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Old 01-17-2004, 03:43 PM
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whats pbr?
this is a simple question, what the hell does pbr stand for?
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Old 01-17-2004, 04:02 PM
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I suppose it would help if you can tell us where you saw this
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It has to do woth the caliper setup...on the rears as I recall...sorry, don't know what it stands for, must be some acronym/abbreviation for Rear and Brakes.
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Old 01-17-2004, 04:36 PM
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all over the boards. mostly in the brakes now that u mentioned it
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It's the company that made the calipers. They're in Australia.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon
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Pabst Blue Ribbon
Lol....no wonder you were hedging on Coors....you must think that the Rockies Finest is Import beer
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Yeap it's a company in Australia. In fact it right on the calipers; "PBR" & "Australia".
My Vette has PBR calipers on all four, stock.

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Old 01-17-2004, 10:29 PM
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so its a company, cool thanks all
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http://www.pbr.com.au

no offense, but Google.com is a wonderful tool.
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i thought of earl pitts and his favorate beer, along with kidd rock
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Keep this up.... and this thread is gonna get moved to the beverages forum.
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