How do YOU finish your car?

I'm just wondering how some of the guys on this forum finish up there cars and not get swamped with other stuff. 

I'm currently a full time student looking for a part time job and the system that i've come up with is to do one mod, whether it be DIY or not on each day of the weekend.  For example, last weekend I did some custom painting to my grille that came out really well on Sunday and on Saturday I installed some HID's.  

This weekend I made a mount thing for my Zune in the car, and today i'm still thinking on what I can do haha.

What system do you guys have?

This may sound really F*ed up to some but I place my car above everything except my family, matter fact, I treat it as it was apart of the family.  With that being said, I make time for it.  I dont fit the car into the plans, I plan around the car.  
 
Anyway, swapping out parts usually doesnt take long once you know where all the bolts are.

That's the same with me.  I love my car but wouldn't dare put it before God, my family, friends, or school.  It's my most prized possession by far and I treat it like it's family though.  Sometime I wish i were a car that was owned by someone like me haha.

my days last 28hrs...I use the extra 4 for cars :biggthumpup:

Haha I Am A Student Too Like You. My Progress Is Very Slow, Because I Dont Work Either. But Lately I Been Spending Money On Maintaining My Car To Make Sure It Last Me Forever :]. But Whatever Extra Money I Have I Throw To My Car A Lil Here And There. Since Its So Hard To Choose What To Do :p. The Last Thing I Did To My Car Was Change Out All My Front Housings. But Gota Love All That Financial Aid Money ;]. My Car Has A Pioneer P5700DVD In There Using The Stock Speakers And Amp To Drive The Interior Speakers. Than A PPI 2000/1 Amp For My Two 12W6V2. If You Really Wanna Save Money Time To Eat Some Peanut Butter Jelly Or Instant Noodle :p.

Seriously, It's [B][U]Time management. [/U][/B]
 
I used to think i'd have all this extra time and money when I finished school.....then 'life' happened: Relationships,Rent, Mortgage,car payments,ins,medical bills with longer work hours to pay for all of it. :sad:
 
it really does come down to time and how you make/use it....make the best of it.

[quote=widebody_Q;103499]This may sound really F*ed up to some but I place my car above everything except my family, matter fact, I treat it as it was apart of the family.  With that being said, I make time for it.  I dont fit the car into the plans, I plan around the car.  
 
Anyway, swapping out parts usually doesnt take long once you know where all the bolts are.[/quote]
fuck man, sounds like me to a T

I wash and wax my car every sunny day after a rainy day here in seattle. So normaly thats about twice a week, haha.

Mods, every other week, aka pay day. Then put the rest of the money away in the bank for bigger mods and just work on the little things and tune ups first.

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;103532]fuck man, sounds like me to a T[/QUOTE]
Me too...

I have a hard time getting my ass out the door and into the garage after work... but I try to put in a little bit at least everyday. I don't have many tools, and I have very very little space, plus now it's getting dark really early, and cold too. So, I guess, for me, the most important thing to me is perseverance, and to just keep working on it.

i just drive a crappy car, that way I don't have to worry about finding time to work on it:sad: 
Note: this is because I am in school full time and don't have a job during the school year. I also don't use finacial aid because i am getting out debt free. But, when i used to have a nice car I would just find the time. I would hang out with people who also liked working on cars so that we could give each other a hand on projects. Then it was more fun.

Jake

its super hard for me. at school i work on cars, at work i get paid to work/fix cars, at home on my free time the last thing i wanna do is work on car, let alone my own car.... i gotta force myself to do so... 

of coarse too, i dont put my car before my fam/ girlfriend, although if im already working on my car and my gf wants to go out or something.... its hard....

i just got so many projects going on, my trucks been under construction for like the past 4-5 years....

Thats why I cant keep a girl i have a bad rep.  "Warning- you will never be placed above his car"
 
Whatever, im still young and have no intention of settling down at the moment lol

Hah. When other 19 year old guys are going to the club grinding on hot girls and doing shots at the bar, I'm covered in leaves and gravel, freezing my greasy knuckles, working on the car.... or at the computer finding things to buy, and looking at FSMs haha