Alright folks. I've been mulling it over for a while now, and I think we need a "Pay it Forward" thread.

What is a "pay it forward thread" you might ask.
Well.. Basically it is a thread in which you can offer an item up for grabs to someone who is in need, or could make use of it.

An example would be if I just sold my Gen1 Montero, and had 3 hazard switches that I stockpiled up for spares. I COULD sell them on Ebay, and make a little change, but I would rather give them away to someone on the forum who needs one to make his brake lights work in his beat up truck that he just got running. SO. I would post something like this.

"Up for grabs are these 3 used Hazard switches. These were spares for my Gen1 that I no longer own, and I would like them to go to good homes. If you need one, please reply here, and PM me your mailing address. "

The person in need of this item would reply something along the lines of.....

" I'd sure LOVE to have one of these switches to replace the flaky one in my wifes daily driver gen1!!! It's been going out, and she already got one ticket for no brake lights" You have a PM inbound with my mailing address

#1 There will be no costs, or prices involved.
#2 This is meant to promote goodwill, and build our community. The only 2 things you will gain from this thread are A. free stuff. OR B. the good feeling of giving.
#3 Try not to be a mooch. If you get some loot, try to post something of your own back up. If you take something, give something. This is super lax, but as stated above... Don't be a mooch.
#4 I'd like to keep this mitsu oriented That said.... if you've got something non mitsu it's alright, but i'd like to see forum specific stuff mainly. Outdoors stuff woudl be really awesome as well.
#5 I like # lists
#6 Enjoy there's a ton of good that can come of this.

I'll go first so you guys can get an idea of the format.

Up for grabs......
Gen 1 rear marker light lenses
these are obviously used, and have been in my backstock for a while now. I haven't ripped them off my truck yet, so I prob. wont.





PM me your addy, and I will insert these into a box, and make them appear at your door.

what about shipping? i think person giving should be able to at least ask to have shipping paid if they want. like say i want to give away my KM145 but i really dont want to pay the 100+ it would cost to send. but i agreee we should have a freebe sticky or something on topic mitsu for giving stuff away.

In the spirit of the thread, post things that you will give away, and ship for free.



If you have something huge like an engine, or tranny, I do not see a problem to ask the recipient to pay for shipping, or help out on it at least.

You as the giver could say "pickup only" or This is too expensive to ship, but if you'd like it, I will crate it up, so you can arrange someone to pick it up.

On a side note.... On yet ANOTHER car forum I belong to, in 1999 we did a "hood relay" where we shipped a hood from south Florida to Washington state. I took it from my house to Colorado on a hunting trip. It took a few months for the guy to get his hood, but we all signed the underside of it with a sharpie, and it was a cool project. I'd be willing to participate in a transmission relay if I was "going that way"

This is definitely a great idea and it'd be good to it.

On that note, I've still got that that hole saw...the one needed for doing a Safari Snorkel install. I got it from DougB a couple years ago and it's been sitting in my garage ever since waiting for someone else who needs it. If you need it just PM me your address and it'll be on its way.

EDIT: Hole saw is being shipped to hazy_daze.



That'd be pretty cool. I'm in for pitching in to help out with something that might need transit through my vicinity. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Ohh yeah.. It's gonna get the but I want it to be seen down here first.


Attaboy with the holesaw!!! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Well i gave 52degree's one of my extra v5mt1 trannys a couple weeks ago but he can't afford to ship it and neither can i got to much other cash going out but IF anyone is going thru AZ and into CA maybe it can slowly work its way to his house. This is a true story anyone who wants to help just stop by and pick it up.

Curtis is a genius.

Can you make it so the thread will not time expire on the ability for a poster to edit? That would be great if so, then each member only has one post that they edit as needed- add items that are new, mark others as sold or delete them, etc. It would keep the thread much, much cleaner and far easier to use if it can avoid endless scrolling. JMO

Oh, and don't tell my wife about this idea. She'll post up eveything I have in the basement... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />

Up for grabs...... A power unit for the 3.0 sohc. I have 3 laying around.I can part with 1 maybe 2 if you need it real bad (will ship).Also up for grabs is a stock 93 sr front bumper with head light washers and i also have the side steps free to a good home.But the bumper and steps for local pick up only or if someone is heading to another memebers area maybe they can deliver it. PM me and let me know.

P.S The power units came from pick n pull never tested them. [img][image]http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x239/marcus95301/2008057.jpg[/img][/image]