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Subject:Fwd: GW bigger brakes availability
From:Mbob1950 <mbob1950@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Thu, 1 Feb 2018 14:30:15 -0600

My replacement rotors are in route from them right now. I had no problems, just safety recall. 

Bob McCullough

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Christopher Schimke <christopher@T3TECHNIQUE.COM>
> Date: February 1, 2018 at 13:46:58 CST
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: GW bigger brakes availability
> Reply-To: christopher@T3TECHNIQUE.COM
> 
> Yeah, the photo on their website is now a modified Toyota Highlander rotor.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of vw_van_fan_Mark
> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 11:23 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: GW bigger brakes availability
> 
> According to GoWesty they got some reports of catastrophic rotor
> failures with their in-house kit and had to change the rotor design.
> They sent notices to customers who had previously purchased that kit,
> warning them of the situation. The photo has changed in their current
> product listing for the kit, with obviously different rotors now shown
> in the photo.
> 
> Mark
> 
> Mark McCulley wrote:
>> FYI, the GoWesty bigger brakes are available once again. I don't know any
>> details but it appears the calipers may have been redesigned.
>> 
>> -Mark
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> GoWesty has been "temporarily sold out" of their bigger brakes (
>>> http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?v=&id=23870) for what seems
>>> like a long time (at least a couple of months). Has anyone spoken with them
>>> recently about availability?
>>> 
>>> -Mark
>>

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