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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 5 SERIES E 61 550 (2004-2010)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-037-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 61 550 (2004-2010)

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 61 550 (2004-2010) — 356 mm
356 mm

An estate body that tips the scales near 1,900kg when occupied, combined with close to 370bhp from a naturally aspirated 4.8-litre V8, places exceptional demand on the front brake circuit. The E61 550i Touring’s extra mass over the E60 saloon is useful on a long continental run or when carrying a track day’s worth of kit in the boot, but it becomes a liability when the front pads begin to saturate under repeated heavy applications at motorway speed.

This XYZ Racing front brake kit for the BMW 5 Series E61 550 (2004-2010) targets that front-axle thermal load with two-piece floating discs and a three-tier pad compound range, covering everything from daily running to open-pit-lane sessions without a hardware change. It fits as a matched pair of front calipers and discs.

What this brake kit does for your 2004-2010 Bmw 5 SERIES E 61 550

The hollow-vane rotor draws air through the disc face, clearing heat that would otherwise saturate a solid item under sustained load. On the E61 550i, where the V8’s torque quickly reloads the front axle between braking events, that temperature management matters on a fast A-road as much as on a circuit. Reduced rotating mass at the front also keeps the steering honest and the brake balance steady under hard deceleration.

Street compound is the quiet, low-dust default for the school run and daily miles. Sport delivers the firmer bite and higher heat range the loaded Touring can put to use on a fast road. Racing is the dedicated track compound for repeated hard stops. The included painted caliper finishes are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black at no cost. A Custom Color in any Pantone is £150, with premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold, and Polished Silver, or candy Teal, Blue, Red, and Orange, for an explicit visual identity.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The caliper is a hollow-body forged unit as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for serious track work that runs without a dust cover, is rated to 1000C, and carries a two-year warranty. Discs are two-piece floating units in either drilled or slotted form at the same price, and braided lines hold a firm pedal where the OE rubber hoses would swell. Centre bell upgrades come two-tone in five anodized colours or in titanium, selectable at checkout. As a front-axle fitment on a nose-heavy V8 Touring, the kit addresses the most thermally loaded corner of the car, where braking energy is biased forward under deceleration.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 SERIES E 61 550 (2004-2010)

This kit is configured for the BMW 5 Series E61 Touring in 550 specification, covering production from 2004 through to the end of the E61 run in 2010. The E61 is the Touring body variant of BMW’s fifth-generation 5 Series. Confirm your chassis code on the body plate before ordering, particularly for late-2010 production vehicles that may cross into F10-generation build dates.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour from the options above to build yours.

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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