Wes Whitworth, Author at Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures

After HSV having just announced that the Silverado will be brought out down under, the yanks have done confused the lot of us. They’ve gone and announced the 2019 Chevrolet…

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Equipment

Snatch Strap standards updated (finally!)

Recovery / Snatch Strap standards have been updated by the ACCC as of the December 1, 2017. Considering how lax regulation and quality has been over the past few years,…

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Vehicles

When a drive around the block just wont do: Amarok V6 Extended Test Drive

Since the advent of the car dealership, folks have been taking 4X4’s for test drives. This usually involved a 10 minute around the block with a rep next to you,…

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Electrical

REDARC TVMS: Sneak peak

REDARC has given us a bit of a sneak peak into their newest high tech gadget: the REDARC TVMS, or Total Vehicle Management System, due for release early in 2018.…

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Vehicles

Mopar builds JL Wrangler, and it’s awesome!

Mopar is the brand behind accessories for Jeep and they’ve already built and put on display two rather awesome JL Wranglers. While we were so excited to see the brand…

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Vehicles

All new Pik-Up by Mahindra announced

Mahindra have just launched the all new Pik-Up under its fully owned subsiduary – Mahindra Automotive Australia Pty Ltd (MAAPL). The newest version of the Pik-Up is offering new body…

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Electrical

Transcool EC3 Air cooler, just in time for summer

Just bumping into the beginning of summer, it’s high time to organise yourself some cooling for camping trips and weekends away. Or, like Pat, you just happened to get your…

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Travel

2018 ARB Eldee Station Easter Festival

If you’re looking for an Easter getaway for next year, you’ve found it. Naomi and Stephen Schmidt of Eldee Station are holding the ARB Eldee Family Easter Festival, proudly presented…

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Vehicles

HSV Colorado to have Cooper Zeon LTZ Pro as standard

With the announcement of the new HSV Colorado SportsCat and SportsCat+, Cooper Tires have been selected to supply the Cooper Zeon LTZ Pro to compliment the new HSV’s. Both the…

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HSV Silverado, squeezing into a carpark soon, near you.

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Vehicles

Holden HSV: Chevrolet Silverado coming to Australia Plus the HSV Colorado SportsCat

Overnight Holden Special Vehicles have announced that the Chevrolet Silverado will indeed be coming to Australia as a Holden imported right hand drive vehicle, after speculation blew up the internet…

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Equipment

New Kingsley Rogue Side Steps hit the market

Just released by Kingsley, the folks who brought us Bushranger 4X4 Gear, are the Kingsley Rogue Side Steps. Initially offered for the PX/PXII Ranger and BT-50 Dual cab from 2011…

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Equipment

Pat Callinan Photography Packs – Your next adventure is waiting

Along with the team at fstopgear.com, Canon Australia has teamed up with Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures to offer up some fantastic Photography Packs at the Canon Store. There are two new…

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Equipment

The best camp chairs on the market – Bar none!

We loaded our very own Scott Mason up with 14 different camp chairs, from 9 different manufacturers to see which one would reign supreme over the other 13. From manufacturers…

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Vehicles

HSV Walkinshaw Colorado Wildfire: What we kinda know

The internet is absolutely rife with rumours, thoughts, hopes and dreams on a performance based dual cab ute from Holden at the moment. Dubbed the Colorado Wildfire, we thought it…

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Advice

Pat’s Top Picks For Christmas!

With Christmas just around the corner, Pat has given us his top picks to help make the shopping just that much easier. All of this camping and 4X4 gear comes…

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Vehicles

FT-AC Concept unveiled at LA Auto Show, ends up being an angry Rav4.

At the end of production for the FJ Cruiser, there were a lot of 4X4 journo’s holding their breathes. The thought was that we may well get a replacement with…

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Vehicles

Is this the new Land Rover Defender?

Recently on Autoguide’s website (link here), images surfaced of what is supposedly the new Land Rover Defender. With front and rear lights that are somewhere between the Range Rover Sport…

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Competitions

$50,000 ARB Mega Giveaway!

Heading into the Christmas break and the end of 2017, now is the time to start preparing our 4X4’s for an even bigger year next year. ARB are rewarding their…

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Vehicles

2018 JEEP JL Wrangler Unveiled

The 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler has been revealed mere hours before the 2018 LA Auto Show. After years of teasers, leaked details and trailers, it is finally official. Here it…

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Equipment

Element Fire Extinguisher Sticks

One of the newer, and cooler safety items to come out of SEMA this year, are the Element Fire Extinguisher Sticks. Based on a chemical reaction utilising potassium as the…

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Vehicles

Range Rover SVAutobiography Launches at the LA Motor Show.

