Im so grounded

[WayFast84]

ok so I took my car out and around the block like 10 times it sounded ****** as hell (valve tap and some knocking sorta like a rub) then I realized I was on E and I went to the gas station and put $10 of regular ( I can do that :) ) and there were theese pretty girls in a volvo so Im done and Im sitting at the corner waiting for a chance to go and they come behind me and I see a chance to go so I floor the **** outa my car peeling out half way down the street (its a short street because I had to turn) and then I pull back to my house and my freind comes over and I tell my mom were goin to get an estimate for paint so we go there and we get there at 2:45 and they close at 3 and they give me the estimate (top of the line ****) $1800 included boddy work and there like are you gonna leave the keys here or what I said shure why not and they said they will get started on monday and should be done by thursday next sat. by the latest I was like :!: :!: and then me and my freind took a bus home and when I told my mom she flipped out and kicked me out for an hour and when she finally let me in I had to clean the garage :arrow: :arrow: O yeh Im getting my car painted charcole gray the original color Im not getting ground effects or a different bumper or anything just gonna look stock and after I pay all this **** off Im gonna order wheels and a 84 trans am aerokit and have it painted black

MATT

ps I havent been this happy since I met my ex gf

[Savage_Messiah]

Do you hav ea license? and a way to PAY for the paint job? lol

[Ian]

I believe he is 14, correct?

[Savage_Messiah]

yea that's what I'm thinkin

[JW]

Yea i am totally confused on all this driving around and dropping the car off if u dont have a license? So what basically did she ground you for then?

JW :D

[WayFast84]

no liscence
I drove it around the block my freind with a liscence drove it to get an estimate ( main roads) I have about 250 that I was gonna get a guitar with but now Its going to paint I would have had 1200 but I spent it on a cam, headers,y pipe,intake and a catback the only thing I have installed is the catback anyone want to help me put the rest of the stuff I have on? seeing I wont have any money to have it installed??

[JL8Jeff]

Ummm, why are you driving it and why are you telling a shop to paint it if you have no money? I can't believe you even have a car at that age. Why would you need to paint it now if you won't be able to drive it for several years? Better call that paint shop and cancel it before they start working on it.

[WayFast84]

Because We were soposed to have it painted in december and then like 15 things happened to the car and now its runing like a dream

[EVIL90SS]

uhhhhh....kid....u make absolutly no sense

[Savage_Messiah]

cam, headers,y pipe,intake and a catback the only thing I have installed is the catback anyone want to help me put the rest of the stuff I have on? seeing I wont have any money to have it installed??

I can/would help with all of those except for the cam, and that's solely because I don't know how to swap a cam/never done it before

[camaro2you]

ya all the driving around makes no sence and also i would do everything to the car that you want done before paint like i am doing/done i just put another rear in today i have to buy my other engine parts then in the spring it will be getting painted. this way nothing will get scratched and **** and i wont kill my self if it does happen. just my 2cents.

[Tsar]

Damn that was one big sentence that i've read. And why are you driving at 14?

[WayFast84]

ya all the driving around makes no sence and also i would do everything to the car that you want done before paint like i am doing/done i just put another rear in today i have to buy my other engine parts then in the spring it will be getting painted. this way nothing will get scratched and **** and i wont kill my self if it does happen. just my 2cents. Well I might just keep it as it is it has plenty enough power for me ( as long as it runs) and I rather have a car thats painted that runs with a few scratches from getting a cam installed then waiting to get my cam/headers installed and not have paint.
__________________________________________________ ________

Ok I honestly didnt drive the car around the block I lied...My freind who has a 1986 tojan drove it and I sat in the passangers seat....yeh Im a lier but hey at least my cars getting painted :)

[Brando56894]

Ummm, why are you driving it and why are you telling a shop to paint it if you have no money? I can't believe you even have a car at that age. Why would you need to paint it now if you won't be able to drive it for several years? Better call that paint shop and cancel it before they start working on it.

:werd: and where do u plan on getting the other $1550 for the paintjob? :confused:

[WayFast84]

My mom and I agreed that every penny that goes into the car I will pay off with intrest and then to your questions why not just get a better car with mor hp and paint? I dont want another car Im in love with this one

[coldkilla]

you are one weird kid. you do know that if they paint your car and you cant pay it then they will keep your car and sell it right?!! they have the right to do that. you shouldnt even be painting the thing until your ready to drive it.

