XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen T5 VAN (2003-2015)

The Volkswagen T5’s front axle does the hard work. Engine over the nose, a kerb weight that climbs fast once a camper conversion or a full load of tools goes in, and brakes originally specified for van duty rather than spirited driving: that combination is exactly what the XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit is built to address. This is a front-axle upgrade for owners who ask more of a T5 than the factory ever assumed.

A pair of larger two-piece floating discs sits at the heart of the kit, with hollow-vane cooling shedding heat where the T5 carries the most of it. Supplied as a matched pair of left and right calipers and discs, the result is a brake that recovers between stops instead of cooking itself on a long descent, loaded for a weekend away or towing close to its limit.

What this big brake kit does for your 2003-2015 Volkswagen T5 VAN

After fitting, the first thing you notice is the pedal. A larger front braking surface and the two-piece floating disc give firmer initial bite and far more consistent travel when the brakes are hot, so a fully laden T5 stops feeling as though it is running out of stopping power on the second or third hard application. The three pad compound options let you match the kit to how you actually use the van: Street for everyday running with quiet, low-dust manners, Sport for harder fast-road work, and Racing for sustained heavy braking under load. Cooler-running discs, helped by the hollow-vane casting, also mean less fade on long downhill stretches, which is where a heavy van punishes an undersized factory setup most. With caliper finishes in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, the upgrade reads as deliberate behind an aftermarket wheel rather than an afterthought.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The Hollow Front Brake Kit pairs a hollow-bodied caliper, lighter as standard at each unsprung corner, with a two-piece floating disc whose internal venting cuts rotating mass without giving up the thermal capacity a two-tonne-plus van demands. Less rotating weight at each front corner sharpens how quickly the brakes respond and eases the load on the front suspension. The kit is a front-axle package, which is the correct priority on a T5 given how much of the braking effort the nose carries. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, span everything from daily commercial use to repeated heavy stops, so the same hardware suits a working van and a heavily converted camper. Included paint finishes 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 offered as upgrades, plus a Hollow Racing caliper rated to 1000C with a two-year warranty for the hardest work.

Fitment for the Volkswagen T5 VAN (2003-2015)

This kit is sized for the front axle of the Volkswagen T5 VAN across the full 2003 to 2015 run, covering both the early T5 and the later T5.1 facelift. It is a front-position fitment only. Confirm your exact variant when you order so the kit matches the correct specification for your van. 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, confirm the fitment for your T5, and build your front big brake kit using the configurator above.