{"id":5135,"date":"2015-10-09T13:07:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2015-10-09T13:07:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:07:53","slug":"a-lot-of-car-posts-coming-next-week-golf-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/a-lot-of-car-posts-coming-next-week-golf-r\/","title":{"rendered":"A lot of car posts coming next week &#8211; Golf R"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5903,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21962356422&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190130232022\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21962356422\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 16:12:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 02:00:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 02:00:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5904,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21992087761&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190116014058\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21992087761\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 16:12:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 02:00:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 02:00:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5905,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21948330686&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104163030\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21948330686&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5906,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21974520835&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190125002409\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21974520835\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 16:12:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 16:12:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5907,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21948331426&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104163033\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21948331426&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5908,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21948330836&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104163023\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21948330836&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The last 5 days have been incredibly busy. The posts after this one will each have a focus on a single mod. My GF&#8217;s Father loves working on cars but mostly anything made before 1990 because he&#8217;s not a fan of computer-controlled vehicles. He&#8217;s a talented guy. His barn is a haven of old cars, projects, parts and more tools than I&#8217;ve ever seen. He has a hydraulic lift and offered it up to me as well as a second set of muscles should I need some help. I learned a lot and he let me do most of the work but stopped me before I screwed anything up which was great.<\/p>\n<p>He did say I was the lowest car that&#8217;s entered his barn. We had a close call getting it in the front door:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21962356422\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5761\/21962356422_7f1636da80_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MK7 Golf R Bull-X Catted Downpipe Install&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21992087761\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MK7 Golf R Bull-X Catted Downpipe Install\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/726\/21992087761_e84e823738_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21948330686\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/607\/21948330686_1d6e07aeb8_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21974520835\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5832\/21974520835_55d10ce51e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21948331426\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21948330836\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MQB MK7 Golf R Upgrades\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/609\/21948330836_7e54183c99_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last 5 days have been incredibly busy. 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