What can be said about Toyota Prado 4WDs that hasn’t been said before? They are comfortable, capable and reliable. They command a premium on the second-hand market and they draw envious respect throughout suburbia and school pick-up zones in the…
EV’S FNB 4WD COIL TOWER BRACING The old GQ Patrols are damn near bulletproof… but considering how many miles they have racked up since they rolled out in 1988, any weak points have been found and addressed through the aftermarket…
After two failed starts over five years, doing the Madigan Line was looking like the stars just weren’t going to line up and it would remain an unfulfilled dream. Then out of the blue, four XXXX cans lined up in…
Jane & Malcolm’s Prado Jane and Malcolm take touring seriously! 27,500km worth of serious, to be precise. All this in their trusty Toyota Prado, which they say has never let them down (excluding a few inevitable punctures). They’ve travelled…
Four-wheel drivers come in all shapes and sizes, and their approach to modifying their beloved fourbies is just as varied – which is why we love checking them out so much. There is no one correct way – for some…
YOU CAN’T BUILD A CAMPER TRAILER ON THE CHEAP… OR CAN YOU? If you know what you want and how to cut costs by doing some of the work yourself, designing and organising for a custom-built camper trailer to…
ANTHONY’S 80 SERIES LANDCRUISER Anthony has three loves in his life: His wife, his dog Roxy, and his 1995 80 Series LandCruiser. Now he never specified in which order he rates them, so to keep him out of hot water…
Editor Matt Scott is the first to get a sneak peak at ARB’s newest range of bull bars. An Unsealed 4X4 industry first. Since ARB released their first bull bar about thirty years ago, they’ve been telling us that steel…
It’s no secret that Japanese vehicles are ridiculously popular in Australia. Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Mazda, Subaru – it’s the bulk of what you see on the road today. When it comes to four-wheel drives, it also seems as if…
Fun doesn’t even come close to describing my early years of camping and four-wheel driving!! I was born into it and I often warmly recall those distant childhood memories, fuzzy though they may now be. My Dad had an old…
