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mav1178
12-30-2020, 03:22 PM
As some of you might know, I recently received a shipment of brand new 180SX/240SX OEM Nissan fenders that were damaged. And unless you've been living under a rock in a time capsule, you'd know that COVID-19 has impacted a lot of people in very disproportionate ways.

I wish to donate a pair of fenders, and raffle them off. I have already spoken with Mr. Mephistopheles about this and he is okay with me posting this here.

Details:

1 pair (left + right) 180SX/240SX fenders for S13 chassis. Popup headlights. Brand new, but with minor damage on front corner.
Winner will be selected at random based on a reply within this thread.
Ground shipping from me to you in the continental US is covered by me. I can ship worldwide for an additional fee to be paid by the drawing winner.
100 entries based on first 100 unique replies.
Drawing will be done when I hit $2000 on the GoFundMe donation, or 11:59PST Jan 31 2021, whichever is first.
Any amount you wish to donate is acceptable, from $0 to $2000.


Pictures in second post.

Donation link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donations-for-the-la-regional-food-bank


Backstory + details:
Earlier in December 2020, the batch of S13 Silvia and S13 180SX fenders I had on order for a year arrived. I went to pick up my U-Haul rental, but was stuck in a traffic jam of 500+ cars for some reason.

Turns out, that day was the LA Regional Food Bank distribution event in La Puente, CA, next to where I live.

I realize that this pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on some of us, and I wish to do something to help in any way possible. I had put together something similar/fun back in 2005, using the Drift Day Competition 5 as a way of doing a small fundraiser for the Red Cross for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The thread from 2005 is still up: https://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=89802

This time around, I wish to donate all proceeds from this GoFundMe campaign to the LA Regional Food Bank, or if the winner chooses a different food bank I will gladly donate to that one. I am contributing a pair of new but slightly damaged fenders, and also am throwing in free shipping in the continental US.

How to enter:

Just reply to this thread with the minimum message length needed to post a reply. I will document the name(s) entered here, and randomly select a winner once my campaign has met the $2000 goal. Or if there is not enough interest in donating, I will pick a winner after Jan 31 2021.

Obviously, it would be great if every person that enters donates a small amount (of $10-20).. Power in numbers is what makes things like this work, so any amount would be greatly appreciated by those struggling to put food on the table.

Thanks.

Entries:
1. hiimelvin
2. kyral
3. JDM240z
4. MVargas (paid via PayPal)
5. zombiewolf513
6. burnsauto
7. urk
8. hippo_chips
9. tacobellman_2007
10. Thursday7
11. Agamemnon
12. C.Anderson
13. Thaiair
14. fnc0329
15. Sakekura
16. sunwookwon
17. DKapes
18. brndck
19. qwerth
20. slider2828
21. JrDarkNes
22. dezzS13
23. 0m3r
24. ta2maki
25. Xxjeffydxx
26. caseyculby
27. srh666
28. LoSt180
29. theryanlopez
30. CamryonBronze -- winner
31. ryncpk
32. badicalradical
33. DKaska
34. IdioticCarpet48

mav1178
12-30-2020, 03:23 PM
Damaged fenders have the front corners bent like this:
https://i.imgur.com/CnAcZc7.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/tNCv1Z3.jpg?1

What new fenders look like:

https://i.imgur.com/rPwm5QN.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/QDjezV1.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/taWygIT.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/oBWsMlV.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/d3JjcMn.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/k317JE4.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/rAYEXqR.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/OevKCHp.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/TFiAA5a.jpg?1

hiimelvin
12-30-2020, 03:36 PM
Count me in, Alex!

kyral
12-30-2020, 03:37 PM
Donated
Msg length

JDM240z
12-30-2020, 04:03 PM
Good on you, donated.

zombiewolf513
12-30-2020, 05:50 PM
Cant turn away a free set of these!

mrmephistopheles
12-30-2020, 05:52 PM
Just wanted to confirm that I'm ok with this.

Also wanted to suggest being generous with your donations. Times are tough for many folks, and Alex is making a bad thing (damaged fenders) good by donating them to a good cause.

To make it plain,

All donations are going to charity!

(please exclude this post from entry count)

burnsauto
12-30-2020, 06:57 PM
So I've tried to donate now, twice, but it doesn't seem like its working. I enter my information, click confirm...and then nothing. I checked on my side and I'm not seeing anything being withdrawn. This happen to anyone else?

zombiewolf513
12-30-2020, 07:12 PM
Went straight through with google pay

mav1178
12-30-2020, 07:14 PM
So I've tried to donate now, twice, but it doesn't seem like its working. I enter my information, click confirm...and then nothing. I checked on my side and I'm not seeing anything being withdrawn. This happen to anyone else?

try later.

either way, a reply in the thread constitutes an entry.

burnsauto
12-30-2020, 07:16 PM
try later.

either way, a reply in the thread constitutes an entry.

An entry is good and all, but I want it to matter. No sense in entering for something if you're not going to back it up. I'll try again tomorrow, if it doesn't work, I'll PM you. I'll mail you money if need be. I've been lucky enough not not miss a day of work through all of this, so I'll help when I can.


