CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Unsealed 4X4 Garage – DIY Series You want to know a fact? Manual transmissions in 4WDs are becoming a thing of the past. Automatics offer so many advantages, both on-road…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Toyota Fortuner Update I never really pay attention to fuel consumption when I drive modern 4X4s, I must confess. That’s because I’ve owned a fair few TB42 petrol motors that…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE I could have died on the Canning… how to protect yourself from the Outback As I lie here in my bed recovering from a rather nasty ruptured appendix, my…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE DIY Deutsch Plug Have you ever seen anything over-engineered fail? It’s the rhetorical mantra a mate of mine preaches regularly to justify that extra nail, bolt or tube of glue…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE WHAT HAPPENED TO WHITE STEEL WHEELS? You know that saying, ‘no point reinventing the wheel’? Well, I feel that has been forgotten with the 4X4 game of late. Wheel technology…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Paul’s Jimny Paul’s Jimny has been built from the ground up over the past seven years. The aim was to create a 4X4 that will cruise at 110 and tow…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE PRODUCT REVIEW DRIFTA DRAWERS After 12 months in the camper trailer, have my Drifta storage drawers and kitchen lasted the distance? Building a custom camper trailer on a budget…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Over a kilometre out of only 160 watts total? This is how you build lights! I’m not gonna lie to you, being a photojournalist with Unsealed 4X4 is a pretty…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE What you’ll want to know about the Haval H9 And why it’s a much better 4WD than you think… It’s not bad. We know, we know. Lots of you folk out…
What do you get when you cross a hybrid camper with a toy hauler? The Condamine ATV Camper, of course. In the past, there have been equipment trailers and camper trailers. Then came the toy haulers which were really equipment…
Rugged red ranges, spectacular off-road adventures, Outback skies and SA’s gnarly Billy Goat Ridge. Will you take on the goat? In the stunning southern Flinders Ranges our family drove over a goat – and loved it. But don’t go reporting…
Enough went wrong on this trip… so learn from my mistakes to avoid your own disasters. Len Beadell and his Gunbarrel Road Construction Crew opened up the desert, creating tracks meaningful for the atomic bomb and ballistic missile tests before…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE A very ‘a-peeling’ camp treat Citrus is great to take camping – it is robust against all that 4X4 touring and can last a long time out of the fridge.…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE During her three-month odyssey kicking up the dust in Australia’s backblocks of WA and the NT, Monica McInnes discovers it’s not the bulldust tracks you need to fear – it’s…
How much of the island can you see, in a bog-stock Isuzu? Plenty, actually… Lake McKenzie If beach driving is the bread, then Lake McKenzie is the butter of your typical Fraser Island experience. And for good reason: The place…
