You can upgrade to the later style brakes.  This involves replacing the
spindles with some "good used" spindles, then you just bolt on later style
calipers..  My understanding is that the pads on later vans are bigger,
although I've never had a later-year van and haven't done this upgrade so
this is just hearsay coming from me.

I believe this is the only "upgrade" option that works with the stock
wheels.

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:

> On 06/04/2012 11:05 AM, Ken Wilford wrote:
>
>> Yes we have been selling the big brake kits for many, many years and
>> folks who have to deal with brake fade in the mountains or have a more
>> powerful engine should go with the big brake kit. The only caveat is
>> that you need to have 15" rims or larger to use the big brake kit.
>>
>
> Do any big brakes kits fit my stock wheels? I do a lot of mountain
> driving, pulling a small trailer. Have not had brake issues yet, but I
> know I'm running on the edge.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>