XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Land Rover DEFENDER (L663) (NON V8 5.0) (2020-2026)

The L663 Defender carries its mass high and works it hard: a two-tonne-plus aluminium-monocoque 4×4 that spends its life towing near its limit, crawling down green lanes and cruising the motorway fully loaded. All of that load eventually arrives at the brakes, and on a vehicle this heavy the rear axle does more real work than owners of lighter cars ever notice. The XYZ Racing rear brake kit for the Land Rover Defender targets exactly that: keeping the rear end’s braking honest when you ask for hard, repeated stops.

This is the non-V8 5.0 fitment, covering the four-cylinder and inline-six Defenders rather than the supercharged V8. It pairs two-piece floating discs with uprated calipers and a choice of three pad compounds, so the same rear hardware can be set up for everyday road manners or for sustained heat under towing and trail use.

What this big brake kit does for your 2020-2026 Land Rover Defender

On a heavy SUV, fade is felt at the rear before most people think to blame it. The hollow-vane discs shed heat faster and trim unsprung mass, which steadies pedal feel on long descents and during the kind of stop-start towing the Defender is built for. The Street, Sport and Racing pad compounds let you match the rear bite to how you actually drive, quiet and progressive for daily duty, sharper for fast-road work, or a firmer high-temperature compound when the car is loaded and the hills get long. The result is a rear axle that resists overheating and holds a consistent bite well past where the factory setup starts to go soft.

About the Hollow brake kit

The kit is a rear-axle pair of two-piece floating discs and uprated calipers. The hollow-vane rotor casting moves cooling air through the disc while keeping rotating weight down. On a 2020-2026 Defender that combination matters, because the rear brakes are managing a tall, heavy body rather than a light hatchback. The kit is offered with three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, so the rear axle can be tuned for road, mixed road-and-track, or harder repeated use. The caliper is hollow-body as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for the hardest use that drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. Calipers are painted at no extra cost in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for £150 and premium polished-forged (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver) or candy (Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red, Candy Orange) finishes, so the upgrade reads as a deliberate spec choice rather than a generic part behind the wheel. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, with two-tone anodized or titanium centre bells selectable at checkout. It is a rear-axle kit, designed to lift heat capacity and pedal consistency on a chassis that punishes its brakes.

Fitment for the Land Rover Defender (2020-2026)

This kit is built for the L663-generation Defender, 2020 to 2026, in non-V8 5.0 specification, the four- and six-cylinder cars, not the supercharged 5.0 V8. It fits the rear axle as a pair of calipers and discs. Pad compound and caliper colour are both selected at configuration.

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Pick your pad compound and caliper colour and set up your Defender rear big brake kit using the options above when you order.