XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Toyota RAV4 (XA40) (2012-2018)

The XA40-generation RAV4 carries its mass high and throws a lot of it forward the instant you brake, a 1.5-tonne crossover that pitches onto its nose far more than a low saloon does. That forward bias is exactly why the front brakes are the first thing to cry off on a long Alpine descent, a fully loaded motorway run, or a day towing in the hills.

The XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit for the Toyota RAV4 (XA40) (2012-2018) adds braking capacity at the front axle, where this platform asks the most of it. It is a model-specific bolt-on, a matched pair of front calipers and discs, for owners who use the RAV4 as a genuine workhorse and want a firmer, more repeatable pedal than the factory front setup gives.

What this big brake kit does for your 2012-2018 Toyota RAV4 (XA40)

Fitted to the front of your 2012-2018 RAV4, the kit gives you a firmer pedal that holds its bite when the standard brakes would start to go long and soft. The larger front rotor and caliper pull more heat out of the pad face, so the repeated heavy stops a loaded or towing RAV4 makes on a descent no longer cook the system into fade. Three pad compounds let you match the hardware to how you drive: Street for quiet, low-dust town and motorway work, Sport for harder fast-road use and occasional track days, and Racing for the most aggressive bite under sustained heavy braking. You also choose the caliper finish, with Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black included at no cost, so the upgrade reads behind the wheels exactly how you want.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The Hollow Front Brake Kit is XYZ Racing’s front-axle braking upgrade, named for its hollow-body caliper and two-piece floating disc aimed at trimming rotating mass at the wheel. It pairs an uprated front rotor with a caliper to raise thermal capacity and clamping force over the original equipment, the two things a heavy crossover most needs when braking hard and often. The kit is supplied for the front axle only, as a left-and-right pair, where the bulk of the RAV4’s stopping work happens. Discs are available drilled or slotted at the same price. Pad choice spans three compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware can run as a quiet daily setup or a higher-bite track pad. Painted calipers are included in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black, with a Custom Color in any Pantone at £150 and premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver plus candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange. Centre bells can be upgraded to two-tone anodizing in five colours or titanium, and a Hollow Racing caliper rated to 1000C suits the hardest use. Everything is sized to the XA40 mounting points, so it fits without the bracket fabrication a universal kit would demand.

Fitment for the Toyota RAV4 (XA40) (2012-2018)

This kit is built specifically for the XA40 RAV4 produced from 2012 to 2018, covering the fourth-generation car across that run. It mounts to the front axle as a left-and-right pair using the chassis’s existing hubs and mounting geometry. Confirm your RAV4 sits within the 2012-2018 XA40 window, then pick your pad compound, disc style and caliper colour to suit.

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Choose your pad compound, disc style and caliper colour, check the fitment against your XA40, and order from the options above.