Urgh its killing me that my car is outside, im inside, and my strut bar is next door at the neighbors house becuase i didnt want my dad to know.... so i know what im doing tommorow!! can you say HAPPINESS!!!! WOOT!!!

 

have fun

 

OH BTW.... MRZ IS A GREAT VENDOR!!! It took less than a week from CANADA To ST. LOUIS!!! I love this STRUT BAR!!!

I cant wait!!!

 

lol @ the "i didnt want my dad to know."

You're in high school aren't you. I remember being under the same impression when I was in H.S. I used to hide all my mods from my dad I eventually gave up. Sure they get pissed at first but after a day or two they won't care. Now i'm in college and I mod my car all the time and my parents can careless. Actually are kind of interested in it. Was fun explaining to my dad what the Ingalls does. "It's so I don't get any wheel hop during hard launches."

 

im a senior... about to graduate in less than a month lol... i decided to get myself alittle grad present...s

 

Have your parents buy you a turbo kit I got myself a nice grad present senior year as well. It's in my sig.. lol

 

nah they are buying me a new laptop... i have a nice one as it is but they are buying me a brand new one for college...

 

X^2 me too lol im doing the same thing but im going to go get a dyno and tune :P and then for graduation they are going to be getting me rims!!

 

lol i do all my mods with them knowing just not this one... i am runnin alittle short on cash

 

Me too.. starting a new job monday woot. 9.50/hr. FTW

 

I work construction up at my church for 10 bucks an hour and then ill be working for the cardinals making 2-300 bucks a game as a vendor

 

Nice. I get to sit inside a nice air conditioned building on the computer testing insulation for the military. lol

 

not bad lol

 

i love my mrz strut bar...it looks so good and functions so well. post some pics when you get it in

 

I shall

 

wow, I'm glad to be grown...

 

lol yeah me too.. no hiding stuff from the parents.. but now that i think about it i never did hide any kinda mods from them when i was younger anyways..

 

It was fun hiding Nitrous from my dad in my Alero back in the day.

 

HOLY ****... so i'm not the only one who's parents bash them so badly about how ridiculous and frivilous they think spending money on mods is that they drive them to hide their mods from them???!@!...lol.

I order stuff and then don't say anything about the mod till it gets there. My parents and g/f are like... "what's that"? "when did you orderthat!!"...lol. And even then I'll try and make up (when applicable) some reason it is a "necessary" mod and will improve the longevity of my car...haha.

Examples:

Ingalls TD: I told them our cars are notorious for wheelhop (true) and this will save my engine from having an accidental break (eh... a little true).
Real reason: I wanted to reduce wheel hop for faster 60'.

Summer wheels: I told my parents i needed to because i was trying to save myself in the long run by buying winter tires for the stock rims and summer tires mounted on different rims. This way I could switch them out myself annually.
Real reason: I wanted nasty grip in the summer around turns and off the line, plus she's gotta be looking hot for the summer.

 

my parents can't say **** about me "wasting money" on mods.

my dad spend his entire youth building drag cars (some really sick ones...invested over 55k (that's what it woulda been by todays terms, anyhow...forget what he said actual $ invested was) in his 57 chevy...

and my mom is addicted to ebay and QVC, buys all sorts of needless **** that usually never even makes it out of the wrapper.

plus I'm always 3-4 months ahead on my bills...and I make more than my mom, so really...what right do they have to complain?

that, and im 23 working on my 2nd associates (going to eventually go on to BA) at CC so they don't really give a **** what I do with my car, as long as I don't kill myself with it all (and if I do...what are they gonna do, yell at me? lol)

 

I upgraded from my parents hounding... to my wife.

I tell her when she pays the mortage and my car payment, I will quit spending money on myself

 

Im out of high school and in college now and my mother still goes into my bank account and checks what I buy! I cant stand it, im moving out this summer. I still manage to hide every little thing I can, such as my cold air, stage 2, mounts, subs, and they eventually found out about my wheels when I put them on lol. When they find stuff I give them excuses like everyone stated above lol.

 

too bad my dad doesn't have that kinda *****.

lol...he even pays HER car payment, and she still hounds him

 

lol, i once told her I wanted us to be on an equal income so I'm spending money to compinsate for the fact I make more and she got livid.

1st Rule to Modding... Be Moved out of your parents house. Unless they don't care and will let you use garage space .

I pay $740 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment with a 20' x 20' garage (unattached) and only make like $11/hr and still find money to mod my car

 

you got that on yet?