XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Toyota CELICA 2.2 (2WD) (1994-1999)

The front-driven T200 Celica puts every gram of braking force through two corners. The naturally aspirated 5S-FE 2WD platform was never short of composure on a fast road, but the factory stoppers were sized for routine duty, not the sustained circuit work where heat builds steadily from one braking zone to the next. The XYZ Racing Hollow Front Big Brake Kit gives this chassis the front-end bite it was always capable of using.

Front-wheel-drive platforms experience brake fade differently to rear-drive cars: when the front discs lose efficiency under load, you forfeit retardation and steering authority at the same moment. Upgrading to a larger swept area and a hollow-vane, two-piece floating disc changes that equation materially, keeping pedal feel consistent well beyond what the OEM hardware can sustain in anger.

What this brake kit does for your 1994-1999 Toyota CELICA 2.2 (2WD)

The T200 Celica’s front axle carries both the drive and braking load, a trade-off inherent to FWD design that makes front brake specification more consequential than on most rear-drive platforms. A larger disc gives the system more thermal mass to absorb energy, and the hollow-vane construction sheds that heat faster than a conventional vented casting manages. The two-piece floating disc trims rotating mass, and braided lines come as part of the kit. The result is a more stable pedal across a full session and shorter stops where the braking zone matters. Three pad compounds let you calibrate to actual usage: Street is the quiet, low-dust default for daily improvement over OEM, Sport adds bite and heat range for spirited road work with occasional track outings, and Racing handles repeated hard stops from speed without the fade. The caliper finish means the under-wheel presentation can be set to suit the rest of the build.

About the Hollow Front Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing’s hollow-vane disc sits at the centre of this kit’s performance claim. By moving air through the disc body, it sheds heat faster while preserving the swept area and thermal capacity needed for sustained braking loads, and the two-piece floating construction reduces rotating and unsprung mass. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, and braided lines are included. The three-stage compound range builds on that foundation: Street raises the baseline over OEM with low dust and no warm-up routine, Sport raises bite and temperature tolerance for frequent spirited use, and Racing is the choice when the car sees regular circuit sessions and needs to absorb repeated maximum-effort stops without deteriorating. Painted caliper finishes Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black are included at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone at £150 and premium polished-forged and candy finishes also offered. The spec is set once and arrives as a complete pair.

Fitment for the Toyota CELICA 2.2 (2WD) (1994-1999)

This kit is listed specifically for the Toyota Celica 2.2 (2WD) across the 1994 to 1999 model years, the T200-series naturally aspirated front-wheel-drive variant. It is not compatible with the GT-Four (ST205) AWD platform, which uses a different front hub and brake architecture, nor with earlier T160-series Celicas. If your car carries the 3S-GTE turbo and four-wheel drive, this is not the correct front fitment.

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Pad compound, caliper colour, and disc style are all selected when you order; configure yours using the options above.