> Or are 2WD drivers with bolts up front instead of nuts n'
> studs just SOL?
>
> It's really quite easy to convert
> from bolts to nuts !
>

Well yeah, but that doesn't really address the actual issue with the front
brakes on the 2WD Vanagon. Saying "bolts vs. studs and nuts" is just a
shorthand way of saying "non-seperable rotor and hub (bolts) vs. separate
hub and rotor (studs n' nuts). Putting (say) Audi discs on a Syncro is
relatively easy: pull the old rotor off the studded hub, put the audi rotor
on, and find a machinist to make the caliper fit. On the 2WD the axle hub
and front rotors are all one piece. If you take the rotor off, you've got no
hub! One of the key parts for the South African brake kit was a hub with
studs for each of the 2WD axles. Without something like that, your choice on
a 2WD is the stock combination hub and rotor, or NOTHING.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"