
>
> -Mark
> '87 syncro Westy
>