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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 3 SERIES E 36 318 (1990-1998)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-007-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 3 SERIES E 36 318 (1990-1998)

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 — Bmw 3 SERIES E 36 318 (1990-1998) — 304 mm
304 mm

The E36 318’s factory front braking hardware was calibrated for its showroom role rather than its chassis potential, a mismatch that becomes evident the first time you lean on it hard at the end of a long straight. The XYZ Racing front big brake kit brings the 318’s stopping power into line with what the E36 platform’s near-50/50 weight balance and precise front geometry actually invite you to do behind the wheel.

This is a single front-axle kit: a matched pair of calipers and two-piece floating discs. Three pad compound grades, chosen when you order, cover the 318’s complete range of use, from year-round road miles through track days to dedicated circuit sessions. Caliper colour is included across Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for £150, letting you configure the kit to the car rather than work around what happens to be there from the factory.

What this brake kit does for your 1990-1998 Bmw 3 SERIES E 36 318

The two-piece floating disc reduces rotating and unsprung mass at the front axle, improving the sensitivity with which the E36’s MacPherson front suspension responds to surface changes mid-corner, exactly the kind of mechanical feedback the 318’s handling rewards. Heat dissipation through repeated hard braking is substantially more consistent than the factory iron, which on a hard-driven E36 can soften its bite as a session progresses. The hollow-vane disc moves cooling air through the rotor body and the floating ring grows under heat without coning.

Pad compound matches the brake spec to the day. Street suits everyday road use, Sport covers the fast-road and track-day crossover, and Racing is for circuit sessions where confidence under sustained braking load matters. Braided lines firm the pedal and discs come drilled or slotted at the same price. The coloured caliper completes a front arch that, in 318 trim, was factory-modest.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit is built around two-piece floating discs paired with a hollow-body caliper as standard, which reduces rotational inertia relative to a solid cast-iron equivalent without sacrificing structural integrity under load. Three pad compounds, selected at order stage, offer a genuine range of friction characteristics from daily-driven road use to sustained circuit work. The caliper is included in five painted colours, Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for £150 and premium polished-forged and candy finishes available, allowing the kit to be configured alongside the rest of the build. Supplied as a full front assembly, disc and pad are paired from first installation for consistent friction behaviour from the off. For hard circuit use a Hollow Racing upgrade drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty.

Fitment for the Bmw 3 SERIES E 36 318 (1990-1998)

This kit is confirmed for the BMW 3 Series E36 chassis in 318 specification, covering the full production span from 1990 to 1998. Verify fitment via the selector above if your car falls at either end of that production window or carries non-standard factory brake specification from new.

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Three pad compounds, included and premium caliper finishes, one chassis-specific front brake upgrade. Configure yours 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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