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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Audi Q5 QUATTRO 8R (2008-2017)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-AU-18-C-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø330–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Audi Q5 QUATTRO 8R (2008-2017)

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£2,000.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£2,000.00

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

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Caliper render for this kit:

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Audi Q5 QUATTRO 8R (2008-2017) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Q5 8R arrived from the factory with brakes adequate for the task Audi assumed most owners would put them to. Carry nearly 1,900kg of quattro AWD down an alpine descent, or take it onto a track day where braking zones arrive quickly after a longer straight, and the thermal limits of the standard setup become apparent in the pedal. Heat soak in the front discs and pads is the failure mode: repeated hard stops with insufficient recovery time produce the progressive fade that makes experienced drivers nervous.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit addresses this at source. It fits as a matched pair of front calipers and two-piece floating discs for the left and right of the front axle, with three pad compound options and a wide range of caliper finishes selected at order.

What this brake kit does for your 2008-2017 Audi Q5 QUATTRO 8R

The 8R’s relatively high centre of gravity amplifies weight transfer under braking, loading the front axle hard from the first application. Greater swept area at the front means more surface to work that energy through before fade sets in, and the 3.0 TDI and 3.0 TFSI variants in particular generate enough vehicle speed that the braking energy demands are genuinely significant. The hollow-vane discs pull heat out of the friction face faster than the solid factory rotors, while the two-piece floating construction lets the disc grow with temperature without distorting and shaves rotating and unsprung mass off the front corners. Braided lines are included, sharpening the pedal by removing the swell of ageing rubber hoses.

Three pad grades cover the working window. Street is the quiet, low-dust compound for everyday road use. Sport adds bite and heat range for spirited fast-road driving and the occasional circuit lap. Racing is a track compound that needs sustained heat to reach its best, the right choice only with consistent hard use to match. Caliper finishes sit cleanly behind larger-diameter alloys without looking like an afterthought.

About the front brake kit

This is XYZ Racing’s front-axle upgrade for vehicles where OEM specification leaves headroom to improve under load. The calipers are hollow-bodied as standard for strength without excess weight, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for sustained track use that drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. The kit is configured to the Q5 QUATTRO 8R’s fitment requirements and built to your chosen spec at production, targeting the axle carrying the greatest deceleration load on a nose-heavy SUV platform.

Included painted caliper colours are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost. A Custom Color in any Pantone is available, alongside premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and centre-bell upgrades, two-tone in five anodized colours or in titanium, are selectable at checkout.

Fitment for the Audi Q5 QUATTRO 8R (2008-2017)

This kit covers the Audi Q5 QUATTRO in the 8R generation from 2008 through to 2017, spanning both the pre-facelift cars and the revised models from 2012 onwards. The 8R ran continuously across this period as the complete first-generation Q5 production run. Verify your variant’s OEM front brake specification before ordering to confirm compatibility with the kit’s caliper and disc dimensions.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper finish from the options above, and we build the kit to suit.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 330–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • 2×High-stiffness mounting brackets
  • 2×Braided stainless steel brake lines
  • 4×High-performance brake pads (1 set)
  • 1×Fitting hardware & tools pack

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 286–380mm (front). 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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