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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen PASSAT (EXCLUDING VR6) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1988-1996)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VO-30-A-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 (EXCLUDING VR6) (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

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volkswagen PASSAT (EXCLUDING VR6) (ONLY FOR MODELS WITH TWO-PIECE OE CALIPER) (1988-1996) — 330 mm
330 mm

The B3 and B4 Passat carries most of its mass over the front axle, and the standard two-piece OE caliper was specified for a car that was never meant to be hustled down a mountain pass or strung together on a fast A-road. Heat builds, the pedal lengthens, and the front end starts to feel vague long before the chassis gives up. This XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit is the front-axle answer for the 1988-1996 Volkswagen Passat, fitted only to cars running the two-piece OE caliper and excluding the VR6.

It replaces the tired factory front setup with a larger, lighter front brake package and a choice of pad compound to match how you actually use the car. As a matched pair of left and right calipers and two-piece floating discs, the result is more clamping force, more thermal headroom, and a firmer pedal you can lean on with confidence.

What this brake kit does for your 1988-1996 Volkswagen Passat

On a nose-heavy front-driver like the Passat, the front brakes do nearly all the work, so this is where an upgrade is felt most. The bigger front disc resists fade on repeated stops, which matters on a long descent or a series of hard corners where the OE caliper would already be wilting. The two-piece floating disc and hollow-vane casting move heat away faster than the factory rotor managed, while keeping rotating mass down. Pad compound is your tuning lever: Street suits daily commuting with quiet, low-dust manners, Sport steps up bite and heat tolerance for fast-road use, and Racing is there for track and sprint work where you need consistent torque from a hot brake. Across all three, the gain is the same, a higher, more predictable pedal and shorter, more repeatable stops.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The Hollow Front Brake Kit pairs a hollow-bodied caliper, lighter as standard where it sits unsprung at the wheel, with a two-piece floating disc that trims rotating mass at the front axle so the brakes pull less from steering response and ride quality. As a complete front package, it bolts in where the two-piece OE caliper lived, putting more pad on more rotor. You choose the pad compound at point of order across Street, Sport and Racing, so the kit is set up for your use case rather than a one-size compromise. Caliper finish is configurable too: Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black are included at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone, premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange offered as upgrades. For the hardest track use there is a Hollow Racing caliper, run without a dust cover, rated to 1000C with a two-year warranty. The kit is a direct front-axle replacement, keeping the rear balance the car left the factory with.

Fitment for the Volkswagen Passat (1988-1996)

This is a front-only kit for the 1988-1996 Volkswagen Passat, covering the B3 and B4 generations. It fits petrol and diesel variants but excludes the VR6, and it is specified strictly for cars running the two-piece OE caliper. Before ordering, confirm your car uses the two-piece OE caliper, as the kit will not suit single-piece caliper variants. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and centre bells can be upgraded to two-tone in five anodized colours or titanium at checkout.

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Check your OE caliper type, choose your pad compound and caliper finish, and build yours using the configurator 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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