XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz CL 550 W216 (2006-2013)

The CL 550 W216 carries close to two tonnes of grand-tourer mass, and on a long Alpine descent or a run of hard stops from motorway speed it is the rear axle that decides whether the car settles or starts to shimmy. This XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit for the Mercedes Benz CL 550 W216 (2006-2013) replaces the standard rear setup with two-piece floating discs and a fixed multi-piston caliper, built to shed heat and hold a firm pedal when the standard hardware has long since gone soft.

This is a rear big brake kit aimed at owners who actually use the car’s performance: spirited B-road driving, towing-laden touring, and the kind of repeated heavy braking that exposes a heavy coupe’s thermal limits. It is a balance upgrade as much as an outright stopping-power one, keeping the back of the car planted while the fronts do the heavy lifting.

What this brake kit does for your 2006-2013 Mercedes Benz CL 550 W216

After fitting, the first thing you notice is a firmer, more linear pedal that does not lengthen as the discs warm through. The two-piece floating disc design cuts rotating and unsprung mass at the rear, which sharpens the car’s response over mid-corner bumps and helps the dampers keep the rear tyres loaded. Heat is managed far better than the closed-vane original, so fade resistance climbs on long downhill stretches and back-to-back stops. With three pad compounds available, you can match the kit to how the CL 550 is driven: Street for refined road manners with low dust, Sport for firmer bite on harder road and occasional track, or Racing for sustained high-temperature work. The result is a rear end that stays composed and predictable under load rather than locking early or going wooden.

About the Hollow Rear Brake Kit

The kit pairs a two-piece floating disc with a hollow-body forged caliper, the standard caliper construction across the range, machined to keep stiffness high while shedding weight. The disc’s friction ring floats on an alloy bell so it can grow with heat and dissipate it without distorting, and the fixed caliper applies consistent clamping pressure across the pad face. Three pad compound grades cover the full use spectrum from quiet road driving to track-temperature abuse, letting you tune feel and longevity to your own driving. Painted calipers come in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and 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 kit can sit discreetly behind the standard alloys or stand out behind an open spoke design. Everything is engineered as a rear-specific assembly rather than a generic adaptation.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz CL 550 W216 (2006-2013)

This kit is built for the rear axle of the Mercedes Benz CL 550 on the W216 chassis, covering the 2006 to 2013 production span. It is a rear-position application only and is designed to suit the W216 CL 550 specifically. Confirm your chassis code and model year against the listing before you order.

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Choose your pad compound, disc style and caliper colour from the options above to build your CL 550 W216 rear kit.