Namakwa Eco Trail a bucket list item ticked, right on our back door!
Tuesday, 14 February 2023Shaun and Calvin (father and son), from Hutton Motors in Hermanus has been dreaming of doing the Namakwa Eco Trail for years, when they finally got the chance to live this dream, they shared their story with us. The Northern Cape’s Namakwa Eco Trail is South Africa’s longest official 4×4 route with over 600 kilometers…
Read MoreTaking Off-Roading from Mild to Wild
Friday, 28 October 2022Off-road enthusiasts are in for the ride of their lives with the launch of internationally acclaimed suspension brand, Raw 4×4 in South Africa. The 4×4 suspension range boasts heavy-duty shock absorbers, coil and leaf springs, polyurethane bushes and torsion bars, designed and tested in Australia, in some of the most diverse and demanding terrain in…
Read MoreBETTER SUSPENSION SETUPS
Monday, 19 August 20194WDAction issue #297 June 2019 – Suspension Feature Is your suspension letting your pride and joy down? We speak to the industry’s leading experts to find out how to improve any suspension system without spending the earth. STOP PUTTING UP WITH SUB-STANDARD SUSPENSION Suspension setups can be a minefield, even for those of us who’ve…
Read MoreFrom the archives – SHOCK VALUE: The No-Bull test
Friday, 25 May 2018We’ve taken the leading brands of shock absorbers and put them through the biggest no-bull, real-world VALUE comparo yet! We pulled this article from the 2011 archives for its comprehensive nature. Below you can read excerpts from the article, click here to read the full article written by Paul Zielinski that appeared in issue 165…
Read MoreRAW 4×4 real world testing in the harsh Simpson Desert
Monday, 25 September 2017By Mat Gatgens – General Manager RAW 4×4 When launching a new product RAW 4×4 not only test it exhaustively using our in-house lab facilities we also subject it to real world conditions. With my impending trip through the Simpson Desert, I thought it was a great opportunity to test the new RAW Nitro…
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