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"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly) 03/23/2017 at 12:00 • Filed to: Wheels, GTI, VW GTI

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All I want to do right now is leave work, ignore professional and domestic duties, and go home and put on my new wheels using my newly replenished array of tools.

Pictured: Not my car, but close, and with my new-to-me wheels (Photo credit: “RacingManiac” from GolfMk7 forums)

It has been fun getting all the tools needed to readily swap wheels (floor jack, torque wrench, correct size sockets in metric, jack stands, and today a caliper to double-check that the seller didn’t accidentally mix in the wrong length lug bolts since the seller had some that went with a wheel spacer).

I haven’t cared much about wanting to work on my own cars !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , because I haven’t really been emotionally invested in my cars since then, even though I still loved cars. I have generally decided that my time was more valuable than the cost to have others to work on my cars, but now I’m almost curious to see if I decide to do anything else myself since I’ve started going back down this path.

Darn being a responsible person (aside from slacking off to write this).

Nothing > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 03/23/2017 at 12:05

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Tell me about it. I work from home, and I’m really trying to fight the urge to go out in the garage and get my new hard brake lines in, so I can then reassemble the rest of the front end.

vicali > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 03/23/2017 at 12:16

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I love swapping wheels.

Our two vehicles get done, and then I do the three cars of our friends who live across the road (single mom, two girls, three cars)..

I usually take an afternoon, get our the floorjack, impact, and torque wrench, and pretend to be a pit crew.

This year new tires are going on the truck, so that’s extra fun.