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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen NEW BEETLE (A5) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2012-2019)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-10-D-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 NEW BEETLE (A5) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2012-2019)

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

Made to order. Full payment is taken at checkout. Production begins once payment is confirmed.

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Caliper render for this kit:

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen NEW BEETLE (A5) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (2012-2019) — 330 mm
330 mm

The A5 New Beetle hides serious Golf MkVI hardware under its retro shell, and on the cars that ran the factory two-piece front caliper, the nose carries most of the braking load. The XYZ Racing front brake kit for the Volkswagen New Beetle (A5) targets exactly that front axle, adding clamping force and thermal headroom the standard setup runs short of on a committed back road or a track session.

This kit suits only the New Beetle (A5) variants that left the factory with the two-piece OE caliper, so it matches the higher-spec front end rather than the entry brakes. Supplied as a matched front pair, get the caliper type right and the kit bolts to the geometry the car was engineered around.

What this brake kit does for your 2012-2019 Volkswagen New Beetle (A5)

Front-wheel-drive and front-biased, the New Beetle (A5) leans hard on its front brakes, and that is where this kit earns its keep. The two-piece floating disc design sheds rotating mass and helps the rotor dump heat faster, so the pedal stays firm through repeated hard stops instead of going long as the fluid warms. Three pad compounds – Street, Sport and Racing – let you match bite and temperature range to how you actually drive, from daily commuting to harder circuit use. Caliper colour runs from the no-cost Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black through a custom Pantone colour to the polished-forged and candy finishes, so the upgrade reads behind the spokes as well as it works on the road.

About the front brake kit

The front brake kit is built around a lightweight two-piece floating disc paired with an upgraded caliper, replacing the OE two-piece front setup on the New Beetle (A5). The disc’s hollow-vane construction cuts rotating weight while increasing the surface area available to shed heat – the two factors that decide how a brake behaves once it is worked hard – and the caliper is hollow-bodied as standard. The caliper delivers more even pad pressure and a larger effective swept area than the standard part, which translates to shorter, more repeatable stops. Pad compound is chosen when you order: Street for road manners, Sport for a sharper everyday bite, and Racing for sustained high-temperature work. Caliper finishes run from the no-cost Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black to custom Pantone, the polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and the candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange options, with discs drilled or slotted at the same price. Because it is a position-specific front kit, it concentrates the upgrade where a nose-heavy front-driver needs it most, rather than forcing a full four-corner spend.

Fitment for the Volkswagen New Beetle (A5) (2012-2019)

This kit fits the Volkswagen New Beetle (A5) across the 2012-2019 model years, and only the variants originally fitted with the two-piece OE front caliper. Confirm your car ran that factory caliper before ordering – it is the single detail that determines whether this front kit bolts straight on. No rear hardware is included; this is a front-axle kit.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper colour, then configure your New Beetle (A5) front brake kit when you order.

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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