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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 550 (2003-2010)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-BM-031-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø356–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 550 (2003-2010)

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£2,200.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£2,200.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 550 (2003-2010) — 356 mm
356 mm

The E60 550’s N62 V8 puts real pace into a large, heavy saloon, and that combination of performance and mass means the braking system is working harder at every corner entry than it would be in a six-cylinder 5 Series. Sustained use, whether a committed track day or a fast motorway run, asks questions of the factory setup that the OEM hardware was never engineered to answer repeatedly.

The XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit for the BMW 5 Series E60 550 addresses the front axle specifically, where the braking load concentrates. It is a single-axle front kit, a left and right pair of calipers on two-piece floating discs. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport, and Racing, let owners match the kit to actual use, from road-only driving through occasional circuit sessions to a full season of track work, all set at the configurator above.

What this brake kit does for your 2003-2010 Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 550

The two-piece floating disc targets the 550’s core braking problem: thermal management under repeated high-load stops. Running a V8 saloon of this size hard into braking zones repeatedly causes disc temperature to climb in a way the standard rotors handle poorly over time. The hollow vanes within each disc draw air through the friction surface, dispersing heat faster and maintaining pad bite when temperatures build, while the lighter floating construction cuts unsprung and rotating mass and lets the friction ring expand without coning. Street is the quiet, low-dust road compound; Sport raises bite above OEM level and resists the glazing that degrades standard pads under load; Racing holds its friction coefficient at temperatures where a lesser pad begins to lose sensitivity. Caliper colour options, from the included no-cost painted finishes through to premium polished and candy choices, finish the front axle to suit the owner’s wheel and aesthetic preference.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

XYZ Racing’s Hollow Front Brake Kit pairs a hollow-bodied caliper, fitted as standard, with a two-piece floating disc whose internal vanes move air through the disc during use, increasing the rate at which heat leaves the friction surface and slowing the onset of fade under demanding conditions. Built specifically for front-axle installation, where braking bias concentrates the majority of thermal energy, the kit spans the full E60 550 production window. For hard, sustained circuit use the optional Hollow Racing caliper deletes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C, and carries a two-year warranty. Pad compound selection covers three grades: Street suits daily road use and moderate fast-road exposure; Sport raises bite and glazing resistance; Racing is developed for sustained high-temperature use where consistent pedal feel matters most. Disc style is drilled or slotted at the same price, centre bells upgrade to two-tone anodized in five colours or to titanium at checkout, and caliper finish runs from the included Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black at no extra cost, through a Custom Color in any Pantone, to premium polished Titanium, Polished Gold, and Polished Silver and candy Teal, Blue, Red, and Orange, for owners who want a specific look behind open-spoke alloys. The kit covers the front axle only.

Fitment for the Bmw 5 SERIES E 60 550 (2003-2010)

This kit is designed for the BMW 5 Series E60 in 550 specification, covering the full 2003-2010 production span. The N62 V8 drivetrain configuration and front axle brake mounting geometry remained consistent throughout the E60 550’s production run, so this kit fits without adaptation across the entire year range.

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Set your pad compound, caliper colour, and disc style from the options on this page, and the kit is built to order.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 356–444 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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