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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Ford COUGAR (1998-2002)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-FO-A001-FRONT

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

Fits Ford COUGAR (1998-2002)

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

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Caliper render for this kit:

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Ford COUGAR (1998-2002) — 330 mm
330 mm

Front-wheel drive concentrates the braking workload heavily on the front axle, and the Cougar’s layout makes no exception. The standard caliper and disc setup was specified for everyday use, not the kind of sustained hard driving a V6 Cougar owner eventually finds themselves doing, and on a fast road or a club circuit that gap becomes apparent in a lengthening pedal and a nose that takes longer to settle.

XYZ Racing’s front brake kit addresses the front axle directly for the Ford Cougar across the full 1998-2002 production run. It is a single-axle kit, a matched pair of front calipers and discs. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport, and Racing, allow owners to match friction characteristics to actual use, while a full range of caliper finishes ensures the hardware reads as intentional rather than incidental through the wheel.

What this brake kit does for your 1998-2002 Ford COUGAR

On a front-wheel-drive car, the front brakes do the majority of the deceleration work at every corner entry, so improving them has an immediate, felt effect. The two-piece floating discs promote airflow through the rotor between hard stops, keeping fluid temperatures in check and maintaining consistent pedal feel across a session rather than allowing the gradual fade that erodes confidence in a stock setup. Street is the quiet, low-dust default for the Cougar used day-to-day; Sport improves bite and fade resistance for owners who push harder on the right road; Racing is the track compound that holds consistency through the thermal cycling a track morning imposes on a front-heavy two-plus-two coupe. Painted caliper colours come in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for an upcharge and premium polished-forged or candy finishes beyond that, making the upgrade visible and deliberate rather than purely functional.

About the Front Brake Kit

The front brake kit is built around XYZ Racing’s two-piece floating disc design. Where a conventional solid or vented rotor relies primarily on mass to absorb and hold heat, this construction opens the internal geometry to sustained cooling airflow between braking events, reducing operating temperatures at equivalent brake input. The result is a disc that runs cooler across a session, extends pad life under repeated hard stops, and maintains more consistent pedal travel when the standard rotor would be climbing toward its thermal limit. The caliper body is hollow-cast as standard, with the Hollow Racing upgrade, no dust cover, a 1000C rating, and a two-year warranty, for committed track use. Pad selection moves through three grades: Street covers quiet, low-dust road use, Sport raises bite and fade resistance for fast-road regulars, and Racing is built for sustained high-temperature operation. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, braided lines firm up the pedal, and two-tone centre bells in five anodized colours or titanium are selectable at checkout.

Fitment for the Ford COUGAR (1998-2002)

This kit is a confirmed front-axle fitment for the Ford Cougar built between 1998 and 2002, covering the complete production span of this front-wheel-drive coupe. Pad compound, disc style, and caliper finish are selected when you order. Confirm your specific variant against the fitment details before purchasing.

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Pad compound, disc style, and caliper finish are all configured from the options above. Select your specification when you order and build yours from there.

What’s in the kit

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

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

Other products that fit this vehicle

Front & rear brake kits, coilovers and more for this car

  • More XYZ products for the Ford COUGAR appear here as the rest of the range publishes.