[NJSPEEDER]

if you like the car, work on it the way you want.
**** you guys not telling him not to enjoy his car. if i had a car when i was his age i sure as hell woudl have worked on it too.
starting now, by the time he gets his license, that car will be completely bad ass. let teh little ricers at his school try to **** with him. thirdgen tail lights is all they will get

[nj85z28]

Well I might just keep it as it is it has plenty enough power for me ( as long as it runs) and I rather have a car thats painted that runs with a few scratches from getting a cam installed then waiting to get my cam/headers installed and not have paint.
__________________________________________________ ________

Ok I honestly didnt drive the car around the block I lied...My freind who has a 1986 tojan drove it and I sat in the passangers seat....yeh Im a lier but hey at least my cars getting painted :)


Dude, wtf man.... thats retarted to lie online, and even more stupid that you admitted it....luckily for you, these guys are more forgiving than i am, because i surely wouldnt help you

[Tsar]

Dude, wtf man.... thats retarted to lie online, and even more stupid that you admitted it....luckily for you, these guys are more forgiving than i am, because i surely wouldnt help you
:werd: wtf i dont get it. Were you trying to impress us or something by saying that you drove your car around the block?

[PBodyGT87]

Mods before bods. Seriously, a car that has serious performance but not so great of paint, is way better than a pretty car that's gonna get scratched up while you try to make engine improvements after you paid a bunch of money to have it look that nice. Besides, if it's not a looker, at least it can be a sleeper. Of course, both the paint and performance together are great for the total package appeal, but realistically, it's usually best to put the money towards making sure it runs like a champ continuously first. And if you really do think after a paint job that is as expensive as the one you're getting, that it's gonna get scratched when you install a cam, for the love of god, install the cam with the yucky paint. or at least protect the new paint with a tarp or something. Sorry, i'm done my rant. that's just two cents and the way I see it, but it's your car, and your money, not mine. Good luck. ;)

[BigAls87Z28]

While I have no idea what the hell is going on, point comes down to this..

How are you gunna pay these guys that are gunna paint your car? Did your mother take out a loan? Did you set up some sort of payment plan with the shop? Why did you buy parts for the car when you knew full well that it was gunna cost you X amount of dollars to paint it? I understand your ambition, but it sounds like you dont have a game plan here. You are just going about, doing what you want, with no goal or goals outside that you want to drive the car, which you wont really be able to do, legaly, till you are at least 16.

You shouldnt lie, especialy to us. We dont find it cool that an uninsured 14 year old is driving around with a car like that. We will help you out, but there is no need to lie like that.

My little brother is helping me with the 72, because one day Id like to give it to him as his bday present, and something for him to drive to school on nice days. It was that or buy a kit car hot rod, and have him drive that to school. Both would be bad ass. Good luck, but come up with a game plan first. No one will help you out if you know what you want to do.

[WayFast84]

Well its just that all the kids aroud here joy ride there moms car and everything and I DONT and they make fun of me and **** and I thought that you guys would be like wtf man just drive it your self you little pussy ( happened On a different forum) I do park/move the car in the drive way but thats different... SORRY GUYS

[BigAls87Z28]

Ok, now answer the question of how you plan on paying for this? I dont think you have a job as you cant get working papers till you are 15 or 16.

[WayFast84]

I mad 1200 in less then a year sitting on my ass
Im sure I will make at least 1000 this year
plus christmas gifts are going towards the car and I have a part time job with my freinds dad you can work at farms when you are 12 in nj and I get payed to snow blow peoples houses

[Tsar]

Well its just that all the kids aroud here joy ride there moms car and everything and I DONT and they make fun of me and **** and I thought that you guys would be like wtf man just drive it your self you little pussy ( happened On a different forum) I do park/move the car in the drive way but thats different... SORRY GUYS
remind me not to come to your neighborhood, i dont wanna be hit by a 14 year old joy riding a car...


on another note...good luck with the whole money thing.

[V]

1800 is not a lot at all for body work and paint, top of the line paint after buying the primer, base, reducers, etc would come to at least that price alone, plus labor, what brand paint is it? dupont, glasso, ...? are they baking it? single or two stage paint? factory color? jams? i dont mean to be a ball buster but for 1800 no shop around here would even bother looking at a car in that situation.

[unstable bob gable]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHH!!!!!!

DAMMIT, why can't some people use PUNCTUATION?!?!?!

PERIODS are YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friggin' run on sentences are soooooo fooked up!!!!!!!