EDIT: Got it to go through!

urk
12-30-2020, 07:18 PM
So I've tried to donate now, twice, but it doesn't seem like its working. I enter my information, click confirm...and then nothing. I checked on my side and I'm not seeing anything being withdrawn. This happen to anyone else?

Just donated but, I did initially have a problem when trying to use my American Express. I had to switch to Visa and it worked fine.

mav1178
12-30-2020, 07:21 PM
No sense in entering for something if you're not going to back it up.

nah, this is the whole "no purchase necessary" part of what I'm doing.

if someone wants to anonymously donate the remaining sum to hit $2k, I'll do the raffle tonight for the 7 people so far. that's how serious I am about this, because it's something tangible, something useful, and the true winners are those of us unable to do fun car stuff because their lives have been upended.

hippo_chips
12-31-2020, 12:38 AM
Great cause, great dude!!! Im in!

tacobellman_2007
12-31-2020, 01:25 AM
Death to all but metal.

Dope cause sir.

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Thursday7
12-31-2020, 07:53 AM
I will enter this and donate to the cause. Also lol at those entering that are COVID deniers.

Agamemnon
12-31-2020, 09:45 AM
Count me in good sir!

C. Anderson
12-31-2020, 09:54 AM
I donated toward the cause. I'm thankful to have a job and this is a good way to help others. Good on you.

Thaiair
12-31-2020, 10:41 AM
Great cause, just donated.

fnc0329
12-31-2020, 03:07 PM
Having some issues donating, will try when I get home to my PC! Shouts out to you for being a cool dude!


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Sakekura
12-31-2020, 05:33 PM
Just made a donation, thanks for putting this together!

sunwookwon
12-31-2020, 06:52 PM
donated! happy new year!

DKapes
01-01-2021, 08:14 AM
Donated as well. This is a cool idea to help others

brndck
01-01-2021, 11:08 AM
This is dope. Entering right now.
Edit: donation complete!

qwerth
01-05-2021, 01:46 PM
just donated!

messsageeeee

slider2828
01-05-2021, 03:20 PM
Just donated. Great cause!

JrDarknes
01-05-2021, 05:09 PM
Very good cause, Donated.

Thanks

dezzS13
01-06-2021, 08:13 PM
Hope this helps! Donated!

Thank you!

0m3r
01-06-2021, 08:35 PM
Donated!!, could certainly use a set of them, trying to fix my own is no fun. Thanks for the opportunity.

mav1178
01-07-2021, 10:24 PM
thanks for the interest so far, let's try to hit $2k ASAP so I can donate the money.

the longer we wait, the longer we drag out the problem... thank you.

ta2maki
01-08-2021, 11:21 AM
Donated. Hope you meet your goal.

Xxjeffydxx
01-13-2021, 01:54 AM
Donated! And I didn't even know. Thanks for putting this together, Alex. We usually donated bread and pastries, but cold hard cash works as well.

caseyculby
01-14-2021, 08:55 AM
Donation sent! Hoping you get to your goal soon!


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srh666
01-16-2021, 03:00 AM
Peanut butter on graham crackers is a good dessert

mav1178
01-19-2021, 05:34 PM
let's get things going, happy to have the donations so far but I'm less than 50% of the way towards my intended goal.

please donate if you can. I'm providing something tangible out of my pocket.

LoSt180
01-25-2021, 01:22 PM
Put me down for this. Just picked up an S13 project for my daughter, and it needs a bit of help.

theryanlopez
01-28-2021, 09:41 AM
Fantastic cause, happy to contribute either way

mav1178
01-29-2021, 12:16 PM
thanks to all that have donated so far.

last couple of days, let's at least get this over $1k...

CamryOnBronze
01-29-2021, 02:18 PM
This is very cool of you Alex. Donated and will share!

ryncpk
01-29-2021, 06:27 PM
This is for a great cause! Just donated.

badicalradical
01-29-2021, 07:29 PM
How am I just now seeing this?? Donated!

DKaska
01-30-2021, 08:39 AM
Donating now, thank you.

IdioticCarpet48
01-30-2021, 01:22 PM
Donated, hope you meet your goal

mrmephistopheles
02-01-2021, 09:20 PM
Congratulations, CamryonBronze.

CamryOnBronze
02-02-2021, 10:59 AM
Congratulations, CamryonBronze.

Thank you! So very thankful and excited. I sincerely appreciate Alex putting this on for such a great cause. Genuinely appreciative.

Thursday7
02-02-2021, 11:11 AM
Couldn't think of a better recipient for them to go to, gratz Damon.

hippo_chips
02-02-2021, 11:19 AM
Niiiiice, congrats Damon!!!

slider2828
02-02-2021, 11:14 PM
Congrats man! Definitely went to an awesome member! Thanks for putting this together mav.

mav1178
02-03-2021, 10:07 AM
Thanks to everyone that donated.

In an ideal world, there'd be more interest and I would hit my goal of $2000, but $1000 for the food bank is still a pretty good outcome.

Damon requested that the proceeds be sent to the LA Regional Food Bank, so the donation was made this morning.

Thanks for the interest in this.

https://i.imgur.com/FRYrCkj.png

CamryOnBronze
02-11-2021, 01:47 PM
Thanks for all the kind words guys! Really excited. And thanks to Alex for the opportunity and working to make a difference for people in the world right now. I know it’s definitely appreciated!