ESC equipped vehicles now allowed 75mm lift
Hot off the press today, we’ve just received information that the Minister for Transport and Main Roads in Queensland has confirmed changes to Queensland’s lift laws, apparently first introduced by the Newman Government in 2012. What this means for 4X4 owners in Queensland, is that…
Uniden releases waterproof in-vehicle UHF: XTRAK 40
Fresh out of the stable from the folks over at Uniden, is the brand spanking new XTRAK 40. Now before you roll your eyes and think “just another UHF entering the market”, the XTRAK 40 has a rather interesting feature we’ve not seen before in an in-vehicle UHF;…
Cleveland Caravanning & 4X4 Expo this weekend!
It’s that time of year again, the Cleveland Caravanning & 4X4 Expo is on this weekend! Kicking off from 8:30am till 4pm daily, and running from Friday 21st of September, until Sunday the 23rd, the Cleveland Caravan, Camping, Boating & 4X4 Expo is going to be…
Reviewed: Hardcase for a tough life
There’s a new 4X4 gear case on the market that we have been testing out, during filming for season 11. Now a box is a box, right? They all do the same basic job, because if they don’t they wouldn’t be boxes. It’s all the…
Unsealed 4X4 Issue 54 – Out Now!
Spring has absolutely sprung and with it, we bring you Unsealed 4X4 Issue 54! Have a look at the video below for the hard and fast look at what’s in Unsealed 4X4 Issue 54. Mercedes X-Class X250d – we take it off-road to see if it’s a…
Bridle Track to reopen
Paul Toole, the Minister for Lands and Forestry and member for Bathurst, has announced the NSW State Government will support Bathurst Regional Council in reopening the Bridle Track with a $2-million investment. The 19th-century horse and foot track once linked the goldfields of Hill End…
Queensland Government confirm interstate vehicles will not be defected
In what has been a rather tumultuous week for Queenslanders and, indeed, just about anyone who would travel into the state for holidays or work with their four-wheel drive, the Queensland Government has confirmed that interstate vehicles will not be defected or fined; despite earlier…
Land Rover Defender replacement info leak!
UK Publication Autocar reports leaked documents from Land Rover reveal details of the long-awaited and much speculated Defender replacement. Since the 2011 ‘DC100’ concept was met with widespread disapproval, Land Rover have kept impressively quiet on the Defender replacement. Expected concept and release dates have…
Ford Everest recalled for faulty seats
Ford Australia has issued a recall for specific Ford Everest vehicles built between March 9, 2018 to March 13, 2018. There appears to be an issue relating to the seat cushion frame of the seats, where the welds aren’t up to spec on 60 vehicles….
AAAA wades in on Queensland’s “Operation Lift” kerfuffle
Further to our article on Monday regarding the Queensland Police Service’s “Operation Lift”, the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association have entered the fray with some sound advice for owners of modified vehicles caught up in the Queensland blitz. During the “Operation Lift” roll out, Queensland Police…
SA will not re-register vehicles still fitted with Takata alpha inflators
Following on from the Takata Airbag Recall saga, owners of vehicles in South Australia will not be able to re-register their vehicles still fitted with Takata alpha inflators from November 1. This is the first move of it’s kind in Australia, and will be enforced…
Police now targeting YOUR modified 4X4
Dear Reader, Your lifted 4X4 is in danger. You knew your suspension lift, body lift and tall tyres added up to good ground clearance. You may not have known for certain that you were crossing into illegal modification territory. ‘Operation Lift’ by Queensland Police is…
Colorado ZR2 Bison – Raptor killer?
Front and rear locking diffs. Race bred remote reservoir coil-over dampers. Snorkel. Steel front and rear bumpers. Underbody skid plates. Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tyres. Enter the Chev Colorado ZR2 Bison. Chevrolet are taking on the Ford Ranger Raptor with the new Colorado ZR2 Bison, beefed up…
Pat returns to his roots with the new Cooper Discoverer AT3 tyres
With shooting for the next season of Pat Callinan’s 4×4 Adventures well and truly underway, Pat has returned to his roots, with the new Cooper Discoverer AT3 tyres on his Volkswagen Amarok V6 vehicles. So what is it about the new AT3 range that has…
QLD Academic calls for a stop on 4X4’s in national parks
Queensland newspaper, the Sunshine Coast Daily, has just printed an article quoting a Sunshine Coast based professor of marine science, Thomas Shlacher. Essentially the article states that Professor Shlacher is calling for a stop on 4X4’s in national parks due to the damage 4X4er’s at…
2019 Kia Sorento is a hard-core off-roader!
No, really? Take a stock AWD 2019 Sorento, bolt some off-road rubber on, a couple of bonus bash plates and disconnect the sway bars and you too could drive Hell’s Gate on Hell’s Revenge in Moab, Utah. Clearly a spotter is critical in technical…
ex-US Army 6X6 runs tuff truck course
You know over in the States, how they have their ‘Murican version of a ‘tuff truck’ course, where you’ll usually see old first-gen Dodge Durangos and beat up Jeeps blowing out their suspension, tyres and drivers egos? Well one rather enthusiastic driver decided to run…
HiLux face-lift in the works
Toyota have just released information on the new HiLux face-lift. The new face-lift designed front end has been taken from the HiLux Rogue that was released earlier in the year. The design comes from Aussie designers, and will be fitted to the SR and SR5 models,…
Will the Lada Niva make a comeback?
Lada’s tough little 4X4 hasn’t been seen new in Australia since 1998 or thereabouts, and the design is over 40 years old. A child of the 70s, the Lada 4X4 (as it is now marketed), was a Soviet government-sponsored answer to the original Jeep and…
Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures Magazine – Issue 35 out now!
Issue 35 of Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures is out now! In this issue Pat shows you how to reach the tip, while keeping your 4X4 in one piece. Have a look at the video, for what’s in this issue of Pat Callinan’s 4X4 adventures: In…