XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz ML 500 4MATIC W164 (2006-2011)

Stopping a 2.2-tonne 4MATIC SUV time and again is a heat problem long before it is a grip problem. The W164 ML 500 carries a lot of mass over its driven rear axle, and on a long motorway descent, a loaded tow run or a fast B-road the standard rear discs soak up heat faster than they can shed it, which is where the pedal starts to go long. This XYZ Racing Rear Big Brake Kit for the Mercedes Benz ML 500 4MATIC W164 (2006-2011) tackles that directly.

The two-piece floating disc gives the rear axle more thermal headroom and a cleaner pad bite, so the rear of the car keeps doing its share of the work instead of handing everything forward to the front brakes. Supplied as a matched pair of rear calipers and rear discs, it brings the kind of rear stability under load that you actually feel on a heavy all-wheel-drive platform.

What this brake kit does for your 2006-2011 Mercedes Benz ML 500 4MATIC W164

After fitting, the first thing you notice is consistency: the rear discs run cooler, so the pedal stays firm through repeated heavy stops rather than fading as the kit heats up. Specify the drilled disc face and it helps clear gas and water from the pad contact patch, which sharpens initial bite in the wet, useful on a tall SUV that already pitches forward under braking; a slotted ring is available at the same price if you prefer. Three pad compounds let you match the car to its job: Street for everyday, low-dust running, Sport for harder road use and a wider heat range, and Racing for sustained high-heat work. Better rear thermal balance also takes load off the front axle, which on the W164 means front-and-rear effort shared properly, less front-pad smell and longer service intervals all round.

About the rear big brake kit

The kit pairs an upgraded caliper with a larger two-piece floating rotor sized for the rear of the W164 ML 500. The disc can be specified drilled or slotted at the same price, either pattern stripping weight from the rotor and opening up paths for heat and brake gas to escape, the two things that kill rear-axle performance on a heavy vehicle. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, with a Hollow Racing upgrade (no dust cover, rated to 1000C, two-year warranty) for hard track or heavy-duty use. The kit ships with a choice of three friction compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware suits a daily ML or one that tows and gets driven hard. Painted caliper finishes come at no cost in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black; a Custom Color in any Pantone is GBP 150, and premium polished-forged finishes (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver), candy finishes (Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red, Candy Orange) and two-tone or titanium centre bells are also available. It is a bolt-on rear upgrade designed to lift braking endurance without changing how the car behaves day to day.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz ML 500 4MATIC W164 (2006-2011)

This kit is built for the W164-generation Mercedes Benz ML 500 4MATIC, model years 2006 to 2011. It fits the rear axle and is designed around that chassis code, so confirm your car is a W164 ML 500 4MATIC within that year span before ordering.

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Pick your pad compound and caliper colour and configure yours using the options above.