XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Alfa Romeo 156 GTA (2002-2005)

Front-wheel drive carrying 247bhp through a single axle is a demanding brief, and the 156 GTA’s front brakes know it. The naturally aspirated Busso 3.2 V6 rewards high-rev driving, exactly the kind of use that piles thermal load into the front brake assembly, and on a circuit the front axle’s triple duty of traction, steering, and stopping exposes the limits of the standard specification faster than most GTA owners expect.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit is the appropriate answer to that constraint. A matched pair of larger front discs and four-piston calipers replaces the standard hardware, with the headroom a hard-driven GTA needs.

What this brake kit does for your 2002-2005 Alfa Romeo 156 GTA

On a FWD platform with close to 250bhp the front brakes carry more combined load than they would on a rear-drive car of similar output. Braking force, steering load, and sustained thermal cycling all arrive at the same two corners. Larger discs expand swept area and thermal mass beyond the standard fitment, which translates to later, more committed braking before fade becomes a variable. The hollow-vane disc draws cooling air through the rotor, and two-piece floating discs let the rotor grow with heat without dragging the bell out of true, keeping the pedal consistent through a session.

Three pad compounds move the effective ceiling upward as use gets harder. Street is the quiet, low-dust default that holds near-OEM response for a GTA covering road miles between track sessions. Sport adds bite and heat range for fast road and the occasional circuit. Racing keeps performance consistent through the high thermal loads neither road compound can sustain. Discs are drilled or slotted at the same price.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

This is XYZ Racing’s front big brake kit for the 156 GTA, built to the GTA’s front-axle fitment and supplied as a left-and-right pair. The caliper is a hollow-body forging as standard, raising swept area and thermal mass over the standard fitment while cutting unsprung and rotating mass at the corner. For a GTA driven at serious pace on track, the optional Hollow Racing caliper deletes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C, and carries a two-year warranty.

Calipers are painted in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, or Anodized Black at no extra cost. A Custom Color in any Pantone shade is £150. Premium polished-forged finishes come in Titanium, Polished Gold, and Polished Silver, with candy finishes in Teal, Blue, Red, and Orange, all reading clearly behind the GTA’s alloys. Centre bells can be upgraded to a two-tone anodized finish in five colours or to titanium, and braided lines firm the pedal. Everything is selectable above when you order.

Fitment for the Alfa Romeo 156 GTA (2002-2005)

This front brake kit covers Alfa Romeo 156 GTA models built between 2002 and 2005, the full production span of the GTA-specification 156, supplied as a matched front-axle pair. Confirm your model year and body configuration during checkout to ensure the correct specification is applied to your order.

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Select your pad compound, disc style, and caliper colour from the options shown above when you order.