Skip to content

Inc. VAT

Ex. VAT
Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen PASSAT 35I (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1988-1996)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-032-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 PASSAT 35I (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1988-1996)

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.

Pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay — or Klarna on eligible orders.

Caliper render for this kit:

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen PASSAT 35I (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1988-1996) — 330 mm
330 mm

The 35i-generation Passat carries the bulk of its mass over the front axle, and under hard braking it asks that same axle to do nearly all the work of hauling the car down. On the front-wheel-drive cars of this era the standard front discs run out of thermal headroom quickly once you start using them in anger, whether that is a committed B-road run or repeated stops from speed. This XYZ Racing front big brake kit replaces the OE setup with a larger, more thermally capable front pair built specifically for the 2WD Passat running the two-piece OE caliper.

What this buys you is consistency under heat. Supplied as a matched front pair, a bigger front disc and a stiffer caliper give a firmer pedal that does not go long after a few hard stops, which is exactly the failing owners of these 1988-1996 Passats know from the factory brakes.

What this brake kit does for your 1988-1996 Volkswagen Passat 35I (2WD)

After fitting, the first thing you feel is pedal response: a shorter, firmer travel with more bite at the top of the stroke. The larger front disc adds thermal mass, so brake temperatures climb more slowly and shed more readily between applications – the difference between a pedal that stays where you put it and one that sinks on the third hard stop. Because the Passat 35I is nose-led, sharpening the front brakes also tidies turn-in: you can trail the pedal deeper into a corner without the front pushing wide. Pad compound is your tuning lever – Street for daily driving, Sport for fast-road bite, Racing for track work – so the same hardware suits a sympathetic commute or a weekend blast.

About the front brake kit

The front brake kit is a bolt-on big brake upgrade that swaps the factory front disc and caliper for a larger, higher-capacity assembly sized to the front-wheel-drive Passat. It is built around two-piece floating discs whose hollow-vane construction trims rotating mass while holding swept area, paired with calipers that are hollow-bodied as standard. It is offered with three pad compounds – Street, Sport and Racing – letting you match friction level and operating temperature to how the car is actually used rather than accepting a single factory setting. The calipers come in a choice of finishes: the no-cost Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black, a custom Pantone colour, the polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, or the candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange, to suit your own scheme behind an open wheel, with discs drilled or slotted at the same price. As a front-axle package it targets the end of the car that generates the most heat and carries the most load on this platform. Everything is specified to work with the 2WD chassis fitted with the two-piece OE caliper, which keeps the mounting and hydraulics straightforward.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Passat 35I (2WD) (only for models with two-piece OE caliper)

This kit fits the 2WD Volkswagen Passat 35I built between 1988 and 1996, and only the variants that left the factory with the two-piece OE caliper. Confirm your caliper type before ordering, as syncro and single-piece-caliper cars take a different front package.

What buyers also search for

  • Volkswagen Passat 35I front big brake kit for fast-road and track use
  • Passat B3 / B4 front brake upgrade for a nose-heavy front-wheel-drive chassis
  • 1988-1996 Passat 2WD big brake conversion with selectable pad compounds
  • XYZ Racing front brake kit with painted, polished and candy caliper options
  • Two-piece OE caliper Passat brake upgrade that improves pedal feel under heat

Choose your pad compound and caliper colour 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
Same car

Other products that fit this vehicle

Front & rear brake kits, coilovers and more for this car

  • More XYZ products for the Volkswagen PASSAT 35I (2WD) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) appear here as the rest of the range publishes.