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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230 (1995-2003)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-ME-037-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø330–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230 (1995-2003)

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£2,000.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£2,000.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230 (1995-2003) — 330 mm
330 mm

The W210 is the generation that moved Mercedes from the W124’s conventional front axle into multi-link geometry, a change that gave this body style a more composed front-end response and one that still rewards the owner prepared to maintain what sits around it. On an E 230, the entry-level 2.3-litre petrol in the W210 range, the factory front brakes were sized for family saloon duty in 1995. Running three decades on in UK conditions, those original calipers have had ample time to corrode, bind, and quietly erode the confidence the rest of the car still offers.

The XYZ Racing front brake kit for the Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230 replaces the front assembly with a pair of larger calipers and discs for the leading axle, new calipers in your choice of colour, and three pad compounds that let you specify the braking to how you use the car, not how Mercedes expected you to in the mid-1990s. You set it when you order from the options above.

What this brake kit does for your 1995-2003 Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230

The two-piece floating disc reduces rotating mass at the front corner; on a saloon carrying the W210’s substantial body weight, front braking takes more of the load than the E 230’s original specification was built to absorb with conviction. Three pad compounds let you match the kit to actual use: an E 230 used on spirited B-roads warrants a different compound from one on circuit duty, and both need something different from a car that just needs reliable, fade-free stops in urban traffic. Street is the quiet, low-dust everyday choice, Sport mixes fast roads with occasional circuit sessions, and Racing handles sustained high-load braking.

The hollow-vane construction vents air through the rotor body to manage heat, and discs are available drilled or slotted at the same price. The caliper finishes let you decide how visible the upgrade is, on a car where the original items have had thirty years to make the case for replacement entirely on their own.

About the XYZ Racing Front Brake Kit

The kit is built around a two-piece floating disc that removes material from non-structural sections of the rotor body, trimming rotational inertia without reducing thermal or structural performance, with a hollow-vane profile that vents through the disc. The caliper is hollow-body forged as standard, fed by braided lines for a firm pedal. Pad compound selection spans three grades: Street for quiet, low-dust everyday road use, Sport for drivers mixing fast roads with occasional circuit sessions, and Racing for sustained high-load braking.

New calipers are supplied in included colours of Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost, with Custom Color matching any Pantone for 150 pounds for buyers who want an exact match to an existing colour in the build. Premium polished-forged finishes cover Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and the candy range adds Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red and Candy Orange. Centre bells can be two-tone in five anodized colours or titanium, and the optional Hollow Racing caliper, rated to 1000C with no dust cover and a two-year warranty, suits serious track use. For a W210 E 230 at this age, the kit replaces an ageing front package with hardware that covers far more ground than the original was ever designed to.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230 (1995-2003)

This kit is confirmed for the Mercedes Benz E CLASS W210 E 230 across the full model run, from 1995 through to 2003. The W210 ran in both saloon and estate body styles with some variation in brake specification across trim levels and markets; verify your front setup matches the E 230 configuration listed for this kit before ordering.

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Select your caliper colour and pad compound from the options above, then configure a front pair.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 330–444 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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