XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Tesla MODEL S (OE SINGLE-SIDE WITH ONE CALIPER) (2012-2020)

For all its straight-line ferocity, the 2012-2020 Tesla Model S does most of its everyday stopping through regenerative braking, which leaves the rear friction brakes lightly used and prone to glazing and surface rust on the discs. Lean on them hard from motorway speed in a 2.2-tonne saloon, though, and that neglected rear axle is suddenly asked to do real work.

The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit is built for that exact gap. It replaces the tired OE rear setup with a two-piece floating big brake kit, a matched pair of left and right corners, sized for the Model S’s mass and pace, giving the back axle the thermal headroom and bite it lacks as standard.

What this big brake kit does for your 2012-2020 Tesla Model S

The headline gain is heat management. The two-piece floating disc sheds rotational and unsprung weight while letting the friction ring expand against an alloy bell to open up internal airflow, so the rear brakes recover faster between hard stops instead of soaking up heat and fading. On a car this heavy, that translates directly into a firmer, more repeatable pedal when you string several big decelerations together. Pad compound choice lets you match the car to its job: the Street compound for daily driving and town work, the Sport compound for fast-road bite with occasional track use, and the Racing compound for track-day temperatures where a stock rear pad would already be smearing. The result is a rear axle that helps settle the Model S under braking rather than one that quietly contributes nothing until it is overwhelmed.

About the Hollow Rear Brake Kit

The Hollow rear brake kit centres on a two-piece floating disc, where the friction ring floats against an alloy bell to cut weight without losing the swept area a heavy EV demands. Less mass at the hub means less for the suspension to control and less rotating inertia for the brakes to arrest, while the floating section adds surface for heat to escape. The caliper is a hollow-cast forging as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade rated to 1000C and a two-year warranty for circuit use. The kit pairs that disc with an uprated caliper and a choice of three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware covers a commuter, a fast-road car and a track build. Calipers are painted at no extra cost in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for £150 plus premium polished-forged and candy finishes, on show through the Model S’s open wheel designs; disc faces are drilled or slotted at the same price, and the centre bell upgrades to a five-colour anodized two-tone or titanium at checkout. It is a rear-specific kit, intended to rebalance braking on a platform whose regen-led setup tends to under-use the back axle.

Fitment for the Tesla Model S (2012-2020)

This kit fits the 2012-2020 Tesla Model S running the OE single-side rear caliper configuration, the variant with one caliper per rear hub. It is sized for that chassis across the full 2012 to 2020 span and addresses the rear axle only. Confirm your car matches the single-caliper rear layout before configuring, as Model S brake hardware varied across the production run.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour from the options above, then configure your Model S rear brake kit.