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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Mini COOPER S (F56) (2014-2026)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-63-L-FRONT

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

Fits Mini COOPER S (F56) (2014-2026)

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 — Mini COOPER S (F56) (2014-2026) — 356 mm
356 mm

The F56 Cooper S is an interesting case: BMW’s UKL platform gave Mini a stiffer, more sophisticated front axle than the R56 ever had, but it also added mass. At around 1,265kg with a front-biased weight split, the front brakes manage both the deceleration load and the full output of a 2.0-litre turbocharged unit through the driven front wheels, a thermal challenge that intensifies sharply the moment you start using the car hard on a circuit.

The XYZ Racing front brake kit answers the front axle directly. It is a single-axle kit: a matched pair of front calipers and two-piece floating discs for the left and right corners. Three pad compounds span the quiet road default through to full racing specification, so the same kit covers a Cooper S that commutes five days a week and one that attends track days. A wide range of caliper finishes gives the look that suits your build rather than a default you are stuck with.

What this brake kit does for your 2014-2026 Mini COOPER S (F56)

The hollow-vane disc cuts rotational mass at the front axle, and the two-piece floating disc on its alloy centre bell trims more still, which matters on a car where front-end responses define the entire driving character. Less inertia in the rotating assembly means the steering is not fighting dead weight during quick direction changes through chicanes. Under sustained braking the hollow-vane profile dissipates heat more efficiently than the standard setup, so the fade that creeps in after four or five hard applications into a hairpin does not build the same way, and braided stainless lines keep the pedal firm as temperatures rise. Three pad compounds let you match braking character to use: Street is the quiet, low-dust default with progressive initial bite and minimal cold-bite sensitivity on a damp morning commute; Sport adds heat range for harder fast-road use; Racing is calibrated for the higher operating temperatures a timed session generates and rewards a committed, confident pedal.

About the Front Brake Kit

The hollow-vane disc is the engineering centrepiece, machined to shed rotational mass without compromising the structural rigidity the disc needs to handle hard, repeated braking. It is a construction approach that benefits short-wheelbase, front-drive cars like the F56 more than heavier GT machinery; the reduction in unsprung weight translates directly into sharper steering response and reduced gyroscopic resistance when threading through tight sequences. Pad compound covers the full range of how a Cooper S tends to be used: Street for the car that stays on public roads, Sport for sustained B-road use, Racing for circuit conditions where operating temperatures rise and stay elevated. The forged caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, with painted finishes at no extra cost in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, or Anodized Black, a Custom Color to any Pantone for £150, polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and candy finishes in Teal, Blue, Red and Orange. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, two-tone centre bells in five anodized colours or titanium, and a Hollow Racing upgrade is available for the track, dropping the dust cover, rated to 1000C with a two-year warranty.

Fitment for the Mini COOPER S (F56) (2014-2026)

This front brake kit is built to the front axle specification of the F56 Cooper S, covering the full production run from the model’s 2014 introduction through to 2026. It is a front-axle-only installation, the appropriate point to address the Cooper S’s primary braking workload given its driven-wheel layout and forward weight bias.

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Choose your pad compound, disc style and caliper finish when you order 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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