XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Toyota AVENSIS T22 (1997-2003)

The T22 Avensis arrived as Toyota’s answer to the Carina E’s successor problem: larger, heavier, and loaded with more standard equipment, but still relying on saloon-spec front brakes calibrated for longevity and light pedal effort rather than sustained performance. On an FWD platform like this, the front axle absorbs the full weight transfer under hard braking with no rear bias to share the load, and the stock setup’s limitations become apparent quickly once you drive the car with any real commitment. The XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit brings a meaningful step up in thermal capacity and initial bite where the T22 needs it most.

Three pad compounds mean the kit scales to how the car is actually used, whether that’s regular fast-road miles in the 1.8 petrol or something approaching track work in one of the rarer 2.0-litre derivatives. Street is the quiet, low-dust road default, Sport adds bite and heat range for fast road and occasional track use, and Racing is the dedicated circuit compound.

What this brake kit does for your 1997-2003 Toyota AVENSIS T22

Because the T22’s nose carries the engine, transmission, and final drive all in one assembly, the front brakes build genuine heat during sustained hard driving that the factory setup was never designed to handle repeatedly. The hollow-vane disc construction addresses this by moving air through the rotor, dropping temperatures across repeated hard stops where solid discs would begin to fade. The two-piece floating disc also trims rotating and unsprung mass at the loaded front corners. Compound choice then layers on top: Street handles the majority of everyday driving, Sport extends the operating range for B-road and dual-carriageway use, and Racing keeps bite consistent under the kind of sustained thermal stress the standard Toyota setup dislikes.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The XYZ Racing Hollow series is a fitment-specific brake upgrade designed to work within the original front suspension geometry of each application, with no bracket fabrication, no spacers, and no compromise to steering geometry. The hollow-vane disc is the core technical distinction from a standard vented replacement: internal airflow paths within the disc draw heat out more aggressively during and after a braking event, keeping operating temperatures within the pad compound’s working range for longer. The discs are two-piece and floating, the caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, and braided lines are included. Three compounds cover daily-driver duty through to club motorsport. Painted caliper colours at no extra cost are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black; a Custom Color in any Pantone is £150, with premium polished-forged (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver) and candy finishes (Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red, Candy Orange) also available.

Fitment for the Toyota AVENSIS T22 (1997-2003)

This kit covers the full T22 generation run from 1997 through 2003, spanning saloon and hatchback bodystyles and the complete petrol and diesel engine range. Front-axle brake specification on the T22 is consistent across those variants, so the kit applies whether the car is a 1.6 GS, a 1.8 CDX, or the 2.0 D-4D. If the car has had any non-OEM brake work on the front axle, verify the existing caliper mounting configuration before ordering.

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Choose your pad compound, caliper colour, and disc style using the options above to order.