Land Rover has revealed the most luxurious Range Rover to date at the LA Motor Show today, the Range Rover SVAutobiography. The new Range Rover is available with a rather…

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Equipment

BUSTED: Counterfeit Oil Filters Seized

The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has issued a warning to Aussies who may have been duped into purchasing counterfeit oil filters. The filters have been sold online through…

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Vehicles

New Pathfinder to be based on the Navara Chassis

Shortly after Nissan confirmed they’re developing a 7 seat wagon based on the Navara ute, images of a new Pathfinder have been revealed on two Chinese websites. Being that the…

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Travel

Yep, really. Dragging two solar-powered Suzuki Sierras across the Simpson Desert for a Guinness World Record, and some pretty hefty bragging rights. That’s what Alan Johnson from Piranha Off-Road Products,…

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Mechanical

Body Lifts back in fashion?

In the latest issue of Unsealed 4X4 we look at the resurgence of the evil step child of the lift world; Body lifts. With the rise of popularity in the…

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Equipment

Blackwolf first to use ISO Sleeping bag ratings

If ever you’ve looked around for a new sleeping bag, the first thing you’ll notice is the ratings on them. But what do they mean? Are they regulated or calibrated…

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Vehicles

WILL THE FT-AC CONCEPT BE THE NEW FJ CRUISER?

About 6 months ago, at the New York Motor Show Toyota unveiled the FT-4X concept. We had all been holding our breathes with the collective thought of ‘maybe it will…

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Vehicles

Will this Variable-compression petrol engine outperform a diesel?

Infiniti have confirmed that their variable-compression engine first announced in 2016 at the Paris Auto Show is now production-ready. This makes it the worlds first to go from the research…

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Advice

ISSUE 030 – OUT NOW!

Issue 030 of Pat Callinan’s 4X4 Adventures is out now and it is arguably the best yet! This issue we’re taking you from the East Kimberley, to desert touring at Lake Mackay,…

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Vehicles

Rezvani TANK – Bruce Wayne’s personal 4X4

Rezvani Motors, a somewhat small but hugely imaginative Californian car company have officially released the TANK (which may or may not be the new Bat-Mobile). Wait, It’s a wrangler? Yep,…

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Electrical

LINX: ARB’S BRAND NEW COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE

ARB have just released the LINX, a fully integrated command and control system for 4X4’s. Featuring a rather sleek touchscreen device, which you can mount wherever you like within reach,…

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Vehicles

FORD RANGER & MAZDA BT50 RECALLED, AGAIN

Following the recall of the Mazda BT50 last week, which shares the same engine and drive-line as the Ranger, Ford have also recalled the Ranger due to an issue with…

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Vehicles

LEAKED: Jeep Scrambler Ute towing and GVM details

With the Australian Jeep crowd collectively holding their breath for some solid details on the new Jeep Ute: The Scrambler, it appears that Jaolpnik: Truck Yeah have once again come…

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Vehicles

IKEA now making 4WDs?

No, not really. But you’d be forgiven for thinking that when looking at the current concept from Partisan Motors, a company headed by Russian automotive engineer, Dr Juri Postnikov. With…

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Vehicles

FORD RELEASES RANGER FX4

To keep up with the other manufacturers, Ford has released the Ranger FX4 as a special edition in a limited run. Toyota has, of course, the TRD HiLux, and Holden…

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Vehicles

IT’S AN X-TRAIL… WITH TRACKS?!

The Nissan Rogue Trail Warrior Project (Read: Nissan X-trail Concept) made its debut at the New York International Auto Show. As far as ‘situation normal’ goes for the New York…

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Advice

UNSEALED 4X4 ISSUE 035 – OUT NOW!

This month’s issue of Unsealed 4X4 sees Dex and the team turning it up yet another notch. In it you will find a D40 Navara that has had a solid…

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Vehicles

Recoil 4 – Trophy Truck, power slides, and Cuba. What’s not to love?

With Recoil 4 being released after what seems forever since Recoil 3, we thought it’d be a great way to kick off the weekend with an 850hp trophy truck, a…

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Vehicles

It’s a TRD HiLux, but not as you know it…

Toyota has had another shot at a TRD HiLux, however, have hit even further from the mark this time around. Despite wearing the same Toyota and TRD badges as a…

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Travel

NATIONAL PARK CLOSURES OVER EASTER

It’s that time of year again, and just about everyone is gearing up for the Easter long weekend and break. With Ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie having just knocked the socks off Queensland…

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Vehicles

2018 Jeep JL WRANGLER UNLIMITED IMAGES LEAKED??

Images of the supposed 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler Unlimited have surfaced on the internet according to users of the JLWrangler forums. As of March 29, the forum’s admin had confirmed…

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FROM RAW STEEL TO A NAVARA NP300 – BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE THAILAND NISSAN PLANT

Nissan has just given the average punter an in-depth look into their manufacturing operations in Bangkok, Thailand; specifically at the NP300 Navara. Being where Nissan’s very first Navara…

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FINALLY, THE TONKA HILUX CONCEPT REVEALED!

If you’re anything like us and been chafing at the bit for this, the Tonka HiLux has finally been revealed. After what feels like an eternity Toyota has released images,…

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