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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 3 SERIES E 46 318 (1998-2006)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-018-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø304–444 mm
  • Caliper pots4 / 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Bmw 3 SERIES E 46 318 (1998-2006)

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£1,800.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£1,800.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 3 SERIES E 46 318 (1998-2006) — 304 mm
304 mm

The E46 318’s stock front braking hardware was specified around the demands of a modest four-cylinder road car, not repeated hard stops into the hairpin at Oulton or Brands. On circuit, those single-pot sliding calipers reveal themselves quickly. There is a reason E46 318 track-day drivers start looking at brake upgrades before they touch the suspension.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit for the BMW 3 Series E46 318 addresses that directly. It is a single front-axle kit, a matched pair of calipers and two-piece floating discs, paired with three selectable pad compounds to cover road, fast-road and circuit use from a single installation.

What this brake kit does for your 1998-2006 Bmw 3 SERIES E 46 318

Pad compound covers the full spectrum from daily commuting to club circuit work without a caliper change between duties, and is chosen when you order. Street is the quiet, low-dust road default, Sport adds bite and heat range for fast-road and track-day use, and Racing is the dedicated track compound. The hollow-vane disc draws heat through the vane matrix during rotation, keeping temperatures lower through the sustained braking zones that will glaze a standard 318’s front pads within a session. The two-piece floating disc grows under heat without coning and trims rotating and unsprung mass, so the pedal stays firm and progressive, which matters on a chassis where trail-braking to settle the car at corner entry is a primary dynamic tool. Braided lines firm the pedal further, and discs come drilled or slotted at the same price. Caliper colour is included in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for £150, so the kit sits coherently with whichever wheel specification the car is running.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The kit centres on a two-piece floating disc whose internal vanes draw air through the friction surface as the rotor turns, dispersing heat that would otherwise accumulate in the caliper and pad stack. The caliper runs a hollow body as standard, keeping reciprocating weight low; for circuit sessions where higher operating temperatures are the norm, a Hollow Racing upgrade drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. Three compounds are supplied within the same purchase: Street for general road use, Sport for spirited driving, and Racing for the track. Caliper colour is specified at order from the included painted finishes, with premium polished-forged and candy options and two-tone or titanium centre bells selectable at checkout. As a front-only kit, it targets the axle absorbing the majority of weight-transfer energy under hard braking, which on the E46 is considerable given the front suspension geometry working under deceleration.

Fitment for the Bmw 3 SERIES E 46 318 (1998-2006)

This kit covers the BMW 3 Series E46 318 in saloon, touring and coupé body forms across the full 1998 to 2006 production span. The E46 generation uses a consistent front hub assembly across its four-cylinder variants, and this kit fits the 318 directly without modification to the existing front subframe.

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Select your pad compound grade, disc style and caliper colour from the options above.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 304–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 4 / 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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