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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 520 (2003-2010)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-026-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø356–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 520 (2003-2010)

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£2,200.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£2,200.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 520 (2003-2010) — 356 mm
356 mm

The E60 5 Series was never a shy car at the scales. Standard 520 braking hardware was specified around motorway cruising and urban traffic, not the kind of sustained hard stops a 1,600kg-plus executive generates when you start using the chassis as it was engineered to be used. XYZ Racing’s Hollow Front Brake Kit replaces that front-end setup with a system built around genuine thermal management, a single-axle front kit of a left and right pair of calipers on two-piece floating discs, with a three-tier pad compound choice that spans daily commuting through to track-day running without requiring a separate kit for each use case.

The 520 sits at the entry point of the E60 engine range, but the chassis itself is shared across a much broader power spread. Front braking hardware on the base specification was set conservatively as a result, leaving headroom that a big brake upgrade properly fills. Set yours at the configurator above.

What this brake kit does for your 2003-2010 Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 520

Fade resistance improves markedly when the front axle hardware can manage heat more effectively, which matters on a car that weighs what the E60 does. The two-piece floating disc keeps unsprung and rotating mass in check at the front end and lets the friction ring expand without coning under heat. Three pad compounds give genuine configuration depth: Street is the quiet, low-dust compound for a driver who wants improved pedal feel without altering everyday brake behaviour; Sport adds bite and heat range for fast-road use and occasional circuit outings; Racing is the track compound for proper track-day programmes where sustained deceleration loads are the norm. Caliper colour options, from the included no-cost painted finishes through to premium polished and candy choices, sit inside wheel openings that are large enough to show the hardware properly on this car.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The XYZ Racing Hollow series applies directly to the E60’s front axle architecture, a setup that, in 520 specification, was left modestly calibrated relative to what the platform can achieve dynamically. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, reducing the weight penalty at the front end while the two-piece floating disc preserves the capacity to cycle through repeated high-temperature stops. For dedicated track use, the optional Hollow Racing caliper deletes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C, and carries a two-year warranty. Pad compound selection is integral to the kit: Street, Sport, and Racing tiers let the same physical system serve genuinely different operational demands, from everyday driving through to track days, without a wholesale equipment change between uses. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, centre bells upgrade to two-tone anodized in five colours or to titanium at checkout, and the caliper programme runs from the included Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black, a Custom Color in any Pantone, premium polished Titanium, Polished Gold, and Polished Silver, and candy Teal, Blue, Red, and Orange, so the upgrade is visible as well as functional, and on the E60’s large-diameter alloys, that visibility is part of the point. The kit covers the front axle only.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 520 (2003-2010)

This kit is confirmed for the BMW 5 Series E60 in 520 specification, covering the full 2003-2010 production span for front axle fitment. The E60 520 ran across both petrol and diesel configurations during this period; this front brake kit covers the 520 model designation throughout that range. Confirm your build year sits within the 2003-2010 window before ordering.

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Set your pad compound, caliper colour, and disc style at the configurator above, and the kit is built to order.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 356–444 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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