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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Ford ESCAPE 2.3 VVT (2008-2012)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-FO-02-A-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø380–444 mm
  • Caliper pots8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Ford ESCAPE 2.3 VVT (2008-2012)

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£3,000.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£3,000.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Ford ESCAPE 2.3 VVT (2008-2012) — 380 mm
380 mm

A 1,600kg crossover with 2.3 litres of VVT four-cylinder over the front axle does not brake like a saloon. The weight is there, the nose bias is real, and the second-generation Escape’s factory front discs were specified for road conditions rather than sustained high-load stops. Under repeated hard braking, long descents, towing, or urban stop-and-go heat accumulation, the OEM setup’s margins narrow quickly. The XYZ Racing front brake kit is the front-axle upgrade sized for how the Escape 2.3 VVT actually loads its brakes. It is a single-axle kit, a matched pair of front calipers and discs.

The two-piece floating discs cut rotating mass at the front corners and improve heat rejection compared to a conventional disc. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport, or Racing, mean the kit arrives configured for your intended use rather than a generic median. The full range of caliper finishes gives the installation a deliberate presence behind the wheel.

What this brake kit does for your 2008-2012 Ford Escape 2.3 VVT

The two-piece floating disc design reduces the front rotors’ rotating inertia. On a crossover with the Escape’s mass and ride height, lighter rotating components let the strut-type front suspension respond more cleanly to surface changes mid-stop. The more consequential gain, though, is thermal: these discs dissipate heat faster than solid iron of equivalent dimensions, keeping pedal feel consistent through repeated applications where a stock disc begins to lose its edge.

Pad compound determines the kit’s character. Street is the quiet, low-dust default that covers routine use without drama. Sport brings sharper initial bite and extended resistance to heat-induced glazing, meaningful on a heavier vehicle running repeated hard stops. Racing is the track compound for sustained high-temperature demands where Sport-spec material would begin to break down.

About the Front Brake Kit

The kit names itself after the caliper, which is hollow-cast as standard to lower rotating and unsprung mass and raise the ratio of cooling surface to weight. For serious track use, the Hollow Racing upgrade removes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C, and carries a two-year warranty. The two-piece floating discs channel air through the rotor body, and the geometry itself is lightened, so the result is a braking system that stays progressive through the loading an Escape 2.3 VVT encounters on mountain descents, regular towing, or urban driving where repeated moderate stops accumulate heat in the iron.

Painted caliper colours come in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for an upcharge and premium polished-forged or candy finishes beyond that, letting you set the calipers as a visible feature or match them to an existing scheme. Pad compound is selected at order: Street, Sport, or Racing, three discrete specifications with different bite profiles and thermal thresholds. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, braided lines firm up the pedal, and two-tone centre bells in five anodized colours or titanium are selectable at checkout. The right choice is the one that matches your use, not the assumption that Racing is automatically the better option.

Fitment for the Ford Escape 2.3 VVT (2008-2012)

This kit is confirmed for the Ford Escape 2.3 VVT across the full 2008 to 2012 production span. The 2.3-litre VVT four-cylinder was fitted throughout this generation, and the front brake architecture this kit addresses covers that complete model run without trim-level exceptions based on the supplied data.

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Select your pad compound, disc style, and caliper finish from the options above to configure yours.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 380–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 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
Same car

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