XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Honda CIVIC TYPE-R FK8 (2017-2026)

Trail-brake an FK8 Civic Type R into a tight second-gear corner and the rear axle is working harder than most owners credit; it is what rotates a nose-led front-driver that would otherwise run wide. The XYZ Racing rear brake kit for the Honda Civic Type R FK8 (2017-2026) gives that rear end the thermal headroom to keep rotating the car through a full session, not just the opening laps.

This is rear hardware for a hatch that already left the factory as a circuit tool. It is a pair of rear calipers and discs, left and right. The standard FK8 rears are fine on the road but heat-soak under repeated hard braking; larger two-piece floating discs and a stiffer caliper restore the bite and the firm pedal the uprated front brakes assume is there.

What this rear brake kit does for your 2017-2026 Honda Civic Type R FK8

Fit it and the first thing you feel is a rear end that stays composed deep into braking zones, where tired standard discs start to glaze and the pedal goes long. The hollow-vane disc design sheds rotating and unsprung mass at each rear corner, so the FK8’s adaptive dampers have less inertia to control over kerbs and mid-corner bumps. Three pad compounds let you match the rear axle to how you actually drive: Street for quiet road use, Sport for fast-road and the occasional track day, Racing when you are stringing together hot laps. Better rear thermal capacity also sharpens turn-in, because a rear axle that can still bite is one that helps the nose tuck rather than push. Braided lines keep the pedal firm under heat, and caliper finishes in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black mean the look behind the wheel matches the intent.

About the Hollow rear brake kit

The XYZ Racing rear kit is built around two-piece floating discs with hollow internal vanes and a fixed performance caliper, sized to put more thermal mass and clamping area behind the rear wheels than the FK8 carries as standard. The hollow-vane construction cuts rotating weight without simply drilling holes through a solid rotor, keeping disc strength up while bringing the mass down. Clamping is handled by a rigid hollow-body caliper that resists the flex and taper-wear that let a heat-soaked rear pedal go soft; for serious track use a Hollow Racing upgrade loses the dust cover, takes a 1000C rating and carries a two-year warranty. The kit is offered with three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware suits a daily-driven Type R or a car that lives at track days, plus included colours in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no cost, a custom Pantone option, and premium polished-forged (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver) or candy (Teal, Blue, Red, Orange) finishes. It is engineered specifically for the rear position, where a front-driven circuit car like the FK8 needs balance and fade resistance more than outright stopping power.

Fitment for the Honda Civic Type R FK8 (2017-2026)

This kit is built for the FK8-generation Honda Civic Type R, covering the 2017 to 2026 model years, and fits the rear axle. It is a direct-fit rear application for that chassis code; confirm your exact build before ordering.

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Choose your pad compound, caliper colour and centre-bell option, then build your FK8 rear brake kit when you order.