[Savage_Messiah]

Mods before bods. Seriously, a car that has serious performance but not so great of paint, is way better than a pretty car that's gonna get scratched up while you try to make engine improvements after you paid a bunch of money to have it look that nice. Besides, if it's not a looker, at least it can be a sleeper. Of course, both the paint and performance together are great for the total package appeal, but realistically, it's usually best to put the money towards making sure it runs like a champ continuously first. And if you really do think after a paint job that is as expensive as the one you're getting, that it's gonna get scratched when you install a cam, for the love of god, install the cam with the yucky paint. or at least protect the new paint with a tarp or something. Sorry, i'm done my rant. that's just two cents and the way I see it, but it's your car, and your money, not mine. Good luck. ;)

take her word on it, I know I agree ;)

[deadtrend1]

maybe he has some rich relatives that will send him lots of $$ inside of xmas cards

[12secondv6]

Um, ok

[qwikz28]

dont worry about it. i was delivering in my camry when i was 14 up until i got my liscence and i turned out fine. :scratch:

anyways. i vote waiting on the paint just so you dont have to worry about scratching it up when you do engine work and having to leave it outside. besides, you really think your not gonna change your mind about colors, accessories and other effects on the car when your older? when i was 14 my dream car was a land rover. then i drove one when i was 15 and hated it. just my opinion

[Savage_Messiah]

Land rover?? When I was 14 my dream car was a Diablo lol

[WayFast84]

I allready have One of my dream cars! theres to more
an 02 trans am with a t56 raptor hood and torque thrust 2's black or red
a black or silver c5 vette manual tranny built lingeinfelter(sp) style

[NJSPEEDER]

when i was a kid i wanted my neighbros 67 stingray. azure blue with white accents, 427+6pack, side pipes, 4spd.

[V]

hell when i was a kid, i just wanted a bigfoot power wheels

[EVIL90SS]

if you like the car, work on it the way you want.
**** you guys not telling him not to enjoy his car. if i had a car when i was his age i sure as hell woudl have worked on it too.
starting now, by the time he gets his license, that car will be completely bad ass. let teh little ricers at his school try to **** with him. thirdgen tail lights is all they will get



did they even have cars when you were his age ???

[PBodyGT87]

did they even have cars when you were his age ???

hahahaahahahaaha.

[WayFast84]

:funny: :kneeslap: did they even have cars when you were his age ???

[jims69camaro]

soiunds like he's grounded for spending mom's money before telling her how much it was going to be. he was only supposed to be going after an estimate, but the guy hooked him with the "presumptive close" and asked him for the keys. pretty ****** thing to do to a 14 year old, and the paint shop had better make damn sure they are going to get their money before they get started. just my humble opinion.

i'm actually glad to know you are not driving around at 14. when i was your age, yeah, we messed around and joyrode mom&dad's cars, but the laws weren't the same. you can get screwed in more ways than one for driving without a license/registration/insurance (like 10 points, thousands of dollars in fines and court costs and then the insurance company will stick their hand in your pocket, too) - and then pray like hell that you don't get into an accident or anything.

[Brando56894]

Land rover?? When I was 14 my dream car was a Diablo lol


:werd: me too, and yea like everyone else said wait on the paint. dont joy ride when your 14 it might sound like a good idea but in the end it can **** you royally like jim said. if you get caught theres a possibility that you wont get your liscence until your like 20 or something. not cool.

[WayFast84]

Thats exzactly why I dont joyride! I have a car at 14 and am dying to get my liscence at 17 I dont want to wait till Im 20!! and a kid named mark who I used to be freinds with was joyriding his rice and he crashed it into white castle he was OWNED!! the most I ever do Is burn outs at the bottom of my drive way

[Brando56894]

a kid named mark who I used to be freinds with was joyriding his rice and he crashed it into white castle he was OWNED!!

silly ricers....

[camaro2you]

Thats exzactly why I dont joyride! I have a car at 14 and am dying to get my liscence at 17 I dont want to wait till Im 20!! and a kid named mark who I used to be freinds with was joyriding his rice and he crashed it into white castle he was OWNED!! the most I ever do Is burn outs at the bottom of my drive way

do you get in trouble for the burn outs, i aint gonna do any around the house any more, my dad said its up to you but if the neighbors call ur ****ed and its ur problem not mine, this also might because my last few burn outs involved smoke traveling through the neighborhood for 10 minutes. hehe

[WayFast84]

my burn outs arnt big (I dont have posi) when I do have posi and right before new wheels and tires I will go to gm alley ( a little street by us that has had everything from tojans,camaro's, trans am's and corvettes burn out there

[WayFast84]

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/5164/picture0747ml.jpg thats my biggest burn out in my car, My freind burned out out of the texico on inman ave. Im not sure if theres marks but their were to hot girls behind us

[Savage_Messiah]

did they even have cars when you were his age ???

good call matt :lol:

[slasherbarb]

I mad 1200 in less then a year sitting on my ass
Im sure I will make at least 1000 this year
how the hell did you do that???

and why are you painting you car now, when it will be another 2 1/2-3 years before you can drive it around...by that time, your fresh paint job won't look like you want it to...if you were smart you would slowly work on you car, build it up, then a month before you get your license, paint the car and what not, then roll into school and have all the ladies staring...

and no more of this joy-riding BS...you make on mistake, and you aint driving until your 21...let all your friends risk it, it ain't worth it

[BigAls87Z28]

Why not reinvest some money into 22 inch spinnas?

