XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz S CLASS W220 S 55 AMG (2000-2002)

The W220 S-Class is not a small car, and the S55 AMG is not a slow one. Kerb weight runs beyond 1,900 kg before driver and fuel, and the M113E55 5.5-litre V8 moves all of it with the kind of effortless authority that makes high-speed braking a regular occurrence rather than an occasional event. The factory stoppers were sized to cope, but repeated hard applications, the kind you encounter on a performance driving day or a sustained mountain road, push cast-iron rotors and standard pads toward fade faster than the car’s composure suggests they should.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit addresses the axle where the S-Class loads up hardest: under braking, the weight pitch pushes the nose down and demands more from the front discs than anything at the rear. The matched pair of two-piece floating, hollow-vane rotors reduces rotating and unsprung mass, meaningful on a platform already working against its own weight on corner entry.

What this brake kit does for your 2000-2002 Mercedes Benz S CLASS W220 S 55 AMG

The hollow-vane rotor accelerates heat dispersal through the disc, which translates directly into more consistent pad bite during sustained braking, the kind the W220 S55 AMG’s motorway-pace cruising demands when a junction or roundabout arrives quickly. The two-piece floating bell lets the friction ring grow under heat without coning, and the reduced rotating mass sharpens the pedal. The three pad compounds let you set the friction material around actual use: Street is the quiet, low-dust road default for regular duties; Sport is harder-bitten with a wider heat range for fast-road work; Racing is the track compound for track days and performance events where operating temperatures run higher and sustained fade resistance matters. Disc faces are offered drilled or slotted at the same price, giving the installation a finished appearance through the S-Class’s AMG-spec wheel openings.

About the Front Brake Kit

The two-piece floating, hollow-vane rotor distributes heat load across the disc body rather than concentrating it, managing thermal expansion cleanly under sustained high-temperature cycling on a car as heavy as the W220. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, light and stiff to resist flex, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for environments where the brakes never fully cool between applications, deleting the dust cover, rated to 1000C, and backed by a two-year warranty. Braided lines firm the pedal, and centre bells can be upgraded to two-tone anodizing in five colours or titanium at checkout. The three pad compounds span a genuine range from a quiet road default to a full track item, and disc style is your choice of drilled or slotted at the same price. Included painted caliper colours are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for 150 pounds, plus premium polished-forged and candy finishes for owners integrating the kit with a specific wheel or bodywork scheme.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz S CLASS W220 S 55 AMG (2000-2002)

This kit is listed for the Mercedes Benz S Class W220 in S55 AMG specification, covering the 2000 to 2002 model years (the naturally aspirated M113E55 era before the Kompressor engine arrived) and supplied as a left-and-right front pair. Front axle only; confirm your existing disc diameter and caliper mounting dimensions against the kit specification before ordering if the car has had any prior brake modifications.

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Explore the compound and caliper colour options above, then build yours to match your car’s spec and use case.