Our 4wd – What Makes It Capable

Rola Titan Tray on a Toyota Fortuner. Loaded wit camping gear and 4wd gear

For as long as I can remember, we have pretty much always had a 4wd parked in the driveway. Everything from an old 90’s Mitsubishi Pajero, a Nissan R51 Pathfinder to a very capable 4wd Ford PX Ranger.

After Orbs came along we needed an extra seat so a wagon it had to be again.

Capable 4wd | Ford PX Ranger four wheel driving in bush Watagans National Park

Our overland vehicle of choice this time is a Toyota Fortuner.
For those that don’t know what a Fortuner is, they are pretty much a Hilux wagon. Originally we were going to buy a Ford Everest but the Fortuner seemed to have more space on the inside and we both wanted a manual gear box, so the choice was easy. We bought a 2015 GX manual at the start of 2016 and have been modifying it into a capable 4wd for our adventures ever since.

Toyota Fortuner drifting on beach with TRED recovery tracks. Teaching how to 4wd on the beach
All the gear that makes our tourer tough has been installed by us at home in the shed; so we can proudly say this is 4wd we modified and built up ourselves.

The gear that makes it capable

Ironman 4×4 Deluxe Bullbar
Dominator 12000 lbs winch
Brown Davis UG2 underbody protection
Phat Bars angled rock sliders
Dobinsons MS 3″ lifted suspension
Nolathane fixed upper control arms
Ecotechne roof rack
Boss Wheels, Vapour 17×9 +15 offset
285/70r17 General Grabber X3 tyres
TJM Airtec snorkel
Steinbauer Power module
iDrive throttle module
DBA T3 4000 Survival series brake discs
Uniden UHF radio & RFI aerial
Stedi ST4K 28″ led light bar
Stedi 3501 11.5″ led light bars
Stedi ST3K 41.5″ led light bar
Lightforce Rok9 lights

capable 4wd | new Toyota Fortuner flexing on stump at Glasshouse Mountains

The future modifications

Rear wheel carrier

The recovery gear we always carry with us on our adventures

900 TRED’s + TRED Pro
Tyre deflators and air compressor
Tree trunk protector
9000 lbs snach strap
3x 4.7T shackles
Winch dampener and snatch block
Folding shovel
First aid kit

The other good gear

ARB single rear draw
Clearview easy slide drop fridge slide

We love owning a 4wd and being able to get to the awesome spots that a normal car just couldn’t. We love camping and exploring this beautiful country of ours and we intend on seeing as much of it as we can. The future plan is to eventually buy a camper trailer and start doing trips further from home.

Stay tuned for future progress.