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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volvo XC90 MK1 (2002-2014)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VL-012-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø380–444 mm
  • Caliper pots8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Volvo XC90 MK1 (2002-2014)

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£3,000.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£3,000.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volvo XC90 MK1 (2002-2014) — 380 mm
380 mm

The first-generation XC90 carries the better part of two tonnes, most of it sitting over the front axle of Volvo’s P2 platform, and that is exactly where the standard front discs run short of ideas. A long descent with seven aboard, a loaded boot, or a caravan on the towball, and the pedal starts to go long as heat builds into the OE setup. The XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit for the Volvo XC90 MK1 (2002-2014) is a front big brake kit built to keep that mass in check when the factory brakes run out of thermal headroom.

This is a front-axle upgrade, a matched pair of left and right front calipers and two-piece floating discs, aimed squarely at the corner that does the hard work on a heavy, nose-led seven-seater. Larger front discs and a fixed performance caliper add the swept area and the clamping consistency a fully laden XC90 needs when it is being worked rather than wafted.

What this big brake kit does for your 2002-2014 Volvo XC90 MK1

The first thing you feel on your 2002-2014 Volvo XC90 MK1 is a firmer, more progressive pedal that holds its travel as the brakes get hot. The bigger front disc gives more area to shed temperature, so repeated stops from motorway speed, or a sustained mountain descent with a full cabin, no longer leave you chasing a softening pedal.

Pad compound lets you match the kit to how you actually use the car. Street stays quiet and low-dust for everyday family duty. Sport adds bite and heat range for harder fast-road work and the odd track day. Racing gives bite from cold and resistance to heat soak. The fixed caliper comes in the included painted finishes Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, so the upgrade reads behind the wheels as intent rather than decoration.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

XYZ Racing’s Hollow front big brake kit pairs an oversized two-piece floating front disc with a fixed caliper to replace the single-corner weakness of a heavy SUV’s standard setup. The larger rotor raises the kit’s thermal ceiling, while the rigid caliper body resists the flex that bleeds feel out of an OE sliding arrangement once the discs are hot. The disc uses a hollow-vane core to drop rotating mass without losing the swept area heat management needs.

Disc face is drilled or slotted at the same price, with centre bell upgrades, two-tone anodizing in five colours or titanium, selectable when you order. Pad choice is part of the spec across Street, Sport and Racing compounds, covering the spread from a school-run XC90 to one that sees the occasional trackside parking field and spirited B-road. The caliper is hollow-body as standard, and beyond the included colours the premium tier covers polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver plus candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange, with any Pantone available as a Custom Color. The Hollow Racing caliper, with no dust cover, a 1000C rating and a two-year warranty, suits serious track use. It is a focused front-axle kit: it addresses the brake corner that limits a 2.1-tonne Volvo and leaves the rest of the system as the factory intended.

Fitment for the Volvo XC90 MK1 (2002-2014)

This kit is specified for the first-generation Volvo XC90 (the MK1, built 2002 to 2014) and fits the front axle. It is sold as a front-position big brake kit for this chassis across that year span; confirm your exact wheel clearance against the disc and caliper before ordering.

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Choose your disc style, pad compound and caliper finish and configure your kit when you order.

What’s in the kit

Front axle kit — supplied as a complete bolt-on assembly.

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 380–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 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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