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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen BORA 2.3 I V5 (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1999-2005)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-003-FRONT

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

Fits Volkswagen BORA 2.3 I V5 (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1999-2005)

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

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen BORA 2.3 I V5 (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1999-2005) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Volkswagen Bora 2.3 V5 carries most of its mass over the front axle. The narrow-angle five-cylinder is a long, iron-blocked unit mounted transversely ahead of the wheel centreline, and that weight lands on the front brakes every time the car slows. This XYZ Racing front brake kit is the front-axle answer for a PQ34 saloon that asks more of its stoppers than the original two-piece OE caliper arrangement was built to deliver.

This is a fast-road and circuit upgrade rather than a cosmetic one. The kit fits a larger front disc and an uprated caliper to the Bora’s front hubs, so a VR5 driven hard down a B-road or through a track-day session keeps a firmer pedal long after the standard discs would have started to soften.

What this big brake kit does for your 1999-2005 Volkswagen Bora 2.3 V5

The first thing you feel is brake bite that arrives sooner and stays consistent as the discs heat. A bigger front rotor gives the pad more leverage and more thermal mass, which is exactly what a nose-heavy front-driver needs when it is hauling the V5’s weight down from speed repeatedly. The two-piece floating disc design helps the front axle shed heat rather than soak it. Three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, let you match the kit to how the Bora actually gets used, from quiet daily commuting through fast-road work to back-to-back lap sessions. The result is a longer, more predictable pedal and more confidence trailing the brakes into a corner.

About the Hollow front brake kit

The kit replaces the standard front disc and sliding caliper with a larger-diameter two-piece floating rotor and a fixed multi-piston caliper sized for harder use. The caliper is a hollow body as standard, cutting rotating and unsprung mass so the front axle resists fade under sustained load; for the most demanding track use there is an optional Hollow Racing caliper rated to 1000C, with a two-year warranty and no dust cover. Pad compound is your call when you order: Street for road use and low dust, Sport for spirited fast-road driving with more bite and heat range, and Racing for circuit work where peak temperatures stay high. Discs are offered drilled or slotted at the same price, and a two-tone anodized centre bell in five colours or titanium can be added at checkout, so the kit can sit discreetly behind the wheels or stand out through the spokes. It is a bolt-on front upgrade engineered around the Bora’s existing front geometry.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Bora 2.3 V5 (1999-2005)

This kit is a front-axle fitment for the Volkswagen Bora 2.3 V5 built between 1999 and 2005, supplied as a matched pair of left and right corners. It is specified only for cars running the two-piece OE caliper, so check which factory caliper your car carries before ordering, as the single-piece caliper variant takes a different setup.

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Painted caliper finishes (Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, Anodized Black) come at no extra cost, with premium polished and candy options available. Choose your pad compound and caliper colour from the options above.

What’s in the kit

Front axle kit — supplied as a complete bolt-on assembly.

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 330–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • 2×High-stiffness mounting brackets
  • 2×Braided stainless steel brake lines
  • 4×High-performance brake pads (1 set)
  • 1×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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