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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen GOLF 4 1.8 (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1998-2003)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-014-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 GOLF 4 1.8 (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1998-2003)

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 GOLF 4 1.8 (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1998-2003) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Mk4 Golf carries most of its mass over the nose, and on the 1.8 that weight lands hardest the moment you lean on the brakes, which is exactly where the factory single-piston sliding caliper starts to wilt on a hot lap or a long descent. This XYZ Racing front big brake kit for the Volkswagen Golf 4 1.8 (2WD) targets that weakness directly: more clamping area and a larger front disc on the axle that does most of the work.

It is a front-axle upgrade for owners who have outgrown the OE setup: fast-road drivers who want a firmer, more confident pedal, and track-day regulars who need the front brakes to survive repeated heavy stops without going soft.

What this big brake kit does for your 1998-2003 Volkswagen Golf 4 1.8 (2WD)

The first thing you feel is bite. The OE sliding caliper flexes and tapers its pads as it heats; a fixed, larger-disc front setup holds a consistent pedal so you can brake later and trust it lap after lap. Fade resistance is the real prize on a nose-heavy front-driver like the Mk4, where the fronts shoulder the braking load. Pad compound is your tuning lever here: the Street and Sport options keep things quiet and dust-light for daily and fast-road use, while the Racing compound is there for circuit heat. The two-piece floating disc sheds heat between stops, so the result is shorter, more repeatable stops and far less of the spongy mid-pedal Mk4 owners know from a tired OE system.

About the Hollow front brake kit

The kit replaces the Golf’s OE front discs and calipers with a larger two-piece floating disc and an upgraded fixed caliper sized for the extra rotational mass a Mk4 puts through its front axle. The caliper is a hollow body as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing version rated to 1000C, a two-year warranty and no dust cover for serious track use. Three pad compounds are offered, Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware can be set up for a road car or a track tool without changing the kit. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and the caliper can be finished in an included painted colour or a premium polished or candy option, with a two-tone anodized or titanium centre bell selectable at checkout, so the look behind the wheel is yours to specify. Everything here is a bolt-on front-axle package designed around the Golf 4’s geometry rather than a generic adapter kit.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Golf 4 1.8 (2WD) (1998-2003)

This kit fits the 1998-2003 Volkswagen Golf 4 1.8 in 2WD form, supplied as a pair of front corners. One critical check before you order: it suits only cars running the two-piece OE front caliper. Confirm yours matches that spec, as the single-piece variants take a different fitment. It is a front-axle kit only.

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Painted caliper colours are included (Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, Anodized Black), with premium polished and candy finishes 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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