XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Bmw 3 SERIES E 36 328I (1996-1998)

The E36 328i leans on its rear axle far more than most owners expect, and the standard floating rear calipers are the first thing to fade once you start using the brakes in anger. On a 1996-1998 328i driven hard, soft rear bite blunts the trail-braking rotation that makes this rear-drive chassis so satisfying to place. The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit attacks that weak point with two-piece floating discs and an upgraded rear caliper package built to take repeated heat without going off.

This is a rear-specific big brake kit, supplied as a left-and-right pair, so it works on the axle that decides how the E36 settles mid-corner rather than just adding stopping power up front. Pad compound is your call: Street for a faithful, low-dust daily setup, Sport for stronger bite on a fast-road 328i, and Racing for sustained track abuse where heat is the enemy.

What this brake kit does for your 1996-1998 Bmw 3 Series E 36 328I

The hollow-vane rotor trims rotating and unsprung mass at the rear, which sharpens turn-in and lets the rear suspension follow the road more cleanly over kerbs and broken surfaces. On track, the larger rear setup holds a firmer, more predictable pedal as the discs come up to temperature, so the E36’s natural rotation stays usable instead of turning into guesswork. With the Racing compound fitted you get the fade resistance needed for back-to-back sessions, while the Street pad gives a road-friendly 328i strong initial bite without chewing through discs, and the Sport compound bridges the two. Caliper colour choices in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black let you match the rear hardware to the rest of the car.

About the Hollow rear brake kit

The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit pairs two-piece floating discs with an uprated hollow-body rear caliper to lift both thermal capacity and consistency over the worn factory items most E36s are still running. The hollow-vane rotor sheds weight from the rotating assembly, which helps acceleration, braking response and the way the rear axle reacts to inputs. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, cover the full spread from a sensible daily 328i to a dedicated track car, so the kit scales with how the car is actually used. Disc faces can be drilled or slotted at the same price, calipers run from the included Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black through to a Custom Color and premium finishes, and a Hollow Racing caliper upgrade rated to 1000C is available for serious circuit duty. The whole package is engineered specifically for the rear of the E36 platform, where factory brake hardware is typically the limiting factor long before the suspension is.

Fitment for the Bmw 3 Series E 36 328I (1996-1998)

This kit is built for the rear axle of the Bmw 3 Series E 36 328I across the 1996-1998 model years, mounting as a left-and-right pair. It fits the E36 chassis in 328i specification and is supplied with your chosen pad compound and caliper colour. Confirm your build year and rear hub setup before ordering.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour and configure your E36 328i rear kit using the options above.