[Tsar]

Why not reinvest some money into 22 inch spinnas?
22s are old news son, he needs some 24inch dubs!

[Savage_Messiah]

Why not reinvest some money into 22 inch spinnas? :stfu: you're crap

[12secondv6]

26's!!!!!!

[HardcoreZ28]

Wait wait wait....did anyone else notice the first post where the car sounded bad and the valves were tapping and such? Then later on a few posts later it's running like a dream? Yay for magic!
A top notch will cost you more than $1800 in materials alone plus another 8-10k in labor so don't expect much from this shop and don't be disappointed if it's cracked and peeling by the time you get your license.
Get the engine running correctly, take a class and learn how to paint it yourself....and spend the next 3 years taking your time to do it right. And DO NOT Joyride!

[Brando56894]

8-10 grand in labor?

[BigAls87Z28]

WHA! Wow, didnt know paint jobs were that expensive. Well, super awesome mega detailed ones yeah.
IMO, this kid should sand the crap out of it, fill in the low spots, spray it with primer and just take it to a quality Macco shop. IMO, he will probably be happier with that, and you spend nearly as much money.

[Brando56894]

thats what i was thinkin al, 8-10 grand for labor sounds like a ****load of money

[V]

getting cars painted sucks, thats why ill be painting all my cars myself in the future, after a few i should get the hang of it. and 27"s are where its at. I have 20's(giovannas) and they look tiny on my truck, i want to upgrade to 24's but they are a lotta money. The cheap large wheels you can buy suck due to more rotating mass which wont allow the vehicle to stop nearly as good, thats why they charge so much for good 20's and larger.

[Brando56894]

yea the 20s on my dads rumble bee look small as hell compared to the rest of the truck

[WayFast84]

im getting 17x9.5 gunmetal zr1's I might get a new distributer and ignition and wait like untill i get my liscence for the rest of appearence(sp)

[Kojak]

I got to say Mods before Bods but whatever. When I was your age I was worried about pubic hair and pimples. But yeah work on it as much as you can so it will be bad ass when you hit he big one seven (17 for the non-dyslexic)...

[Brando56894]

When I was your age I was worried about pubic hair and pimples.

sal still worries about this.... :rolleyes:

[turbo96z28]

ok i'll jump in......


joy riding= WAY FOCKIN BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as paint....wait for it. i got a VW from my dad's friend when i was 14. it was a Quantum Wagon and looked like a POS. i saved cash and by the time i was 16, i had a nicely warmed up GTI Turbo motor in it and was keeping pace IROCs. i woulda killed for an Fbod when i was 14, but the VW was there and it was practice.

like Al said, you need a plan. sit down one day with a notebook and write out everything you want to do to it. then price out the parts online. make sure to remember that the mods have to compliment each other. you can't put on 17x9.5s and not upgrade the brakes. start at the wheels and work up to the paint, deatiling everything inbetween you want.

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

[BonzoHansen]

This thread makes no fooking sense, so here is a picture of The Fonz jumping a shark.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/SIBLY/Fonz_JTS02.png

[Savage_Messiah]

ok i'll jump in......


joy riding= WAY FOCKIN BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as paint....wait for it. i got a VW from my dad's friend when i was 14. it was a Quantum Wagon and looked like a POS. i saved cash and by the time i was 16, i had a nicely warmed up GTI Turbo motor in it and was keeping pace IROCs. i woulda killed for an Fbod when i was 14, but the VW was there and it was practice.

like Al said, you need a plan. sit down one day with a notebook and write out everything you want to do to it. then price out the parts online. make sure to remember that the mods have to compliment each other. you can't put on 17x9.5s and not upgrade the brakes. start at the wheels and work up to the paint, deatiling everything inbetween you want.

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

ahhh yes the golden rule... duct tape holds the world together! :cheers:

[turbo96z28]

ahhh yes the golden rule... duct tape holds the world together! :cheers:


if you can't fix it, DUCT IT!!!

[Savage_Messiah]

if you can't fix it, DUCT IT!!!

:werd:

[BigAls87Z28]

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

Where you, by any chance, on the parkway headed north today at around 430ish?

