XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz CL 600 W215 (2000-2006)

The W215-generation CL 600 was built to cover long distances at high speed in near silence, and that brief made it heavy. A V12 grand tourer of this mass loads its rear axle hard every time it scrubs off motorway pace, and the factory rear discs were chosen for refinement and service life rather than for repeated, committed stops. This XYZ Racing Rear Big Brake Kit for the Mercedes Benz CL 600 W215 (2000-2006) tackles that directly, adding thermal headroom and bite to an axle that earns its keep on a car this size.

Because it is a rear-specific kit, it is as much about balance as outright stopping power. On a nose-heavy coupe carrying the better part of two tonnes, a rear axle that keeps biting helps the W215 settle into a corner and stops the front brakes from shouldering the entire workload. Match the pad compound to how you actually use the car and the upgrade does the rest.

What this big brake kit does for your 2000-2006 Mercedes Benz CL 600 W215

The change you feel first on a heavy W215 is consistency. The two-piece floating disc carries more thermal mass and feeds air through its vanes, so brake temperature climbs more slowly on a fast B-road or a long Alpine descent and the pedal stays where you left it instead of going long. Three pad compounds let you set the car up properly: Street for quiet daily use, Sport for keener bite when you press on, and Racing for sustained heat without the fade a standard CL 600 will show after a few hard stops in succession. A rear axle that holds its bite also takes load off the front discs, which is exactly what a front-biased grand tourer of this weight needs. The result is a firmer, more reassuring pedal and a back end that feels planted rather than reluctant.

About the Rear Big Brake Kit

This is a bolt-on rear brake upgrade engineered around the W215 platform. It pairs a hollow-body forged caliper, the standard caliper construction here, with a larger two-piece floating disc and your choice of pad friction material, raising the heat capacity and clamping consistency of the rear axle over the original setup. The disc’s friction ring floats on an alloy bell so it can grow with heat without warping. Painted calipers come in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for a small upcharge and premium polished-forged or candy finishes available, so the hardware reads cleanly behind an open rear wheel. The pad range spans Street, Sport and Racing compounds, letting you tune rear bite and high-temperature behaviour to your driving without changing the rest of the kit. Built for a car that mixes everyday refinement with genuine pace, it adds capability at the rear without turning a comfortable coupe into something harsh.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz CL 600 W215 (2000-2006)

This kit is specified for the W215 CL 600 across the 2000 to 2006 model years, fitting the rear axle. Confirm your chassis code is W215 and your build year falls within that span before you order, and select your caliper colour, disc style and pad compound to complete the spec.

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Set your caliper colour, disc style and pad compound for the W215 CL 600 using the options above to build your kit.