XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz E CLASS W211 E 500 (2003-2009)

The W211 E 500 hides its mass well until you ask it to stop. A V8 saloon of this size puts real thermal load through the rear axle every time you trail the brakes into a roundabout or scrub speed on a downhill A-road, and the factory rear setup was specified for comfort and longevity, not for a car driven hard or carrying summer-track ambitions. This XYZ Racing rear brake kit for the Mercedes Benz E Class W211 E 500 addresses that directly.

It is a rear-axle upgrade built around a hollow-vane two-piece disc and a fixed caliper, sized to manage heat rather than just generate stopping force. For owners keeping these big-bodied E 500s sharp deep into their second decade, it restores the front-to-rear braking balance and consistency a heavy, front-engined saloon needs from the back axle.

What this brake kit does for your 2003-2009 Mercedes Benz E Class W211 E 500

The hollow-vane disc design moves heat away from the friction surface faster than a solid rotor, which is what keeps a heavy car like the E 500 from going soft after three or four hard stops in succession. A fixed caliper clamping a larger disc gives you a firmer, more linear pedal and a rear axle that stays settled under load instead of squirming as the brakes warm. You choose the friction level: Street pads for quiet road use, a Sport compound for mixed fast-road and occasional track work, or a Racing compound when heat and bite matter more than cold-pedal manners. The result is a rear end that holds its bite through repeat use and front-to-rear braking that suits how a 1.7-tonne V8 saloon actually loads its tyres.

About the Hollow Rear Brake Kit

The kit pairs a two-piece floating hollow-vane rotor with a multi-piston fixed caliper engineered as a rear-axle big brake conversion. The hollow vane structure increases the surface area working against trapped heat while keeping rotating mass in check, so the disc sheds temperature between applications rather than soaking it. The fixed caliper body resists the flex that costs you pedal feel in a sliding setup, and it is hollow-bodied as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for serious track use that drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, suit a daily-driven E 500 or one used for circuit days. Calipers come finished in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone shade and premium polished-forged or candy finishes available, so the visual through the wheel matches the rest of the build. Everything is specified for the W211 rear axle and supplied as a matched pair, not a generic fitment forced to fit.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz E CLASS W211 E 500 (2003-2009)

This kit is built for the W211-chassis E 500 across the full 2003 to 2009 production run. It mounts to the rear axle, is configured to suit the E 500 variant specifically and is supplied as a pair of rear calipers and discs. Confirm your exact build year before ordering.

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Pick your disc style, pad compound and caliper colour above and configure yours when you order.