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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Alfa Romeo 168 (1987-1998)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-AL-02-E-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø304–444 mm
  • Caliper pots4 / 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Alfa Romeo 168 (1987-1998)

Brake pad compound

Street: quiet, low-dust, strong cold bite for road driving. Sport: higher temperature range and more bite for fast road and occasional track. Racing: maximum fade resistance for sustained track use (noisier and dustier cold). Match the pad to how hard you actually brake.

Disc size

Caliper grade

Hollow is the standard caliper: a lighter hollow-body forged caliper with a dust cover and a 5-year warranty. Hollow Racing drops the dust cover for sustained high-temperature use (rated to 1000°C, 2-year warranty) — the track-grade choice.

Caliper colour

Painted colours are included. Polished-forged finishes are mirror-polished forged calipers (Titanium, Gold, Silver); candy colours are a deep, mirror-reflection paint. Both are premium upgrades — fuller detail further down the page.

Painted — includedTell us the exact Pantone (PMS) code you want the calipers painted.Polished forgedCandy
Disc style

Drilled discs (cross-drilled holes) vent gas and water and look aggressive; slotted discs (surface grooves) wipe the pad face clean and resist fade under sustained hard use. Same price — choose on looks or how you drive.

Centre bell

The centre bell is the CNC-machined aluminium hat that joins the disc to the hub. Standard anodized is included; a two-tone bell adds an anodized accent ring in your choice of colour; titanium is the lightest, forged option.

Carbon-ceramic rotor

Carbon-ceramic rotors are a special-order track upgrade: far lighter than steel, fade-resistant at extreme temperatures and extremely long-lived. The price follows the disc size you choose above. The standard two-piece steel rotor is included.

Configured price£1,800.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£1,800.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Alfa Romeo 168 (1987-1998) — 304 mm
304 mm

Front braking on the Alfa Romeo 168 was calibrated for an era of different expectations. Across an eleven-year production run ending in 1998, the standard front discs and pads handled the everyday demands of a large Italian saloon. Push the car harder on mountain passes or fast-road driving and that original specification reveals its limits: disc temperatures rise, pedal travel grows, and the modulation Alfa’s engineers built into the car’s handling balance starts to work against you.

This XYZ Racing front brake kit upgrades the front axle of the 168 (1987-1998) with hollow-vane discs and a choice of three pad compounds. The hollow internal channels pull air through the disc under rotation, so the thermal fade that affects the original setup under sustained hard braking becomes far less of a factor.

What this brake kit does for your 1987-1998 Alfa Romeo 168

In a saloon of the 168’s size and mass the front brakes carry a disproportionate share of the load. Hollow-vane disc construction increases the rotor’s effective cooling surface, managing the thermal cycles that lead to fade more effectively than the OEM configuration. Two-piece floating discs let the rotor expand with heat without warping against the bell, so pedal feel stays true through repeated hard stops.

Three pad compounds match the kit to use. Street is the quiet, low-dust road default and improves pedal feel over standard with consistent bite on fast roads. Sport adds bite and heat range for spirited driving and the occasional track day. Racing sharpens initial bite further for track work where the 168’s handling balance rewards a driver who can exploit the full chassis. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and braided lines firm the pedal.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The kit is built around hollow-vane discs whose internal channels pull air through as the rotor turns, giving consistent heat dissipation where standard discs reach their fade threshold. The caliper is a hollow-body forging as standard, cutting unsprung and rotating mass at the corner while staying rigid under load. For sustained circuit use, 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, for colour-matched or restoration builds. Centre bells can be upgraded to a two-tone anodized finish in five colours or to titanium. The kit is supplied as a matched front-axle pair, where a braking upgrade has the most direct effect on stopping consistency and driver confidence.

Fitment for the Alfa Romeo 168 (1987-1998)

This kit is specified for the Alfa Romeo 168 across the full production span, 1987 to 1998, and supplied as a left-and-right front-axle pair. Given the model’s production length, trim-level and market variants may carry different OEM front brake specifications. Confirm your existing caliper mounting geometry and disc diameter against the kit’s dimensions before ordering.

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

What’s in the kit

Front axle kit — supplied as a complete bolt-on assembly.

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 304–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 4 / 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • 2×High-stiffness mounting brackets
  • 2×Braided stainless steel brake lines
  • 4×High-performance brake pads (1 set)
  • 1×Fitting hardware & tools pack

Choosing your spec

Every kit is built to order around the choices you make above. Here is what each option actually changes, so you can spec yours with confidence.

Brake pads — Street, Sport or Racing

Every kit ships with a full set of high-performance pads; the compound is your call.

Street is the right default for fast-road driving — a strong, progressive cold bite with low noise, low dust and long disc life. Sport raises the working temperature and adds bite and fade resistance for hard road use and the occasional track day, while still behaving on a cold morning. Racing is a track compound built for sustained abuse: huge fade resistance and bite once heat is in it, at the cost of more noise and dust when cold. Match the pad to how hard you actually use the brakes — there is no benefit to a race pad that never gets up to temperature.

Caliper grade — Hollow vs Hollow Racing

Hollow is the standard caliper on every kit: a hollow-body forged caliper, lighter than a solid one, fitted with a dust cover and backed by a 5-year oil-leak warranty. For most fast-road and spirited track use it is all the caliper you need.

Hollow Racing is the track-grade upgrade. It runs the same hollow body but without a dust cover (so there is nothing to melt at sustained high temperature), uses a twin-metal piston that isolates heat travelling from the disc to the oil seal, and is rated to 1000°C. Available 286–380mm (front). Warranty is 2 years on oil leaks and 10 years on appearance. Built for professional racing and repeated track days.

Hollow Racing caliper

Caliper colour & finish

Painted colours (Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, Anodized Black) are included at no cost. Want an exact match to your car? Custom Color (+£150) paints the calipers to any Pantone code you supply (15–20 day lead time).

Polished Forged finishes are the flagship: a forged caliper given a mirror-polished surface treatment that shifts colour with the viewing angle. Beyond the looks, the polished surface dissipates heat better, resists rust and stands up to the weather. Choose Titanium (neochrome, +£350), Polished Gold (+£300) or Polished Silver (+£250). They look their best paired with a titanium centre bell. Care: clean only with a dilute neutral cleaner or water.

Candy colours (+£200) use a deep candy-paint and polishing process for a mirror-reflection, boutique finish — pick Teal, Blue, Red or Orange (shown below right).

Polished forged caliper finishes
Candy caliper colours

Centre bells

The centre bell is the CNC-machined aluminium hat that joins the disc to the hub. The standard anodized centre bell is included. The Two-tone bell (+£200) adds an anodized accent ring — choose Red, Yellow, Orange, Purple or Silver right here at checkout. The Titanium centre bell (+£500) is a forged titanium bell (bolts not included) that finishes off the polished-forged look.

Two-tone anodized centre bells
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