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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Seat LEON 2.0 TFSI (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2005-2012)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-SE-006-FRONT

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

Fits Seat LEON 2.0 TFSI (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2005-2012)

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

Made to order. Full payment is taken at checkout. Production begins once payment is confirmed.

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Seat LEON 2.0 TFSI (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2005-2012) — 330 mm
330 mm

For the Seat Leon 2.0 TFSI on the Mk2 1P platform, the caliper specification is not an afterthought; it defines what upgrade path is available to you. The two-piece OE caliper fitted to the higher-spec 2.0 TFSI differs in mounting geometry and piston arrangement from the single-piece units found on lower-powered Leon variants, so a brake kit built for one will not transfer to the other. This XYZ Racing front kit is built around the two-piece architecture and addresses it directly. It is a matched pair of front calipers and two-piece floating front discs, with the rear axle left untouched.

A 200bhp turbocharged front-drive car places a specific load on the front axle under hard deceleration. The PQ35 platform under the Mk2 Leon is a capable chassis, sharing its bones with the Golf Mk5 and Audi A3 8P, but the stock braking system was calibrated for road use. When temperatures are up and the roads are demanding, that calibration starts to show its limits.

What this brake kit does for your 2005-2012 Seat LEON 2.0 TFSI

The two-piece floating disc at the front axle is the core improvement. Compared to a one-piece OE disc, it improves heat dissipation under sustained load, keeping pad and brake-fluid temperatures within their working range for longer. Cutting rotating and unsprung mass at the front also sharpens turn-in, a useful gain on a quick FWD hatch. On a front-drive platform the front brakes carry the heaviest workload under deceleration, and that is precisely where this kit puts its improvement.

Three pad compounds let the kit be configured around real use. Street is the quiet, low-dust default for road driving. Sport suits mixed fast-road and occasional track work, with more bite and a wider heat range. Racing applies when brake temperatures will be consistently elevated. Caliper finish runs from the included Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black at no extra cost, through any Pantone as a Custom Color, to premium polished-forged and candy options, so the hardware sits cleanly in the Leon’s wheel arch rather than reading as a mismatched addition.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The caliper body is hollow-cast as standard, a forged design that keeps mass low without giving up clamping rigidity, and serious track users can step up to the optional Hollow Racing caliper, which deletes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C, and carries a two-year warranty. The kit is engineered around the two-piece OE caliper mounting standard on the 2.0 TFSI variants of the Mk2 Leon, using the existing caliper architecture as the foundation rather than replacing it wholesale. Discs are available drilled or slotted at the same price, so the choice is feel and looks, and the centre bells can be upgraded to a two-tone anodized finish in five colours or to titanium, all selectable when you order. As a front-axle fitment, the kit addresses the brake circuit that sees the greatest energy load on a front-drive turbocharged platform under sustained pressure.

Fitment for the Seat LEON 2.0 TFSI (2005-2012)

This kit is confirmed for the Seat Leon 2.0 TFSI produced between 2005 and 2012 on the Mk2 (1P) chassis. The fitment condition is specific: this kit applies only to models originally equipped with a two-piece OE caliper at the front axle. Leons of the same era running a single-piece caliper use a different mounting geometry and require a different kit. Verify your existing caliper type before ordering, which can be confirmed visually at the wheel without removal.

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Select your pad compound and caliper colour from the options above to complete the build.

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
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