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Weight Distribution: Why Your Ute Handles Like a Wet Sponge

  • MR4X4
  • July 21, 2026
There’s a familiar moment in the evolution of almost every touring 4X4. It starts life feeling reasonably sharp and predictable, then slowly accumulates a bull bar, winch, canopy, drawers, fridge,…
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How To Buy The Suspension You Need, Not The Suspension You Want

  • Dan Everett
  • December 8, 2025
We’ve all seen it. You’re rolling through a campsite and a dual-cab bounces past. It is stiff as a board and the rear end sits three inches higher than the…
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Track Tested: Outback Armour’s GVM Upgrade

  • Dan Everett
  • October 15, 2025
When you hear GVM upgrade, most people think tradies, tourers and towing, not crossing the Simpson Desert or hammering corrugations on the way to the Gulf. But that’s exactly where we’ve…
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How The Right Lift Kit In Your 4X4 Will Get You Further

  • Dan Everett
  • May 22, 2024
Picture this. You and your mate are off on an adventure of a lifetime. You’ve saved up your dollars ready for an epic month up in the Cape, well past…
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Touring Tech – What Suspension Is Right For You?

  • MR4X4
  • March 15, 2024
When venturing out into the wild, the performance of your rig hinges on numerous factors, with one of the most critical being the choice of shock absorbers. This choice can…
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Gear News – The latest 4×4 accessories for May 2022

  • MR4X4
  • May 9, 2022
Looking for some gifts ideas for mother’s day? We have plenty in this month’s gear news. I think mum would really love the Plasma Lighter…! PLASMA LIGHTER’S, ALL THE BUZZ …
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Land Rover Lift Arms
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The sub-$100 lift for the new Land Rover Defender

  • Wes Whitworth
  • December 2, 2020
In a rather ingenious (if obvious) idea from Lucky8, you can now lift your brand-spanking Land Rover Defender for under 100 dollarydoos More than a few modifications to our four-wheel…
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Terrain Tamer Upper Control Arms
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Terrain Tamer releases new Upper Control Arms

  • Wes Whitworth
  • September 16, 2020
Terrain Tamer has released a range of Upper Control Arms to suit popular Toyota, Ford and Mazda 4X4 models with independent front suspension systems. Terrain Tamer has released a new…
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4x4 Spring Spacers
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The pros and cons of spring spacers

  • Wes Whitworth
  • February 5, 2020
Want to give your 4X4 a bit of a lift but don’t want (or can’t afford…yet) a completely new suspension system? We look at the pros and cons of spring…
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Replacement Defender suspension photos

  • Mark Kendrick
  • April 14, 2019
Land Rover Defender – an iconic 4X4 that succumbed to time and safety technology. Solid axles, strong chassis and a boxy body. Land Rover’s Defender replacement has been a drawn-out…
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Jeep JL Wrangler off-road testing in Outback Australia
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Outback testing in the 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler

  • Sam Purcell
  • March 29, 2018
It’s mid-January in Alice Springs. The temperature must be 45 degrees C. Parked innocuously in the stifling heat are two Jeep Wrangler Rubicons, one short wheelbase, one long wheelbase. Nothing…
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Have a closer look at the 2018 Navara’s new dual-rate coils

  • Sam Purcell
  • March 6, 2018
When we drove the V3 updated 2018 Navara a couple of weeks ago, we found it to be vastly improved. Along with the faster steering, there is one thing that…
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Remember when Mercedes-Benz took on the Canning Stock Route?

  • Sam Purcell
  • September 18, 2017
It’s a pretty audacious task: pitting a bunch of brand-new, unmodified vehicles against probably the most gruelling off-road track in Australia, and one of the toughest in the world: the…
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The Foton Sauvana - coming soon to Australia.
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The Foton Sauvana 4X4 coming to Australia

  • Sam Purcell
  • August 6, 2017
There’s another 4X4 wagon coming to Australia from China, called the Foton Sauvana. Like many other seven-seat 4X4s in Australia, the Sauvana is based off the sibling ute. In this…
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Terrain Tamer 4X4 Suspension
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Learn about 4X4 Suspension with Terrain Tamer-Master Class Ep 06

  • Sam Purcell
  • June 12, 2017
It’s the gear on a 4X4 that probably has the toughest workout off-road: Suspension. Quality gear will last you a long time, but it won’t go forever. Shock absorbers will…
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Ford Everest MC
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Ford Bronco will not be just a rebadged Everest

  • Sam Purcell
  • January 13, 2017
American vehicle news site Autoline has confirmed through some of the Ford brass that the upcoming 2020 Ford Bronco, which has been recently confirmed for production, will be unique from…
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Ford Everest offroad
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Ford Everest, Haval H9 now MC-classified

  • Sam Purcell
  • December 21, 2016
Since the story broke that some 4WDs were not classed as off-road vehicles, Ford and Haval have been busy behind the scenes trying to rectify the problems associated with an…
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4X4 suspension modifications
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4X4 suspension modification laws; ‘Suspension Manual’ published

  • Sam Purcell
  • December 13, 2016
Duncan Gay, the minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight, has just released the ‘Suspension Manual’ document, which is the new rules for 4X4 suspension modification laws in New South Wales.…
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4X4 suspension lift laws changed!

  • Sam Purcell
  • November 27, 2016
Duncan Gay, the Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight in NSW, has recently announced via Facebook, that the laws surrounding vehicle suspension lifts have changed. VSB 14, the laws which…
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Old Man Emu Suspension Roadtest
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Product Roadtest: Old Man Emu suspension

  • Sam Purcell
  • March 6, 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output]As a part of the buildup on the Ultimate Nissan Giveaway Patrol Cab Chassis, we had the standard suspension components replaced with a suspension kit from Old Man Emu,…
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Project 130: A Suspension checkup at Bilstein

  • Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures
  • October 23, 2014
I have often been a staunch advocate of the old ‘if it ain’t broke’ philosophy for a long time; if things are still working, why bother trying to change it…
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Product Spotlight – Terrain Tamer Pro Shock Absorber

  • Sam Purcell
  • August 27, 2014
Melbourne-based 4X4 parts Mecca Terrain Tamer have recently released a new range of shock absorbers onto the market, called the Terrain Tamer Pro Shock Absorber. They are a monotube shock…
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