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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen GOLF 7 1.4T (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2013-2020)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-37-B-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 GOLF 7 1.4T (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2013-2020)

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

Made to order. Full payment is taken at checkout. Production begins once payment is confirmed.

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Caliper render for this kit:

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen GOLF 7 1.4T (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2013-2020) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Golf 7 1.4T carries most of its mass over the nose, and the modest front discs Volkswagen specified for the TSI variants are the first thing to wilt when you start leaning on them down a B-road or on a track day. The XYZ Racing Front Brake Kit answers that directly: a larger front rotor and a fixed caliper sized to replace the two-piece OE setup, supplied as a matched front pair to give the 1.4T the stopping hardware its chassis can actually use.

This is a front big brake kit aimed at fast-road drivers and occasional track users who have outgrown the standard pads-and-discs cycle. It brings real thermal headroom to a car that was braked for the commute, and lets you choose pad compound and caliper finish to match how you actually drive.

What this big brake kit does for your 2013-2020 Volkswagen Golf 7 1.4T

On the road you feel it first as a firmer, more progressive pedal – the bigger rotor gives the caliper more leverage, so initial bite arrives sooner and mid-corner modulation becomes easier to judge. The bigger gain shows up under heat: where the standard 1.4T brakes go long after a few hard stops, the larger swept area and extra thermal mass push fade much further down the road. Three pad compounds – Street for daily use, Sport for spirited road work, and Racing for track sessions – let you match bite and operating temperature to your driving. The fixed caliper also removes the flex and taper wear that dog the OE sliding caliper, keeping the pedal consistent as the discs come up to temperature.

About the Front Brake Kit

The Front Brake Kit is XYZ Racing’s front upgrade for the Golf 7, built around a larger-diameter front rotor and a fixed caliper that bolts in place of the car’s two-piece OE caliper. The disc is a two-piece floating design on an alloy bell, with a hollow-vane construction that drops rotating mass while holding the swept area and venting that keep heat in check. The fixed caliper, hollow-bodied as standard, clamps the disc evenly from both sides, which improves pad contact and pedal feel compared with the single-sided sliding caliper fitted as standard. It is offered with a choice of three pad compounds – Street, Sport and Racing – so the same hardware suits a daily Golf, a fast-road build, or a car that sees regular track days. Calipers come finished in the no-cost Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black, with a custom Pantone colour, the polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and the candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange options for owners matching a wider scheme. Discs are drilled or slotted at the same price. As a front-only kit it concentrates the upgrade where a nose-heavy front-driver does the bulk of its braking, which is exactly where the standard 1.4T system runs short of capacity first.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Golf 7 1.4T (2013-2020)

This kit is cut for the Mk7 Golf 1.4 TSI built between 2013 and 2020. One caveat matters before you order: it fits only cars running the two-piece OE front caliper, so confirm which factory caliper your car carries before ordering. It is a front-axle kit and does not include rear components.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour, confirm your car runs the two-piece OE caliper, and order when you are ready.

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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