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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 1 SERIES E 81 118 (2007-2012)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-51-G-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 Bmw 1 SERIES E 81 118 (2007-2012)

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£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 — Bmw 1 SERIES E 81 118 (2007-2012) — 304 mm
304 mm

The E81 three-door 1 Series carried BMW’s traditional rear-wheel-drive layout into the compact class, and the 118 variant sat at the base of the range, which meant its factory front brake hardware reflected that positioning rather than the chassis’s genuine capability. Standard fitment on the 118 comprises modest single-piston sliding calipers sized for everyday motoring, and they give up consistency quickly when the car is driven with intent on fast roads or circuit days.

The XYZ Racing Hollow front big brake kit replaces that factory hardware for the E81 1 SERIES 118. It is a single-axle front kit, supplying a matched pair of front calipers and front discs better matched to what the platform is actually capable of delivering.

What this brake kit does for your 2007-2012 Bmw 1 SERIES E 81 118

On a rear-wheel-drive platform, the front axle absorbs the majority of braking energy; mass transfers forward under deceleration, concentrating load at the front tyres and demanding more from the front calipers than the rears. The Hollow kit increases front braking capacity above the standard 118 specification, producing a firmer, more progressive pedal and resisting fade through the kind of repeated hard stops the factory caliper struggles to sustain. The hollow-vane, two-piece floating discs do the thermal work, and the floating construction keeps pad contact even as the rotor expands.

Three pad compounds define the kit’s character at the point of purchase: Street is the quiet, low-dust road default, Sport adds a sharper initial bite and heat range for spirited fast-road driving, and Racing is the dedicated circuit compound for sessions where sustained thermal load demands a more aggressive friction material. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price. Caliper finish runs from the included painted colours of Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost, through Custom Color in any Pantone, to premium polished-forged and candy options, keeping the hardware’s visible face integrated with the wider build.

About the Hollow brake kit

XYZ Racing’s calipers are hollow-bodied as standard, paring mass from the corner while preserving clamping force. The front big-brake package is configured at the time of ordering across pad compound, disc style and caliper finish. The three-compound pad range, Street, Sport and Racing, spans everyday road use through to full circuit duty, allowing the kit to be specified for the car’s primary use case without requiring immediate compound changes after fitting.

Disc style is drilled or slotted at the same price, and caliper finish covers the included painted colours through to Custom Color in any Pantone and premium polished-forged or candy options, so the caliper can be integrated into the build’s scheme rather than working against it. Centre bell upgrades in two-tone anodized colours or titanium are selectable at checkout, alongside braided lines. For serious track use, the optional Hollow Racing caliper upgrade runs without a dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. As a front-specific fitment, the Hollow addresses the axle doing the heaviest braking work on any rear-wheel-drive car, targeting the thermal and consistency limits of base 118 specification directly.

Fitment for the Bmw 1 SERIES E 81 118 (2007-2012)

This kit covers the BMW 1 Series in E81 three-door body form, 118 variant, from 2007 to 2012. The 118 ran in both 118i petrol and 118d diesel configurations across this period; confirm your exact variant against the application data before ordering, as brake hardware specifications on the E81 could vary between engine families sharing the same bodyshell.

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Choose your pad compound, disc style and caliper finish from the options above.

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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