Does anyone else's wife?

[TexasRiderBMW]

Does anyone else’s wife ask them why they bought an expensive car just to change it when modding our X5s? Lol. My wife has been easy going about it, but always has that comment about changing the looks of my car. She said if you didn’t like the look, why did you buy it? I tell her it’s a hobby and I like to customize more to my liking and she understands.

I just changed my Xline to an Msport and she saw it yesterday, agreed that it looked better with the paint matched exterior but still didn’t understand why I spend so much money modifying my car.

She then proceeds to tell me that my freshly powder coated 469Ms in gloss black look plastic and fake. That kind of hurt a little bit LOL. I can’t wait to see her look and comment when my 22” Vossens show up here soon!

I’m wondering if you all get the same feedback from your wife’s or if I should throw her to the wolves?!

[suitedcboy]

Tell her you wouldn't look good with a Gucci purse and wearing Christian Louboutin heels so you dress your BMW.

[shimmy23]

my wife has never really questioned it like that. she knows i've always been a car guy (modding) and it'll never stop. she fully supports my love for modding. i can't leave any of our cars alone. it's just impossible. i make sure her hooptie looks just as nice so she doesn't feel left out.

i just picked up our f15 and had parts arriving before the car itself even got here. haha

[TexasRiderBMW]

Originally Posted by suitedcboy

Tell her you wouldn't look good with a Gucci purse and wearing Christian Louboutin heels so you dress your BMW.

Lmfao! She would likely to agree to that, I have no doubt!

[TexasRiderBMW]

Originally Posted by shimmy23

my wife has never really questioned it like that. she knows i've always been a car guy (modding) and it'll never stop. she fully supports my love for modding. i can't leave any of our cars alone. it's just impossible. i make sure her hooptie looks just as nice so she doesn't feel left out.

i just picked up our f15 and had parts arriving before the car itself even got here. haha

Mine isn’t against it, she says “if it makes you happy, then I’m fine with it”. I just say yep, sure does! Lol.

I’ve offered to get her wheels and tints done on her Porsche Macan, but she declined. I think maybe later she might agree too it, but for now she says she likes her car the way it is.

[sukhk527]

my wife doesn’t get it, but then I try to explain it to her and she zones out and then stops caring LOL.

also, XLine to Msport conversion you say? where’d you source the parts?

[TexasRiderBMW]

I bought the parts at Getbmwparts and bmwpartshub last month. I did a lot of research trying to find the best pricing + shipping and had to mix it up to get the best deal. Very happy with the change though!

[imr3n]

it's customization, the need to be different, and having control.
Tell her it's like women using makeup.

[tlow98]

Came here for pics of the wife. Darn it.

[neverdone]

Been with my wife 20 years, I've always had a modded vehicle. Now I have 5 that I'm slowly doing this with, 2 BMWs, 2 Fords(ish, one being a mercury) and an 89 Mercedes E260.

Things can't stay stock for long. The X5 other than being coded and black grills is stock so far and it's crushing my soul.

[FCX5]

Originally Posted by WindyCityBMWX5

Does anyone else’s wife ask them why they bought an expensive car just to change it when modding our X5s? Lol. My wife has been easy going about it, but always has that comment about changing the looks of my car. She said if you didn’t like the look, why did you buy it? I tell her it’s a hobby and I like to customize more to my liking and she understands.

I just changed my Xline to an Msport and she saw it yesterday, agreed that it looked better with the paint matched exterior but still didn’t understand why I spend so much money modifying my car.

She then proceeds to tell me that my freshly powder coated 469Ms in gloss black look plastic and fake. That kind of hurt a little bit LOL. I can’t wait to see her look and comment when my 22” Vossens show up here soon!

I’m wondering if you all get the same feedback from your wife’s or if I should throw her to the wolves?!

My wife is totally cool. She would not modify anything. Drives an iX now, had a Tesla Model X Performance, so she likes performance. However, I have always liked to personalize all my cars. I try not to save on the initial cost and then have room to personalize. I tried to live with stock from 2015 to 2018 and it didn’t work for me. LOL.

I also try to keep my mods simple. Once I modify my car, if gives me a sense of attachment to it. My wife so far likes all my mods 😊

[Fknid]

Ask - "Why do you put make up on every morning?"

[X5Brian]

Wife smiles and says “if you like it, I love it”
Will say she started freaking out when I first started… but now she does love my one of a kind widebody X5
Hope she loves the PS2 turbo and stage 2 hpfp coming in 23 hehe