XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Porsche CAYMAN 981 (2012-2016)

The 981 Cayman carries its flat-six behind the cabin, and that mid-engine layout puts real load through the rear axle every time you brake into a corner. That is exactly where the factory discs start to feel vague after a few hard stops, and where the rear end can turn nervous on turn-in. The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit for the Porsche Cayman 981 (2012-2016) targets the back axle specifically, giving it the thermal headroom to keep biting when you are trail-braking deep and leaning on the chassis.

This is a rear-axle kit, fitted as a matched pair, for owners who use the car the way it was meant to be used: quick road work and track days. With three pad compounds and a choice of caliper finishes, it lets you match the rear brake to how hard you actually drive the 981, rather than living with the factory setup.

What this brake kit does for your 2012-2016 Porsche CAYMAN 981

Fit this kit and the first thing you notice is a firmer, more progressive pedal that holds its travel as the discs heat up. On a mid-engine car like the 981, rear braking stability matters more than most owners expect: get the rear working properly and the car settles under heavy braking instead of darting about. The Racing compound resists fade through repeated hard stops, the Sport pad trades a little outright bite for quieter, lower-dust road manners, and the Street pad keeps things sensible for mixed daily use. Run it alongside a matched front setup and you get a braking balance that suits the way the Cayman shifts weight rearward under load.

About the Hollow rear brake kit

The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit is a direct rear-axle upgrade for the 981 Cayman, supplied as a matched pair of calipers, discs and pads. The two-piece floating disc is aimed at trimming rotating and unsprung mass at the rear of the car, its floating mount letting the rotor expand under heat without coning. You specify the pad compound at order – Street for everyday driving, Sport for a sharper road bite, or Racing for sustained track use – so the kit is built around your actual use rather than sold as a single fixed spec. Disc faces come drilled or slotted at the same price, and the centre bell can be upgraded to a two-tone anodized finish in five colours or to titanium. Calipers come in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Pantone Custom Color for £150, so the hardware behind the wheel can be matched to the car, and an optional Hollow Racing caliper – no dust cover, rated to 1000C, two-year warranty – is there for hard circuit use. It is engineered as the rear half of a full braking upgrade, designed to complement a front big brake kit rather than work in isolation.

Fitment for the Porsche CAYMAN 981 (2012-2016)

This kit is specified for the Porsche Cayman 981, covering the 2012 to 2016 run of the 981 chassis, and fits the rear axle. Confirm your exact model year against the 981 designation before ordering, and check whether you are also running a matched front kit to keep front-to-rear balance correct.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour for the Porsche Cayman 981 and configure your rear big brake kit using the options above.