XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Mercedes Benz S CLASS W220 S 320 (1998-2002)

The W220 S 320’s factory front brakes were sized for grand touring duty: refined, progressive, and designed around the kind of motorway-speed single stops that an executive saloon sees in normal service. Stack up a series of hard brakings on a fast B-road or push the car onto a track session, and the thermal margin the standard setup carries begins to narrow more quickly than the car’s size suggests.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit addresses that gap at the front axle. Specified as a direct bolt-on for the pre-facelift W220 S 320 from 1998 to 2002, it replaces the stock front assembly with a matched pair of left and right calipers and larger-diameter two-piece floating discs, with a choice of pad compound and a caliper that reads well through the W220’s alloy wheel openings.

What this brake kit does for your 1998-2002 Mercedes Benz S Class W220 S 320

Increasing rotor diameter on a car of this mass delivers the most direct benefit under sustained braking: more swept area means heat is spread across a greater surface, keeping fluid temperatures and pad fade lower when the front axle is taking repeated loads. The two-piece floating, hollow-vane construction extends that headroom further, moving air through the disc at speed and letting the friction ring expand without coning rather than allowing heat to accumulate in the casting. The three pad compounds let the kit be matched to use case: Street is the quiet, low-dust everyday road default, Sport adds bite and heat range for spirited fast-road driving, and Racing is the track compound for circuit conditions where consistent bite over repeated heavy stops is the requirement. Disc faces are offered drilled or slotted at the same price.

About the Front Brake Kit

The kit is built around a two-piece floating, hollow-vane rotor where internal vane geometry channels air through the disc while the car is moving, drawing heat out rather than concentrating it, and the floating bell lets the friction ring grow under heat without distortion. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, light and stiff to resist flex, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for circuit use where fade resistance under sustained high-speed braking is non-negotiable, deleting the dust cover, rated to 1000C, and backed by a two-year warranty. Braided lines firm the pedal, and centre bells can be upgraded to two-tone anodizing in five colours or titanium at checkout. Included painted caliper finishes are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone for 150 pounds, plus premium polished-forged and candy options covering most combinations from subtle to visible. The kit is front-axle specific and fits directly to the W220 front hub carrier without modification to steering or suspension geometry.

Fitment for the Mercedes Benz S Class W220 S 320 (1998-2002)

This front brake kit is listed for the Mercedes Benz S Class W220 in S 320 specification, covering model years 1998 through to 2002 (the pre-facelift W220 platform) and supplied as a left-and-right front pair. Confirm your chassis carries the W220 body designation before ordering; the W221-generation S Class that followed used a revised front hub carrier geometry and is not compatible with this fitment.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour from the options above when you order.