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XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Volkswagen NEW BEETLE (A5) (2012-2019)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKR-VO-01-B-REAR

  • IncludesRear axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionRear
  • Disc Ø380–421 mm
  • Caliper pots8-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Volkswagen NEW BEETLE (A5) (2012-2019)

Brake pad compound

Street: quiet, low-dust, strong cold bite for road driving. Sport: higher temperature range and more bite for fast road and occasional track. Racing: maximum fade resistance for sustained track use (noisier and dustier cold). Match the pad to how hard you actually brake.

Disc size

Caliper grade

Hollow is the standard caliper: a lighter hollow-body forged caliper with a dust cover and a 5-year warranty. Hollow Racing drops the dust cover for sustained high-temperature use (rated to 1000°C, 2-year warranty) — the track-grade choice.

Caliper colour

Painted colours are included. Polished-forged finishes are mirror-polished forged calipers (Titanium, Gold, Silver); candy colours are a deep, mirror-reflection paint. Both are premium upgrades — fuller detail further down the page.

Painted — includedTell us the exact Pantone (PMS) code you want the calipers painted.Polished forgedCandy
Disc style

Drilled discs (cross-drilled holes) vent gas and water and look aggressive; slotted discs (surface grooves) wipe the pad face clean and resist fade under sustained hard use. Same price — choose on looks or how you drive.

Centre bell

The centre bell is the CNC-machined aluminium hat that joins the disc to the hub. Standard anodized is included; a two-tone bell adds an anodized accent ring in your choice of colour; titanium is the lightest, forged option.

Carbon-ceramic rotor

Carbon-ceramic rotors are a special-order track upgrade: far lighter than steel, fade-resistant at extreme temperatures and extremely long-lived. The price follows the disc size you choose above. The standard two-piece steel rotor is included.

Configured price£3,000.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£3,000.00

Made to order. Full payment is taken at checkout. Production begins once payment is confirmed.

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XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Volkswagen NEW BEETLE (A5) (2012-2019) — 380 mm
380 mm

The A5 New Beetle carries most of its mass over the front axle, and the standard rear discs were specified for a road-going hatch rather than for sustained heavy braking. The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit for the Volkswagen NEW Beetle (A5) goes after that imbalance directly, adding thermal headroom and bite at the back axle where the factory setup runs short first.

This is a rear-axle upgrade built to work alongside the front brakes you already run, restoring brake balance on a 2012-2019 chassis that leans hard on its fronts under load. The hollow-vane disc keeps rotating mass in check while giving the rear pads a larger, better-cooled face to bite into.

What this brake kit does for your 2012-2019 Volkswagen NEW Beetle (A5)

On the road you get a firmer, more progressive pedal and rear brakes that no longer wilt after a run of downhill stops or a hard B-road blast. On track the gain is heat management: the hollow-vane rear discs shed temperature faster, so the rear axle keeps contributing instead of cooking off and dumping the work onto the front pads. Pad compound is your call – Street for quiet, low-dust daily driving, Sport for fast-road bite with occasional track use, and Racing for full circuit work – so one kit covers a daily Beetle or a track-day car. Caliper finish reads as deliberate behind an open wheel rather than an afterthought.

About the Hollow Rear Brake Kit

The Hollow Rear Brake Kit is XYZ Racing’s rear-axle braking package for the A5 Beetle, named for the hollow-vane disc construction that trims rotating and unsprung mass without losing rotor diameter, and supplied as a matched left-and-right pair. Lighter discs mean less inertia for the hub to spin up and slow down, which sharpens response and eases the load on the rear bearings and hubs. The kit pairs two-piece floating discs with rear-position calipers that are hollow-cast as standard; a Hollow Racing upgrade is offered for serious track use, dropping the dust cover, rated to 1000C and carrying a two-year warranty. Three pad compounds – Street, Sport and Racing – span road use to repeat lap sessions. Because it is a rear-only kit, it is designed to complement an existing or upgraded front setup rather than replace the whole system, letting you correct front-to-rear bias on a platform that arrives understeer-biased from the factory. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and braided lines keep the pedal firm under heat. Calipers are finished in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with Custom Color in any Pantone, polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold or Polished Silver, and candy finishes in Teal, Blue, Red or Orange to match the car.

Fitment for the Volkswagen NEW Beetle (A5) (2012-2019)

This kit fits the rear axle of the A5-generation Volkswagen NEW Beetle across the full 2012-2019 model run. It is a rear-only package, so it works with your existing or upgraded front brakes rather than replacing them. Confirm your exact build year and current rear setup before ordering, as fitment is matched to the A5 chassis.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour using the options above, then configure your A5 Beetle rear brake kit when you order.

What’s in the kit

Rear axle kit — supplied as a complete bolt-on assembly.

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 380–421 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 8-pot
  • 2×High-stiffness mounting brackets
  • 2×Braided stainless steel brake lines
  • 4×High-performance brake pads (1 set)
  • 1×Fitting hardware & tools pack

Parking brake: OE handbrake not retained — a hydraulic handbrake is required.

Choosing your spec

Every kit is built to order around the choices you make above. Here is what each option actually changes, so you can spec yours with confidence.

Brake pads — Street, Sport or Racing

Every kit ships with a full set of high-performance pads; the compound is your call.

Street is the right default for fast-road driving — a strong, progressive cold bite with low noise, low dust and long disc life. Sport raises the working temperature and adds bite and fade resistance for hard road use and the occasional track day, while still behaving on a cold morning. Racing is a track compound built for sustained abuse: huge fade resistance and bite once heat is in it, at the cost of more noise and dust when cold. Match the pad to how hard you actually use the brakes — there is no benefit to a race pad that never gets up to temperature.

Caliper grade — Hollow vs Hollow Racing

Hollow is the standard caliper on every kit: a hollow-body forged caliper, lighter than a solid one, fitted with a dust cover and backed by a 5-year oil-leak warranty. For most fast-road and spirited track use it is all the caliper you need.

Hollow Racing is the track-grade upgrade. It runs the same hollow body but without a dust cover (so there is nothing to melt at sustained high temperature), uses a twin-metal piston that isolates heat travelling from the disc to the oil seal, and is rated to 1000°C. Available 330–356mm (rear). Warranty is 2 years on oil leaks and 10 years on appearance. Built for professional racing and repeated track days.

Hollow Racing caliper

Caliper colour & finish

Painted colours (Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, Anodized Black) are included at no cost. Want an exact match to your car? Custom Color (+£150) paints the calipers to any Pantone code you supply (15–20 day lead time).

Polished Forged finishes are the flagship: a forged caliper given a mirror-polished surface treatment that shifts colour with the viewing angle. Beyond the looks, the polished surface dissipates heat better, resists rust and stands up to the weather. Choose Titanium (neochrome, +£350), Polished Gold (+£300) or Polished Silver (+£250). They look their best paired with a titanium centre bell. Care: clean only with a dilute neutral cleaner or water.

Candy colours (+£200) use a deep candy-paint and polishing process for a mirror-reflection, boutique finish — pick Teal, Blue, Red or Orange (shown below right).

Polished forged caliper finishes
Candy caliper colours

Centre bells

The centre bell is the CNC-machined aluminium hat that joins the disc to the hub. The standard anodized centre bell is included. The Two-tone bell (+£200) adds an anodized accent ring — choose Red, Yellow, Orange, Purple or Silver right here at checkout. The Titanium centre bell (+£500) is a forged titanium bell (bolts not included) that finishes off the polished-forged look.

Two-tone anodized centre bells
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