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Your 4x4 left the factory set up for a compromise. The suspension had to flatter a showroom test drive, ride acceptably with an empty load bed and not wreck the economy figures all at once. That’s fine until you bolt on a canopy, load the drawers, hitch a trailer and point the thing down a gre …

There's a point in every build where the boot's full, the drawers are packed and you're still stood in the driveway holding an awning, a set of recovery boards and a bag of firewood with nowhere to put them. That's usually when people look up. The roof is the one part of the vehicle most owners neve …

Every 4x4 owner reaches the same point eventually. You open the tailgate looking for the recovery strap, and end up unloading half the vehicle onto a wet verge to find it. That's usually the moment you start looking at 4x4 storage systems. The question is which type, because there are two very diffe …

You do not need to ship your truck to Morocco to get something out of it. Some of the best driving and camping in Europe is within a day's drive of most of the UK, and a well set up 4x4 makes those places far easier to reach and far more comfortable to stay in. Here are five regions we keep coming b …

If you've caught the 4x4 bug, you'll know that modifying your vehicle quickly becomes addictive. One upgrade leads to another, and before you know it you're planning the next adventure just so you can justify buying more kit. The good news is that you don't need thousands of pounds to start improvin …

Whether you're spending a weekend in the Welsh mountains or setting off on a two-month overland adventure, one thing never changes… A few minutes spent checking your 4x4 vehicle before you leave can save you hours (or days) of headaches later. At Apex4WD, we've travelled thousands of miles a …