Dear List,
Apparently this same "certain someone" has suggested the vented brake conversion will REQUIRE the Audi 35-43mm offset wheels to work properly. So save those Audi rims people -- there may be a LEGITIMATE use for them on our Vanagons in the near future.
Cheers, MJS
At 08:50 AM 4/9/99 EDT, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: >I hate to talk about things before they happen but I know that a certain >person is working on a kit to install bigger, vented disc brakes on the >Vanagon. This is a stock kit from South Africa. It should be together >within the next 6 months at the longest (probably sooner). As far as who >this person is or how much this kit will cost, only time will tell. :) >Only "downside" to this kit is that you have to run 15" wheels in order to >have the clearance you need for the bigger discs (Oh darn that means I might >sell more wheels :) >When this happens there will be an announcement to the List. >Ken Wilford >Van-Again >John 3:16 > <bold> Michael J. Sullivan </bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design Open Market, Inc. </italic> ********************************************* phone: 781.359.7624 work: http://www.openmarket.com scan tips: http://www.hsdesign.com/scanning vanagon: http://www.hsdesign.com/vanagon ********************************************* |
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