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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen BORA VARIANT 1.8 I TURBO (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1999-2005)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-005-FRONT

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

Fits Volkswagen BORA VARIANT 1.8 I TURBO (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1999-2005)

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 — Volkswagen BORA VARIANT 1.8 I TURBO (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1999-2005) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Mk4 Bora Variant carries its mass over the front axle. The 1.8T’s iron-block four sits ahead of the wheel centreline, and the estate body adds load the standard front discs were never sized to manage on repeat. Heat is the enemy here: a couple of hard stops from motorway speed and the factory setup starts to go long underfoot.

This XYZ Racing front brake kit swaps that marginal front end for a larger two-piece floating rotor and a fixed multi-piston caliper, cut specifically for Bora Variant 1.8T cars running the two-piece OE caliper. It is a front big brake kit aimed at owners who lean on the car on fast road and the odd track day, where the original brakes simply run out of thermal headroom.

What this big brake kit does for your 1999-2005 Volkswagen Bora Variant 1.8T

The first thing you notice is a firmer, more progressive pedal that does not sink as the discs warm up. The larger swept area and two-piece floating rotor shed heat faster, so the third and fourth stop feel like the first; the fade that plagues a loaded Mk4 estate on a give-it-everything B-road is largely designed out. The fixed caliper removes the flex and taper wear of the sliding OE unit, sharpening initial bite and giving you finer control when trail-braking into a tightening roundabout. Match the pad to how you drive: Street for daily use and low dust, Sport for harder fast-road work and the odd track day, or the Racing compound when you are stringing track sessions together.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The kit pairs a vented two-piece floating disc with a fixed, multi-piston caliper and a chassis-specific mounting bracket, so it bolts to the factory hub without re-engineering the upright. The caliper is a hollow body as standard, keeping unsprung and rotating mass low; for serious track use you can specify the optional Hollow Racing caliper, rated to 1000C with a two-year warranty and no dust cover. Three pad compounds are offered, Street, Sport and Racing, letting you match friction material to your use rather than accepting one compromise. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and a two-tone anodized centre bell in five colours or titanium can be added at checkout. Every part of the kit serves the front axle, which does the overwhelming majority of the braking work on a front-drive turbo Volkswagen.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Bora Variant (1999-2005)

This kit is cut for the Volkswagen Bora Variant 1.8 i Turbo built between 1999 and 2005, supplied as a pair of front corners, and only for cars fitted with the two-piece OE caliper from the factory. Confirm which caliper your car wears before ordering, as the bracket geometry is specific to that variant. It is a front-axle kit; the rear brakes are left untouched.

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Painted caliper colours are included (Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, Anodized Black), with premium polished and candy finishes available. Choose your pad compound and caliper colour from the options above, and confirm your caliper type when you order.

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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