[turbo96z28]

Where you, by any chance, on the parkway headed north today at around 430ish?

nope, at 430ish i was desperatley trying to get out of work.

only time i'm on Parkway north is heading up to Hooters in Union.

[Kojak]

sal still worries about this.... :rolleyes:


you will pay..! lol

[BigAls87Z28]

Ok then your car has a twin. There was a early 4th gen with duct tape on the nose, going north bound between exit 114 and the Cheesequake Rest Area.

[Mike]

1800 = top of the line MAACO job....

the 8-10k estime on labor of a top eschilon job is actually pretty damn accurate (my dad paints and does body work for a living for the last 30some years)

one of his buddies did a custom job on a viper, and all done and finished that had a car that was invited to sema....with a total paint cost of 40k

oh and if anyone without a lisence was joyriding and hit me....i would own them, their parents, their grandparents, their dog, and whatever the **** else mattered to them.....the end

[camaro2you]

if you can't fix it, DUCT IT!!!

ah and this one if ya cant duct it, **** it. haha

[camaro2you]

ok i'll jump in......


joy riding= WAY FOCKIN BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as far as paint....wait for it. i got a VW from my dad's friend when i was 14. it was a Quantum Wagon and looked like a POS. i saved cash and by the time i was 16, i had a nicely warmed up GTI Turbo motor in it and was keeping pace IROCs. i woulda killed for an Fbod when i was 14, but the VW was there and it was practice.

like Al said, you need a plan. sit down one day with a notebook and write out everything you want to do to it. then price out the parts online. make sure to remember that the mods have to compliment each other. you can't put on 17x9.5s and not upgrade the brakes. start at the wheels and work up to the paint, deatiling everything inbetween you want.

look at it this way, i'm almost twice your age and have duct tape patching a hole in the front corner of my 96(Acura ran me off the road, stupid ricers), but the car hauls. body work is the last thing on my mind, and my shop has it's own body shop!

thats what ive done anyone whos seen my room knows what im talking about i got **** loads of papers for parts ive bought and ones i need to get, i even have spreadsheats for everything ive bought, ive got 19 something grand im my car right now, thats every penny ive gotten for the past three years in a car. but its worth it, its what i love doing as a hobby.

[Brando56894]

you will pay..! lol

oh will i? :twisted:

[jims69camaro]

1800 = top of the line MAACO job....

the 8-10k estime on labor of a top echelon job is actually pretty damn accurate (my dad paints and does body work for a living for the last 30some years)

one of his buddies did a custom job on a viper, and all done and finished that had a car that was invited to sema....with a total paint cost of 40k

:shock: :eek: wow. 40k in paint is a lot. i was thinking 4-6k, but i'm gonna help with the sanding, too, which eats up a lot of labor, so it may end up being less. also, to keep the costs down, i will not be going with black. any black car that isn't done correctly looks like ass.

[Mike]

lol that car was an example i felt like using......its a 100% flawless custom job, airbrushed all over, (meaning the jams, under hood and trunk, in the gas lid, and wheel wells. oh yeah and its got true flames as well......

anyone that was at last springs swap meet at englishtown it was the viper with the midevil paint scheme on it

[WayFast84]

ITS BACK!!! http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2066299/1
Not the best job but then again its way better then before! I need to update my car domain... and also the rear and front bumpers are messed up (damn plasticness) (yeh I just made a word up) and they are ordering a new drivers side turn light assembly because while fixing the car they took it out and they lost it... not bad for a maaco actually its a hell of alot better then I expected so all in all I am happy as hell besides for noticing a dent under the gas cap ( never noticed it before gloss)

[jims69camaro]

you never said you car was ****-brown... :mrgreen:

[nj85z28]

you never said you car was ****-brown... :mrgreen:

it is pretty **** brownish

[WayFast84]

charcoal grey.....

[camaro2you]

ya im gonna have to go with the **** color till i see it in day light. lol

[WayFast84]

ok you think its a **** color but when has **** been grey? but seriously how can It get any worse then what it was before?

[BonzoHansen]

ok you think its a **** color but when has **** been grey? but seriously how can It get any worse then what it was before?
Quick lesson. Never give a rats ass about what other people think, it will make you go broke and crazy. Looks good.

[WayFast84]

Quick lesson. Never give a rats ass about what other people think, it will make you go broke and crazy. Looks good.thats true and its also a reason why I am sticking with my 305 in stead of building a 350 plus I plan on getting a 4th gen for daily driving and a 1st gen show car ( really far away from now)

[Tsar]

you never said you car was ****-brown... :mrgreen:
:rofl: