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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Opel CALIBRA 2.0 8V/ 16V (1989-1997)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKR-OP-003-REAR

  • IncludesRear axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionRear
  • Disc Ø380–421 mm
  • Caliper pots8-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Opel CALIBRA 2.0 8V/ 16V (1989-1997)

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£3,200.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£3,200.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Rear Brake Kit — Opel CALIBRA 2.0 8V/ 16V (1989-1997) — 380 mm
380 mm

The Calibra’s nose-heavy, front-drive layout throws the bulk of braking load over the front axle, which is exactly why the rear end gets ignored on a car that is now more than three decades old. On a 2.0 8V or the prized 16V C20XE red-top, tired rear hardware quietly undermines pedal feel and balance long before the fronts give up.

This XYZ Racing rear big brake kit for the Opel Calibra 2.0 8V/ 16V (1989-1997) restores proper rear bite and lets the back axle pull its weight under trail braking and on long downhill stops. As a rear kit it pairs two matched callipers with two uprated discs. It is a measured upgrade for a slippery, light coupé that deserves brakes as fresh as the rest of the rebuild.

What this brake kit does for your 1989-1997 Opel Calibra 2.0 8V/ 16V

A consistent rear brake stops the Calibra squatting and unloading mid-corner, so the chassis stays settled when you brake late into a turn. Fresh callipers and discs cure the spongy, vague pedal that creeps in as 30-year-old hardware corrodes and seizes. The three pad compounds let you match the car’s use: Street for road, Sport for spirited fast-road work, and Racing for track days where rear fade kills lap consistency. On a front-biased coupé, a sharper rear simply gives you more braking authority to lean on without the tail feeling nervous.

About the rear big brake kit

The kit fits to the rear axle and pairs an uprated two-piece floating disc with a fixed-mount calliper, replacing the modest factory rear setup. The hollow-vane disc design sheds unsprung weight while keeping the rotor face large enough to soak up heat over repeated stops, and braided lines firm up the pedal that decades-old rubber hoses let go soft. Pad compound is your call across Street, Sport and Racing, so the same hardware suits a clean weekend road car or a Calibra that sees regular circuit use. Callipers are hollow-bodied as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing build (no dust cover, rated 1000C, two-year warranty) for hard track work. Painted finishes come at no extra cost in Red, Yellow, Gold, Black and Anodized Black; a Custom Color in any Pantone is +£150, with premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver and candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange options on offer. Discs are drilled or slotted at the same price, and two-tone anodized or titanium centre bells can be specified at checkout. The focus is honest stopping performance and heat management rather than cosmetics alone.

Fitment for the Opel Calibra 2.0 8V/ 16V (1989-1997)

This is a rear-axle kit for the Opel Calibra 2.0 8V and 2.0 16V built between 1989 and 1997. It is matched to that chassis and engine range. Confirm your exact variant and existing rear brake setup against the specification before ordering.

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Choose your pad compound and calliper colour from the options above when you order.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 380–421 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 8-pot
  • 2×High-stiffness mounting brackets
  • 2×Braided stainless steel brake lines
  • 4×High-performance brake pads (1 set)
  • 1×Fitting hardware & tools pack

Parking brake: Retains your original (OE) handbrake.

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 330–356mm (rear). 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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