XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Volkswagen GOLF 7 R (2014-2020)

The Golf 7 R’s Haldex-based 4Motion feeds genuine drive to the rear axle, which means the back brakes do more thermal work than the modest hardware fitted from the factory was ever sized for. On the road that goes unnoticed. String together a handful of hard stops on a circuit and the rear is the first place the car’s balance starts to wander. The XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit for the Volkswagen GOLF 7 R (2014-2020) is aimed squarely at that problem.

It is built around lightweight two-piece floating discs with a hollow-vane core that cut rotating and unsprung mass at the rear while adding the heat capacity a roughly 1.5-tonne, 300bhp hot hatch needs when it is being pushed. Run alongside a front upgrade, it restores the front-to-rear brake balance that makes the Mk7 R trustworthy under repeated heavy braking.

What this brake kit does for your 2014-2020 Volkswagen GOLF 7 R

The Golf R carries most of its mass over the nose, so a rear kit is about consistency and balance rather than raw stopping power. Shedding mass through the hollow-vane disc core sharpens how the rear axle reacts to a step on the pedal and reduces the rotating inertia the hubs have to fight. More disc area and better heat shedding keep rear-end bite repeatable when the brakes are hot, so the car stays settled into a corner instead of nervously stepping the tail. Three pad compounds let you match the rear to how the car is actually used: Street for quiet, low-dust daily commuting, Sport for fast-road work with the heat range for occasional track days, and Racing for back-to-back circuit sessions. Caliper finishes from the included Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black through premium polished-forged, candy and custom Pantone options mean the upgrade looks deliberate behind the wheel spokes.

About the Hollow Rear Brake Kit

The defining feature here is the two-piece floating disc, whose hollow-vane core removes material from the rotor to lower weight without giving up the swept area or thermal mass that fade resistance depends on. Less rotating mass at each rear corner means the suspension has less unsprung weight to control and the drivetrain less inertia to spin up and slow down. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, with a Hollow Racing upgrade for harder use that drops the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty. The kit pairs those discs with a fixed caliper and a choice of three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware covers a road-biased setup or a harder racing pad for circuit duty, and faces come drilled or slotted at the same price. Caliper colour is specified at order, from the included Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black through premium polished-forged and candy finishes to any Pantone as a custom colour. It is engineered as a rear-axle pair to be combined with a matching front kit, giving the whole car a consistent, predictable brake feel.

Fitment for the Volkswagen GOLF 7 R (2014-2020)

This is a rear-position kit built specifically for the Volkswagen GOLF 7 R across the 2014-2020 model years, supplied as a left-and-right pair. Confirm your exact build year against the range above before ordering, and choose your pad compound and caliper colour to suit how the car is driven.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour above, then order your GOLF 7 R rear kit.