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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Infiniti Q45 Y33 (1997-2001)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-IN-005-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø330–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Infiniti Q45 Y33 (1997-2001)

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 — Infiniti Q45 Y33 (1997-2001) — 330 mm
330 mm

The Q45 Y33’s VH45DE, a 4.5-litre naturally aspirated V8, hauls roughly 1,700 kilograms of luxury saloon, and the front braking setup Infiniti fitted was calibrated for composed, silent motorway stops rather than the load cycles that come with genuinely spirited use. Push the car hard and the factory front brakes tell you exactly what their brief was.

The XYZ Racing front big brake kit for the Infiniti Q45 Y33 (1997-2001) changes that equation at the front axle. It is a pair of front calipers and two-piece floating discs, sized to the work the front end actually does. Three pad compounds and a full caliper finish range mean the installation is configured to match both how the car is used and how it looks through the spokes.

What this brake kit does for your 1997-2001 Infiniti Q45 Y33

Weight is the central problem. At 1,700 kilograms, the Q45 Y33 asks far more of its front brakes under trail-braking or repeated downhill stops than a lighter sports car would, and the stock setup was never sized for that duty. The hollow-vane two-piece disc reduces unsprung and rotating mass without compromising swept area, a real gain on a heavy RWD saloon where heat cycling over multiple hard events would otherwise bring fade on early. The floating bell lets the disc expand evenly under heat, keeping the rotor flat and the pedal honest.

Three compounds let you match the chemistry to actual use. Street gives noticeably better bite and feel on the road with low dust and low noise. Sport widens the heat range for mixed use with the occasional track day. Racing is the full track compound for owners running the Y33 in earnest. Braided lines are included throughout, sharpening pedal feel over the aged factory hoses.

About the front big brake kit

The caliper is hollow-body forged as standard, which keeps weight down without losing rigidity under clamp load. On a car as heavy as the Q45, the matched two-piece disc is what holds bite further into a session, shedding heat between stops rather than running saturated. Discs come in drilled or slotted finish at the same price, and centre bell upgrades in two-tone anodizing across five colours, or titanium, are selectable at checkout.

Included painted caliper colours are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black at no extra cost. Custom Color in any Pantone is available for an extra £150. Premium polished-forged finishes cover Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, with a premium candy range of Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red and Candy Orange. For serious circuit use an optional Hollow Racing caliper deletes the dust cover, is rated to 1000C and carries a two-year warranty.

Fitment for the Infiniti Q45 Y33 (1997-2001)

This front big brake kit is built for the Y33 chassis, covering Q45 models produced between 1997 and 2001. The kit addresses the front axle specifically on this rear-wheel-drive saloon. Owners with the earlier Y32-generation Q45 or the later Y34 platform should not assume compatibility carries across those chassis boundaries.

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Select your pad compound, caliper finish and disc style from the options above to build your kit.

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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