Here's more proof that you have them the right way (I'm OCD too):
http://images.automotive.com/reviews.../96prelude.jpg
This photograph was from Honda's advertisements when the 4th gen was around. A lot of people have them the other way because when they have their tires changed, the tire people assume that it's supposed to be the opposite way, but of course they're wrong because they don't know any better. I have a 5th gen now but when I had my 4th, the tire people effed it up and I had to correct them.
As for your parents not letting you drop it, you can always just get some 1" Tanabe Super-H springs and hope they don't notice.