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1955-1979 Wagenswest, “Really Good Wide Five” Disc Brake Kit

Nate — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:15:59 +0000

The “Really Good Wide Five Disc Brake Kit”, for the 1955 to mid 1967 Volkswagen bus. Engineered and made right here in our shop, this is probably the best wide five front disc brake kit available for the early VW bus. We start with a very large expensive chunk of 6061 aluminum, we put it in our big CNC lathe and after that our milling machine and then we do the same for the brackets, after some time we have a really nice bus disc brake kit.

Please understand that we build these kits, in our shop and usually assemble to order – as they come in, and you may have to wait weeks or more. If you want to know how long just email us.

This kit uses your stock VW grease caps.

This kit uses stock size Volkswagen bus wheel bearings and seals and utilizes a vented Porsche 944-911 rotor, for great consistent braking.

Brake specs
Offset = +.25 inch per side.
Caliper = Wilwood 4 piston, by 1.75″ inch each.
Kit bolts directly to stock and most drop spindles.
Fits inside stock 15″inch bus wheels, with the selection of the “shaved option”.
Comes with 3 Options, gray black or red calipers and MOD for stock bus 15″ wheels “check below”.
Comes with everything needed to install, minus grease.

Hear is or Porsche disc brake kit for the same year bus.

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1971-79 Volkswagen bus big vented front disc brake kit

Nate — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:25:41 +0000

1971-79 Volkswagen bus big vented disc brake kit.

This kit is the result of many years of refining our other disc brake kits, with help from our customers and their input. Designed to fit inside your stock 14”inch VW bus wheels, and will fit inside most any wheel you will put on the front of your 73-79 bus. Despite having a large 11”inch rotor and a Quality US made 4 piston Wilwood caliper, this brake kit only has a + 5mm offset, And it comes with all the parts needed to do the conversion except for grease.

Replacement parts are all readily available.

The rotors are from a 944/911 Porsche. The bearings are the stock ones for your bus and same with the seals and the caliper is one of the most common, made by Wilwood. We build this disc brake kit in house on our machines in Salem Oregon and we are very proud to offer it to you. This disc kit ships with a stock 112mm bolt pattern.

Please understand that we build these kits, in our shop and usually assemble to order – as they come in, and you may have to wait a week or more. If you want to know how long just email us.

Thanks Nate @ Wagenswest

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Wagenswest 1955-79 Volkswagen bus billet spring plate caps.

Nate — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 11:42:41 +0000

Wagenswest custom billet bus spring plate caps.

Machined here in our shop from 6061 billet aluminum and come with stainless steel Allen hardware. These caps come in a machined finish and can be polished or painted by you.

Stock VW part number 211511225

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Wagenswest complete 1968-79 Volkswagen Bus suspension package Porsche 130 mm .

Nate — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:03:11 +0000

Wagenswest complete 1968-79 bus Suspension and brake kit, the good stuff with no guess work

Porsche bolt pattern 5 on 130mm.

This kit comes with a complete 4" inch narrowed adjustable front-end with new ball joints and 2.5 inch dropped spindles; including Wagenswest vented 4 piston disk brakes. The beam is ready to install grease, align, and go.

The rear end kit consist of Wagenswest drop plates, 3.25" for 1971-79 and an option for 4.5" to fit aftermarket wheels on the 1968-70 bus. The brakes are OEM Porsche style with internal parking brakes and forged hubs, 4 piston calipers and vented cross drilled rotors.

A pair of adjustable spring plates, all 4 shocks. Some of our new Wagenswest billet spring plate caps and a master cylinder kit is also included.

The suspension and brake parts needed to do the job.

KIT WILL NOT FIT STOCK 14" WHEELS.

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Wagenswest 1968-79 VW Bus rear frame notching air ride kit

Nate — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:15:09 +0000

This Wagenswest rear air bag frame rail kit for 1968-79 Volkswagen buses comes with all the metal parts needed to install bags in the rear of your bus. As you can see cutting and welding is required! For years we have been fabricating these into buses and now we are offering a no “guess work” kit.

This rear bay bag kit is made to go with our air-ride beam, found here.

This is not a job for the novice, but it really is the best way we have found to bag the back of a Bay Window bus. Horseshoe drop plates or 4.5” drop plates are needed to get you low, and this kit will both notch the frame for your axles and give you UP & DOWN motion.

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1968-71 Volkawagen bus adjustable rear spring plates

Nate — Thu, 28 May 2015 12:59:54 +0000

Wagenswest 1968-71 VW bus adjustable spring plates, these will make it a breeze to fine tune the ride height, on the rear of your early bay bus. Adjustable spring plates are also a good idea with Horseshoe plates and the Wagenswest 4.5 drop plates. Made out of all new material, “special high strength alloys”.

HOW TO INSTALL WAGENSWEST ADJUSTABLE SPRING PLATES

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Wagenswest T shirt

Nate — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 04:53:00 +0000

Wagenswest T-shirt, Front has our logo and the back has a breakdown of a Volkswagen bus beam from a factory manual. It’s a good enough print to actually read it!!
100% cotton nice and thick .
We have limited sizes.

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Wagenswest complete split air ride suspension 1955-67 VW bus

Nate — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:08:28 +0000

Wagenswest air ride suspension systems are custom made for your bus project. Right here in Salem Oregon USA. We make air ride work. This cart item is here to give you an idea of what we can do. If you want this on your bus, it would probably be best if you called the shop “503-587-0700”. And will custom build this kit to fit your bus.

Thanks Nate @ Wagenswest

Testing the switches on Bob P”s 1967 13 window, deluxe VW bus. from Wagenswest on Vimeo.

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Wagenswest, 55-70 bus master conversion spacer bracket

Nate — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 08:16:08 +0000

Wagenswest, dual master spacer bracket and bolts, use to install rabbit or late bus master cylinder into early 1955-67 Volkswagen buses.

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1963-70 “Bustang” Volkswagen Bus 5 on 205mm front disc brake kit, vented 4 piston.

Nate — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:38:14 +0000

The Bustang front disc brake kit is for 1963-70 VW bus with a 5 on 205mm bolt pattern. This disc brake kit is something that we have been using and building for years, it works Awesome. With heavy duty cast vented rotors and 4 piston Wilwood calipers, this kit will stop you fast!

This kit comes with

2 x Prepped vented rotors with bearing races installed

2 x Wagenswest laser cut CNC machined wide-five adapters

1 x Set of new wheel bearings and grease seals 2 x Steel caliper mounts, with mounting hardware

2 x Wilwood 4 piston calipers and brake pads

2 x New Wagenswest grease caps

2 x Brake line adapters

1 x Package of lock tight

This Bustang disc brake kit will fit under most any aftermarket aluminum or steel 15+ inch wheels.
If you want to run stock wheels, then we suggest our Babystang disc kit.
Both kits work with most any type of dropped spindle.

Please understand that we build these kits, in our shop and usually assemble to order – as they come in, and you may have to wait a week or more. If you want to know how long just email us.

Thanks Nate @Wagenswest

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