HOW DOES A MANUAL TRANSMISSION WORK?
If you have ever wondered what happens when you put your foot down on the clutch pedal and shifted your gear ever from first to second gear, well you are not alone. Check out this video we stumbled across online…
Evan Spence
CLEARVIEW EASY SLIDE
Drop down fridge slides are nothing new, but it is exciting to see some innovations in the field. The Easy Slide was originally designed by Black Widow Enterprises, but has since been brought back to life by the team at…
BUSH-DOOF
FUGOO TOUGH If you have held back on buying an outdoor speaker because you are hard on your gear, the Fugoo Tough rates a mention. Built from fibre-reinforced resin and solid aluminium, it is as tough as a set of…
TOP 6 ENGINEERING FAILS
Factory 4X4s have a long history of getting things wrong, and since we’d need an encyclopaedia to cover them all, here’s the top six things that’ve been bugging us lately Let’s be honest, most of us could find something wrong with our trucks without…
OUTBACK CHALENGE 2015
The toughest, most gruelling four-wheel drive in Australia is on again in 2015. The Outback Challenge attracts competitors from all around Australia and the world to the NSW deserts around Broken Hill. The big news though, is Unsealed 4X4 are…
LIFT ISN’T EVERYTHING
FOR THE FULL STORY CLICK HERE! A mild lift and suspension upgrade is a modification that you will benefit from every time you sit in the driver’s seat. Go too far with the lift though, and things start going backwards…
The New Nissan Navara
The Navara has seemingly always been content with being number two in the four-wheel drive dual cab ute scene, but the brand new 2016 Navara NP300 is a clear statement that they’re gunning for the top spot. Exterior: I’ll be…
ROAD TESTED TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 76-SERIES WAGON
There are few who would disagree that the LandCruiser 70-Series is one of the last remaining real four-wheel drive vehicles on the market. It’s been in production since 1984, meaning that it’s been around longer than the 40-Series it replaced,…
THE BUSHPROOFING TO END ALL BUSHPROOFING
I guess I’m a bit annoyed. As Unsealed 4X4 grows (and boy, are we growing) I get more and more emails from people like you, the reader. Now I love getting these emails, and people generally have positive things to…
KNOW YOUR (LAND) RIGHTS
Meaning of road (1) A road means an area of land, whether surveyed or unsurveyed – (a) dedicated, notified or declared to be a road for public use; or (b) taken under an Act, for the purpose of a road for…
TRAVEL THE ANNE BEADELL HIGHWAY
The sun was starting to dip below the horizon ahead of us, the softening light doing magical things with the reds, blues and greens that surrounded us. We were travelling along the Anne Beadell Highway – a rough and snaking…
OYSTERS KILPATRICK
We’ll show you just how easy it is to branch out and cook something really unexpected in the camp oven… and once we do, you’ll be hooked! METHOD Combine bacon and sauces together. Arrange oysters on a tray with a bed of…
TROOPY PROJECT UPDATE
You could hop in a stock Landcruiser Troop Carrier and pretty much take it everywhere you wanted to go in Australia, that’s what makes the model so great. But that’s not really much fun, is it? I mean, do you…
HAS TUFF TRUCK CHANGED?
In the early days of the Tuff Truck Challenge it wasn’t exactly what you’d call family friendly. Think Mad Max meets the early days of Summernats and you’re on the right track. It was more of a “boys only weekend” affair,…
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
If there is one thing every four-wheel drive needs, it’s adequate suspension. I say adequate simply because every four-wheel drive obviously has suspension fitted from the factory, but more often than not the stock gear simply isn’t up to scratch for the…
