That depends. For steel wheels that were original 15, you probably will
be okay. If they were 14's where the center was cut off and put on a
new 15" rim, I believe the Big Brakes won't work.

On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Matt Barclay wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Kim Brennan wrote:
>
>> The South African Big Brake kit (front wheels only) is pretty close to
>> a simple bolt on...at least for Syncro Vanagons. I can't speak of the
>> issues with an older, and especially (former) aircooled Vanagon.
>>
>> That helps for the fronts. Of course, yes you do have to convert to
>> 15"
>> wheels to accomodate the larger discs and calipers.
>
> Can you use 15" steel wheels, or do you have to go all out and buy the
> alloy wheels?