XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Bmw 1 SERIES E 87 120 (OE160) (2004-2011)

The E87 1 Series was the only rear-wheel-drive hatch in its class, and that layout puts real load through the back axle that a front-driven rival never sees. The XYZ Racing rear brake kit for the BMW 1 Series E87 120 (OE160) gives that rear axle the thermal headroom the standard 120 setup runs short of once you start braking hard from speed, repeatedly.

This is a rear big brake kit built around two-piece floating discs that shed unsprung weight while opening up cooling. With pad compounds spanning Street, Sport and Racing, it scales from a tidy fast-road upgrade to a car you take to circuit days without overworking the back end by the third lap.

What this brake kit does for your 2004-2011 BMW 1 Series E87 120

The 120’s roughly even front-to-rear balance means its rear brakes carry more of the workload than most hatchbacks, so improving them changes how the whole car stops, not just the back. The two-piece floating disc trims rotating and unsprung mass, which the E87’s multilink rear axle rewards with quicker recovery over kerbs and surface changes. Racing pads give a firmer, more linear pedal under trail braking, the phase where this chassis likes to rotate into a corner; the Sport pad covers spirited road use, and the Street compound keeps low-dust, low-noise behaviour for the daily commute. Caliper finish runs from Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black to a custom Pantone option, so the look behind the wheel is your call.

About the Rear Brake Kit

XYZ Racing’s rear kit is supplied as a matched pair of left and right rear calipers and discs, centred on two-piece floating discs whose hollow-vane build cuts weight without surrendering swept area, so the rear axle gains stopping force and loses inertia at the same time. The disc face, available drilled or slotted at the same price, helps clear gas and water from between pad and disc, keeping bite consistent as temperatures climb through a session, and braided lines keep the pedal firm. The forged caliper is hollow-body as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade (no dust cover, 1000C rated, two-year warranty) for circuit duty. Three pad compounds, Street for road use, Sport for harder fast-road work, and Racing for track use, let you match friction material to how the car is actually driven rather than to a single compromise. Included painted caliper finishes are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for a small upcharge, plus premium polished-forged (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver) and candy (Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red, Candy Orange) finishes. Two-tone centre bells in five anodized colours, or titanium, are selectable at checkout. Because the kit is cut specifically for the rear of the E87 platform, its bracketry and disc dimensions follow the factory OE160 rear geometry rather than a generic one-size fitment.

Fitment for the BMW 1 Series E87 120 (OE160) (2004-2011)

This kit suits the E87 120 (OE160) across the 2004 to 2011 production run and fits the rear axle only, following the factory OE160 rear specification. Check that your chassis code reads E87 and that your build year falls inside that window before configuring.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour, then build your E87 rear setup from the options above.