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4×4fever.com has been named 91st in a list of the top 100 Aussie start ups by TechNation Australia. It’s the first time 4×4fever.com has appeared, and it’s thanks to you, our loyal readers.
Let’s see if we can’t crack the top 50 next month 
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Check out this radical new tire design by Michelin. Apparently, this new tire concept was unveiled at the Philadelphia car show.
Auxiliary lights, spotties, whatever you want to call them, are one of the first modification people seem to make to their 4X4. For someone driving an older 4X4 I can understand it. The driving lights on older rigs like 40/60 series Landcruisers are just plain shithouse.
These days new rigs actually come with some pretty decent lighting, right out of the box, so there would be a heap of other mods I’d make before lights. But this is not a ‘why you shouldn’t fit spotties on your rig’ article, so let’s take a closer look at how you can pick the right auxiliary lights for your rig…
For a long time we had a choice between cable or cable to use with our winches. That was until some enterprising individual obviously had enough of cable splinters and lugging around all that extra weight and decided to come up with an alternative. Often referred to as plasma rope — it’s still essentially just a synthetic rope. So which is better? Lets take a look.
Bull bars come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Purchasing a bull bar for your rig isn’t a small investment so it’s important to know exactly what your hard earned cash is getting you. I’ve detailed below so of the important elements to a quality new front bar.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of off roading is getting your pride and joy absolutely covered in mud. Sitting nice and clean in your truck whilst mud flies left and right is guaranteed to excite even the most conservative individuals. As your confidence grows, the depth of the mud and the size of the puddles seem to get bigger. Then before you know it you’re competing with a truck that cost you three times as much as you planned… but the adrenalin, well, is worth it. Whilst its difficult to describe exactly what the feeling is like, I thought I’d show a collection of videos that give you a snippet into the world of 4X4 Mudding.
If your into all the high tech wizardry of modern day camping, or if you’ve tacked on an electric winch to your off road chariot, you’ll probably want to invest in a 2nd battery for your 4X4.
Most large 4X4’s produced after 1980 will have a spot already available for a 2nd batter, and this mod is one of the easiest you can make to your 4X4. For older and smaller 4X4’s you might have a little more work to do…
With number of different brands of off road tires changing so fast, if I was to publish a review on the specific products available right now, by tomorrow it would already be out of date. So rather than do that, I thought I’d share some more generic insight into what you should look for in an off road tire, so at the time of purchase, you can make an informed choice.
They say a picture tells 1000 words, and, in this case, in this case they were spot on. Take a good look at this video and you’ll understand exactly why I love 4X4 driving. It’s footage of a 4X4 trip north of Perth WA (Australia) and features Grahams Beefy BJ71 Landcruiser that we’ve featured on this site before.
If you watch the whole thing, and don’t agree this the stuff dreams are made from, then, well, get the hell outta my site .
When you talk as much 4wd and I do, you can often get bogged down in Landcruiser this, Nissan that. Quite easily can you forget the wonderful and vast range of off-road vehicles available. It’s refreshing to speak to people Like Jon Chilton, who’s terrific Terracan is a fine example of the choices we off-roaders have.
Now the Hyundai Terracan is not everyones cup of tea, but you’d really struggle to find a better value for money 7-seater 4WD. Slip on a new set of rubber, a suspension kit, a few custom mods, and you’ve got a value for money truck, that can take it right up to the big boys. Jon Chilton tells us more about his Terrain Taming Terry…
