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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Porsche BOXSTER (1996-2012)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-PO-007-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø356–444 mm
  • Caliper pots6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Porsche BOXSTER (1996-2012)

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£2,200.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£2,200.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Porsche BOXSTER (1996-2012) — 356 mm
356 mm

The Porsche Boxster’s mid-engine layout gives it near-perfect static weight distribution, but under hard braking from circuit speeds that balance shifts decisively forward, and the 986 generation’s standard front discs, built to road tolerances, reveal their limits within a handful of sustained laps. This XYZ Racing front big brake kit for the Boxster (1996-2012) addresses that deficit directly: a larger swept area, hollow-vane disc construction for improved heat evacuation, and three pad compounds that let you match the setup to how you actually use the car.

For the 987 generation owner who has started pushing harder, longer track days, more aggressive sessions at Silverstone or Snetterton, the standard brakes cope, but only just. This kit takes the margin back, fitting the front axle as a matched left and right pair with two-piece floating discs.

What this brake kit does for your 1996-2012 Porsche BOXSTER

The hollow-vane disc draws heat away from the friction surface more efficiently than a conventionally vented item, keeping pad behaviour consistent across multiple hard braking events rather than degrading as temperatures climb. Front brake bias is particularly consequential on a mid-engined car: the Boxster rewards precise trail-braking, and a fade-free front end gives the driver confidence to carry that technique into a corner rather than abandoning it. Three compounds, Street, Sport, and Racing, mean the same hardware serves a daily-driven 987 S that occasionally sees a track day and a dedicated 986 running regular sessions where a compound that builds temperature quickly genuinely matters. Two-piece floating disc construction lets the friction ring expand and cool independently of the bell.

About the Hollow Front Brake Kit

This XYZ Racing kit is built around a ventilated, hollow-vane disc design that prioritises thermal management, moving heat away from the pad-to-disc contact surface and reducing the risk of compound glazing during back-to-back runs. Three compounds are available within the same kit: Street is the quiet, low-dust compound for everyday use; Sport is calibrated for stronger, more progressive response without requiring the disc fully up to temperature first; Racing is for full circuit use where fade resistance under sustained load matters. The forged caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, with an optional Hollow Racing upgrade for serious track use, 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, premium polished-forged finishes (Titanium, Polished Gold, Polished Silver), and candy finishes (Candy Teal, Candy Blue, Candy Red, Candy Orange), a level of detail that makes particular sense on an open roadster where the wheels and brakes are often visible together. The front kit covers the complete 1996-2012 production run across both Boxster generations.

Fitment for the Porsche BOXSTER (1996-2012)

This front kit is confirmed for the Porsche Boxster across the 986 (1996-2004) and 987 (2005-2012) generations, covering both standard and S specifications throughout the production span. As with all big brake fitments, verify wheel clearance for your specific rim before ordering; the upgraded disc and caliper combination requires adequate spoke clearance, and this is worth confirming against your wheel specification.

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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.

What’s in the kit

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

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 356–444 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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