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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Audi S3 (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2006-2012)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-AU-020-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø330–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Audi S3 (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2006-2012)

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£2,000.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£2,000.00

Made to order. Full payment is taken at checkout. Production begins once payment is confirmed.

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Caliper render for this kit:

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Audi S3 (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2006-2012) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Audi S3 8P’s quattro drivetrain is a strength and a load in equal measure: confident traction in all conditions, but a nose-heavy weight distribution that concentrates substantial braking demand at the front axle during hard use. The factory setup handles road use comfortably; it is extended track sessions and repeated high-speed stops that reveal where the OE system starts to flag.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit addresses the front axle specifically, fitting as a matched pair of front calipers and two-piece floating discs. It fits 8P S3 models that left the factory with the two-piece OE front caliper, so confirm your caliper construction before ordering. Three pad compounds and a full range of caliper finishes let you specify how the kit performs and how it presents through the wheel.

What this brake kit does for your 2006-2012 Audi S3

The two-piece floating discs reduce rotating and unsprung mass at the front axle, where the 8P S3’s nose-forward weight bias places the greatest thermal demand during braking. Heat evacuates faster through the hollow-vane disc body than a standard vented rotor allows, pushing the fade threshold further into a session without demanding increased pedal effort. The floating construction lets the disc grow with temperature without warping the bell, and braided lines come as part of the kit to firm up the pedal.

Three pad compounds tune the kit to use. Street is the quiet, low-dust default with a broad warm-up range and long pad life, which suits the role most owners give the 8P. Sport adds bite and heat range for committed fast-road driving. Racing sharpens initial bite and raises the working temperature ceiling for sustained hard stops, relevant on a car capable of carrying genuine speed into corners. Included painted caliper colours are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost.

About the front brake kit

The kit is built around a hollow-vane disc that removes material from within the rotor body, reducing rotating mass without sacrificing the cross-section the disc needs to survive repeated thermal cycling. The internal vanes draw air through the disc face, improving heat extraction from the friction surface and helping maintain consistent pad contact across a longer working period. The calipers are hollow-bodied as standard for strength without excess weight, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for extended track use that drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty.

Three pad compounds are specified at order. Beyond the included painted finishes, a Custom Color in any Pantone is available, along with premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver and candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange, keeping the kit adaptable whether the S3 stays a discreet fast-road car or becomes something more extensively modified. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and centre-bell upgrades, two-tone in five anodized colours or in titanium, are selectable at checkout. The kit covers the front axle only, a focused upgrade at the end of the car that carries most of the braking load on a quattro platform.

Fitment for the Audi S3 (2006-2012)

This kit covers the second-generation S3 on the 8P platform, spanning the 2006 to 2012 model years. It fits only examples that came with the OE two-piece caliper from the factory; a separate specification covers single-piece caliper variants. To confirm which setup your car has, look for the horizontal seam across the caliper body: the two-piece unit is the Brembo-sourced item found on higher-specification builds and certain market variants.

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Confirm your S3 carries the two-piece OE caliper, then choose your pad compound and caliper finish from the options above and we build it to your spec.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 330–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 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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