XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Skoda OCTAVIA MK3 (5E) (2013-2019)

The Octavia MK3 (5E) shares its MQB underpinnings with the Golf Mk7 and SEAT Leon, which means a capable, front-biased chassis whose rear axle does comparatively little of the braking work as standard. Push that setup on a fast road run or a track day and the rear discs heat-soak, the bias creeps forward, and the car starts to understeer under braking. The XYZ Racing rear brake kit for the Skoda Octavia MK3 (5E) puts thermal headroom back where the factory specification runs short.

This is a rear-axle kit, a matched pair of rear calipers and two-piece floating discs, built to partner a serious front setup and hold consistent balance when you are braking hard into a corner, then doing it again. The discs trim rotating and unsprung mass at the back, and three pad compounds let you match the kit to how the car is actually driven.

What this brake kit does for your 2013-2019 Skoda Octavia MK3 (5E)

On a 2013-2019 Skoda Octavia MK3 (5E), the first thing you feel is a firmer, more progressive rear bite that stays consistent as the discs come up to temperature. Because the kit adds thermal capacity at the rear, the front-to-rear balance holds together through successive stops rather than washing forward into nose-heavy understeer. The two-piece floating discs reduce unsprung mass at each rear corner, which sharpens how the rear axle settles over mid-corner bumps and lets the dampers work cleaner. Fit the Racing compound and fade resistance climbs for sustained circuit sessions; fit the Street compound and you keep strong cold bite with lower dust for daily use, with Sport sitting between the two for fast road. The caliper colours mean the kit sits behind open spokes without looking like a generic bolt-on.

About the rear big brake kit

This is XYZ Racing’s rear-axle upgrade for cars asked to brake harder than their factory specification was designed for. The defining feature is the two-piece floating disc, whose hollow-vane internal structure is lightened to cut rotating and unsprung mass while keeping enough thermal mass to resist fade under repeated heavy braking, and whose floating mount lets the friction ring expand under heat without dragging its alloy bell out of true. Disc faces come drilled or slotted at the same price, chosen when you order. It pairs an uprated caliper with a rotor sized for the rear of the Octavia, finished in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a custom Pantone match available. Pad compound is chosen at the point of order: Street for stock-feel road use, Sport for spirited road and occasional track days, and Racing for circuit work where heat is the enemy. The caliper bodies are hollow-cast as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for dedicated track cars that removes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. Being a rear kit, its job is balance and thermal stability rather than outright stopping force, so it complements a front big brake setup rather than replacing the need for one.

Fitment for the Skoda Octavia MK3 (5E) (2013-2019)

This kit is specified for the Skoda Octavia MK3 (5E), covering the 2013 to 2019 model years, and mounts to the rear axle. Confirm your exact trim against the options above before ordering so the rear caliper and disc match your car.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour for the Skoda Octavia MK3 (5E) and build your rear brake kit from the options above.