XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen PHAETON 4WD (2003-2016)

Few saloons punish their front brakes like the Phaeton. VW built its flagship to cruise at sustained high speed for hours on end, and that ambition came with mass, well over two tonnes of it, most of it pressing on the front axle every time you slow down. The XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit for the Volkswagen Phaeton 4WD answers that with bigger, lighter front stoppers built to shed heat rather than store it.

This is a front-axle upgrade for owners keeping a heavy 4motion luxury saloon honest on fast A-roads and long descents, where the standard setup starts to go soft after a few hard stops. Supplied as a matched pair of left and right calipers and two-piece floating discs, it adds rotor diameter and opens up the cooling path, so the pedal stays firm long after a factory disc would have heat-soaked.

What this brake kit does for your 2003-2016 Volkswagen Phaeton 4WD

The gain you feel first is heat management. A two-piece floating disc with a hollow-vane casting carries less rotating mass than a comparable solid rotor and pulls air through the disc, so the front wheels spin up and stop with less inertia and the brakes clear heat faster, the difference between a firm pedal and a long, vague one at the bottom of a motorway slip road. Pad compound is your call: Street suits normal road duty with quiet, low-dust running, Sport steps up bite and fade resistance for spirited driving, and Racing is there if you load the car hard and often. Caliper finish comes painted in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, so the kit reads as intent behind the spokes. On a car this heavy, the extra front-end authority also steadies the nose and shortens the distances that matter.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

XYZ Racing’s Hollow Front Brake Kit replaces the front discs and calipers with a larger, lighter package aimed at heavy, fast cars. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard and the two-piece floating disc removes material that does not contribute to braking, cutting unsprung and rotating weight while leaving plenty of surface and venting to move heat away. Less weight at each front corner sharpens steering response and eases the work the dampers and springs do over bumps. The kit comes with a choice of three pad compounds across Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware covers a daily-driven Phaeton and one that gets pressed hard. Included paint colours are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black, with a Custom Color in any Pantone, premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange as upgrades. For the most demanding track use, a Hollow Racing caliper runs without a dust cover, rated to 1000C with a two-year warranty. It is a front-only kit, so it works with the factory rear brakes to bias more capacity where a nose-heavy 4motion saloon needs it most.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Phaeton 4WD (2003-2016)

This kit is cut for the front axle of the Volkswagen Phaeton 4WD across the full 2003 to 2016 run, covering the 4motion all-wheel-drive cars from the early examples through to the last of the line. It fits the front hubs only and pairs with the standard rear brakes. Check your wheel clearance before ordering, as a big brake kit needs room behind the spokes. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and centre bells can be upgraded to two-tone in five anodized colours or titanium at checkout.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper finish, then configure your Phaeton front kit using the options above.