Extreme 4x4
Extreme 4x4 are highly modified and custom built 4x4s. Some of them may look like other 4x4s but as you look closer you see interesting solutions. Others are obviously extreme - right from the moment you lay eyes on these monsters.
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Extreme 4x4 Articles
Urban Gorilla - Extreme 4x4The Urban Gorilla certainly looks like a unique and extreme 4x4. They look like a Hummer but are in fact not related - other than in spirit perhaps. In short the Urban Gorilla is a 4x4 body replacement kit that you can use to upgrade your tired old pickup.
Manfred's 6x6 Land RoverThere have always been these cars that you see once and never forget. Sometimes it's because of they way they are designed,: clean, perfect, dream-like. Other times it's because they give a feeling of safety: big wheels, roll cages, extra lights, winches.
Arctic TrucksEach part of the globe requires somewhat particular specifications to the off road cars that trek it's plains. Desert explorers will have different specifications than swamp or mud cars or any other type of vehicle. One particular country to own a 4x4 vehicle is without doubt Iceland.
Mercedes Benz Sprinter - 44" TiresTaking brand new stock Mercedes Benz Sprinter and adding four wheel drive with all the modifications needed for 44 inch tires - well - here is the first! Pall Halldorsson is an ex rally driver and off-roading enthusiast. Working for the Icelandic Mercedes shop he got the crazy idea to see if this was possible.
The Iguana Off Road VehicleCustom built for the local trails and tough enough for the tourism trade The IGUANA runs ahead of the field. "They're designed to do things other trucks can not do." Not only to travel off road but to rumble through the jungle, climb over fallen trees and scurry through up to three feet of water."
BIG Suburban - 49 Inch Tires & Atlas GearsGo Big - Go Suburban - Go Suburban AND fit 49 inch tires! - That's BIG! Kristjan Kristjansson - Stjani - has done just that. After spending countless hours and days in his garage his 49 inch modified Chevrolet Suburban is now street legal.
Team Mud in Mac4x4Team Mud consists of two brothers from Northern Ireland - Graeme and Chris Elliott - taking part in the Mac4x4 Challenge in March 2007.
Land Rover TomCat AuctionMarc Ward, a Land Rover enthusiast from Barbados is having an auction this month destined to make eBay history - again. This is the second auction featuring one of the most unusual high-value items ever offered on the world's most popular auction site.
Toyota 4Runner on 44 Inch TiresJon G. Snaeland is one of the most active 4 wheelers in Iceland. He is in the board of the Icelandic 4x4 club and owns this "slightly" modified Toyota 4 Runner. The 4Runner is fully equipped to handle the most demanding terrain and is supported by a set of 44 inch Dick Cepec tires.
Mahindra Scorpio SUV From IndiaKishan Lohiya from India sent me some interesting pictures from his buildup of an Indian SUV named Mahindra Scorpia.
Nissan Patrol 1993 - 44 Inch ModificationOskar Erlingsson in Iceland has made all the necessary changes to fit 44 inch Fun Country tires under his monster. Serious work has been done on the drive train and engine with more to come.
49 Inch Modified Patrol/ChevyTime has come to take away manufacturing faults of this otherwise fine automobile. Common 44 inch modification was not quite up to par. Engine and driveline (mostly front wheel bearings) proved to small and to weak.
Rick's CJ-3B Jeep
Home made 100%Fiberglass body 5'' longer 4'' wider the a stock 3B, 2''x4'' box frame, 302ci, C-6, NP-205, ford 9'' front and back with locker's and disc brakes, 5.43's, 35 spline axles, 4 link with coil's up front, 3 link with coil's in the rear, 2'' six point roll bar, 9000i winch, 35'' BFG's.
1996 Ford Bronco
PictureOscar Hardarson has owned this Full Size Bronco for more than six years and in that time has completely rebuilt it to take on the most demanding off-roading trips.
Toyota Land
Cruiser AustraliaAn "Icelandic" truck modified in Australia. 4x4 truck pictures perhaps of the only 4x4 in Australia legal on 44 inch tires!
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I really enjoy seeing real 4WD
vehicles in real situations where they are needed. There
are so many highway bound posers that never go off the
pavement here that seeing life or death 4 wheeling in
Iceland is really refreshing.
-Craig
It is fun to read about other people's
Offroading adventures and also learning from the up and downs of
their adventure!
-Nathan
The whole 4x4 thing is new to me so i have a lot
to catch up on, i am going to get involved in a 4x4 club here in
Varna as there are vast amounts of tracks and mountains to explore
the news letter is boss:) and i especially like to look at readers
rigs
-Mike
Not all people know how to go offroad,prepare
vehicles to go offroad, or know how to get themselfs prepared to go
offroad. this website is a wonderful way for people to learn how.I
even learn some new tricks.thanks
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