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Plug-and-play wiring loom install
Is this wiring loom from Lightforce as easy to install as they say? By now, you would have seen our unboxing video on the new Lightforce Striker LED driving light. And you might have seen the destruction testing we undertook…
GQ PATROL BRAKE REPLACEMENT WITH DRIVETECH 4X4
In this instalment of the Unsealed 4X4 Garage, we look at replacing the braking system on Ev’s GQ Patrol… CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE The guys at Drivetech 4×4 must love us by now! We’ve…
DIY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER KIT INSTALLATION
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…
DRIVETECH 4X4 SUSPENSION INSTALL
Ben from Drivetech 4×4 shows us how to install an IFS suspension without using any specialist tools… CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Aftermarket suspension is something you will appreciate every time you sit in your…
PROJECT RUSTY: CLUTCH SWAPPING 101
We finally fix a problem with Rusty that’s been there since day one, and show you how to do the same thing in 8 steps. Rusty’s clutch has always been a bit suspect. It’s had bearing noise, odd pedal feel…
RUSTY GETS SHAFTED
The ‘no press, no vice’ method of changing uni joints. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Look, just ask any FIFO worker, life in the mines is tough. Back-breaking labour for 12 hours plus a day;…
Unsealed 4X4 Garage Project Rusty – Reconditioning Rusty’s Diffs
In this month’s Unsealed 4X4 Garage, with some help from our mates at Drivetech 4×4 we are going to start to tackling Rusty’s well worn diffs. Now, we know that Rusty has had a hard old life working in the…
Unsealed 4X4 Garage – Project Rusty
Brake Overhaul In this month’s Unsealed 4X4 Garage, along with the help of our mates at Drivetech 4×4 we are going to tackle the brakes on old Rusty. During one of our early test drives the brakes seemed to be…
Unsealed 4X4 Garage: Project Rusty Steering Damper Install
This month Mad Matt tackles a small but important job on the steering on old Rusty. With a live axle 4WD you can get a lot of vibrations and oscillations through the steering wheel; even moreso when off-road. CLICK HERE…
Unsealed 4X4 Garage – Project Rusty
Rusty gets one of the nicest suspension systems we’ve ever seen. With the bar work in place, and now that we have a good idea of what sort of weights we’re going to be lugging around on Project Rusty,…
UNSEALED 4×4 GARAGE: PROJECT RUSTY
One of the first mods most people do to their vehicles is put on a set of new tyres. Not that Rusty had any old tyres on though… but, given they’d been driving around in such a toxic environment, they…
UNSEALED 4X4 GARAGE: PROJECT RUSTY
In Issue 18 of Unsealed 4X4, we introduced you to our Project Vehicle – aptly named ‘Project Rusty’. But then we hit a hurdle… how on Earth were we going to make this thing pretty with nowhere to kit her…
