XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Porsche BOXSTER 981 (2012-2016)

The mid-engine layout of the 981 Boxster puts it in an unusually balanced position under hard braking; the front axle doesn’t carry the same disproportionate load found in nose-heavy front-engined sports cars. What the 981 does bring to a circuit is a naturally aspirated flat-six that pulls clean past 7,000 rpm, rewarding high-rev driving and encouraging the kind of extended track work that generates serious cumulative heat in the braking system. On the base model, standard front brakes manage road use without issue but approach their thermal ceiling after hard track sessions.

This XYZ Racing front big brake kit for the Porsche Boxster 981 runs across the full 2012-2016 production span, offering three pad compounds, Street, Sport, and Racing, and a full caliper colour range. Compound choice is the substantive decision: Racing suits drivers who run repeated circuit sessions; Sport covers road-biased ownership with occasional track days; Street is the quiet, low-dust compound for primarily road use. The kit fits the front axle as a matched left and right pair with two-piece floating discs.

What this brake kit does for your 2012-2016 Porsche BOXSTER 981

The front brakes on the 981 carry the greater part of the deceleration load even on a well-balanced mid-engine platform, and repeated hard stops on circuit accelerate the heat cycle beyond what standard equipment was sized for. Upgrading to this kit increases the swept area at the front axle, spreading thermal load across a larger disc mass and reducing the fade and spongy pedal that develop when a braking system operates past its designed limits. The hollow-vane disc and two-piece floating construction let the friction ring expand and cool independently of the bell, holding the pedal steady deep into a session. Three compounds let owners match friction material to actual use at the point of purchase rather than sourcing pads separately after fitting.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

The Hollow series is XYZ Racing’s front big brake kit for performance cars where the factory braking system underperforms in prolonged use. The kit is built around dedicated forged calipers, hollow-bodied as standard, with the buyer’s choice of compound, Street, Sport, or Racing, specified at order. Serious track users can step the caliper up to the Hollow Racing build, rated to 1000C with no dust cover and a two-year warranty. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price.

Included painted caliper colours are Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, and Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone handling requirements outside the painted set, plus premium polished-forged finishes (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver) and candy finishes (Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red, Candy Orange). Three compound tiers mean a single kit covers ownership from daily road driving through to regular track use without specifying a separate pad set for each context.

Fitment for the Porsche BOXSTER 981 (2012-2016)

Confirmed fitment covers the 981 Boxster from the 2012 model year to the final 2016 production cars, the last generation of the naturally aspirated Boxster before the 982’s turbocharged flat-six. The 981 production run began in late 2011; confirm the chassis designation reads 981 rather than 987 before ordering. The 981-generation Cayman, which shares the same platform, is listed as a separate fitment.

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Pad compound, disc style, caliper colour, and centre-bell finish are all chosen when you order. The configurator sits above this copy.