Setting Up Your First 4WD For Adventure

When setting up a 4WD, you pretty well have the choice of going anywhere from mild to wild as far as what you do to it. But as today’s 4WDs are pretty well ready off the showroom floor to tackle beach runs, National Park tracks and dirt roads in general, you don’t have to outlay huge amounts of money if that’s all you’re going to be doing. Check out our tips for setting up your 4WD for adventure!

Would You Wear Hiking Boots to The Office Or Heels to The Beach?

Your tyres must suit the way you drive, the places you go and the value you are looking for.

Off-Road VS On-Road

As 4WDrivers we all know that choosing your next set of 4WD tyres can be a bit of a dilemma. This is something you need to get right. After all, you will probably be driving on them over the next 50,000kms to 100,000kms.

HSV selects Cooper’s Zeon LTZ Pro for its most-anticipated sports 4×4

HSV selects Cooper’s Zeon LTZ PRO for its most-anticipated sports 4×4.

Wheeling Abroad – the 2nd half

After an amazing few days exploring Etosha National Park it was time to move on, so the first stop was to refuel at the town of Kamanjib.

Wheeling Abroad – Namibia: First Impressions

Our destination for this safari is Windhoek, Namibia and flying over it is uncannily like Outback Australia. It is an arid landscape with very little water. It is also a very old landscape, so the mountains are well worn and the dry river beds are very wide and rocky. It certainly looks like something I know very well.

Wheeling Abroad Namibia: Getting there

Day of departure, finally get to sleep at 2am after all the usual last minute checks & re-checks – you know – where is my passport and have I got the tickets, there’re very valid questions after all!

Wheeling Abroad Namibia: Preparation

So, now that the initial shock/realisation has settled in, the task of thinking about the trip begins. A bit of research is needed into where we are actually going? That is Namibia, Africa.

Wheeling Abroad: Namibia

It’s interesting how things sometimes work out…There I was, on the 28th December sitting at my desk contemplating why I was the only one not on holidays, and trying to sell more Cooper tyres when the phone rang.

Kitting up the new Cooper Rig

Well our 2010 petrol 150 series Prado had seen a fair whack of our beautiful country and it was time to put it out to pasture. After 175,000 kms of hard work and travel from coast to coast, it was getting a little tired.