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Old 02-16-2009 | 05:27 PM
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Old 02-16-2009 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='794422' date='Feb 17 2009, 10:27 AM
they needed > 1000 to make some solid blocks of steel??
help save the modding industry, buy a brembo
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Brembo BBK is still on my mod wish list... sad to hear people losing jobs, but I wonder if this will mean decrease in price for consumers...
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Originally Posted by BMWRINO' post='794524' date='Feb 16 2009, 08:20 PM
Brembo BBK is still on my mod wish list... sad to hear people losing jobs, but I wonder if this will mean decrease in price for consumers...
doubt it, that's why they are cutting jobs, rather than discounting prices
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='794526' date='Feb 17 2009, 12:22 PM
doubt it, that's why they are cutting jobs, rather than discounting prices
yeah :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by BMWRINO' post='794524' date='Feb 17 2009, 12:20 PM
Brembo BBK is still on my mod wish list... sad to hear people losing jobs, but I wonder if this will mean decrease in price for consumers...
it will be AP on my list
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