The guys at Extreme 4×4 have obviously been busy of late. The Land Rover accessories specialist has just released details of a range of new items in its product line-up. Here is a flavour of what’s available:

Discovery 2 Winch Bumper

A new winch bumper for use with a Warn 8274-50, featuring two optional swivel recovery eyes, two built-in jacking points and a choice of auxiliary lights. This is a tidy piece of kit for the serious mud-plugger, costing £330.45 plus VAT.

Mini Halogen Work Lamps

This H3 round work lamp is just 84mm in diameter, and provides a handy addition to any working 4×4. It comes with black plastic housing, and features a metal reflector for enhanced brightness. The work lamp takes a 12-volt 55-watt bulb and is TUV approved. Each lamp is zinc plated to provide resistance from corrosion, and costs £14.69 plus VAT.

If you intend to take your 4×4 away from the asphalt, it’s worth thinking about fitting some underbody protection. Kit like fuel tank guards, diff covers and steering protectors can make all the difference between whether or not you drive home at the end of a hard day’s mud-bashing…

Focus on… Frogs Island 4×4

Oxfordshire-based Frogs Island 4×4 is a well-known name in off-road vehicle preparation. The company sells equipment for all types of four-wheeler, and its team’s extensive experience benefits customers throughout the world.

In addition to bolt-on components like steering guards and fuel tank protectors, Frogs Island offers reinforced and heavy-duty replacement components that have built-in strength and durability.

A good example comes in the form of its heavy-duty replacement differential pans, for the Land Rover Defender. These are fitted in place of the original diff pan, rather than bolting over the top, as is more conventional for diff guards. They are much tougher than the components they replace – which is hardly surprising when you realise that they are constructed from the same material as Caterpillar Bulldozer blades. Contact the Frogs Island workshop for details of pricing.

www.frogsisland4x4.com

It is sometimes necessary to deflate a vehicle’s tyres when traversing sand or deep mud – it helps improve traction, and is a valuable way of maintaining forward progress. And the job of releasing air from a 4×4’s rubber-wear just got a whole lot easier, thanks to LPI/Trekk 4×4 Adventure Stores. The Belgian accessories supplier has just launched this tyre deflator kit, which fits neatly in a glovebox and can be used quickly and simply.

The kit costs €45 plus VAT. To be honest, deflating is easy… it’s the blowing back up that’s often more difficult! www.lpi.be

Ensure you tighten fixings to just the right degree with ATEQ’s new Torque Tool. The tool is easy to handle, and enables precision tightening between one and eight Nm. It features an integral lock, which ensures that the torque setting remains even under heavy load, and comes in a hard-wearing case with 11mm and 12mm sockets and a Torx driver. A universal square driver also makes it possible to fit a variety of other fastening tools.

The ATEQ Torque Tool is available from Performance Wheels, and is priced at £48.51 plus VAT. www.tyresensors.com

Experience the thrills and spills of the legendary Croatia Trophy in this new DVD, available from Devon 4×4. Last year saw the 10th anniversary of this hardcore challenge competition, and film crews were on hand to capture every moment of the muddy mayhem. A total of 52 teams lined up at the start of the event, and the DVD shows how the competition stayed close right until the final moments. With co-drivers struggling to keep on top of the challenging navigation, and drivers wrestling with extreme conditions, the action is compelling. The DVD provides a perfect way to while away a few idle moments on your couch – and it’ll certainly make you eager to get out in your own 4×4 and experience some off-road action.

www.devon4x4.com

Diesel performance specialist Tunit reckons it can save 4×4 drivers as much as 12 per cent on the cost of fuel. Its aftermarket tuning accessories improve performance and maximise economy – an appealing combination as fuel prices continue to rocket. Tunit’s online Fuel Savings Calculator gives potential customers a flavour of the savings available.

Visit www.tunit.come/save for more information.

This new grab handle has just come on the market, thanks to MUD-UK. The MUD Flexible Grab Handle replaces the rigid plastic door handle on a Land Rover Defender. It is manufactured from nylon webbing and features a tough rubber handle that folds flat against the door trim panel, keeping it out of the way of the driver’s leg. 

Priced at £8.75 including VAT, the Grab Handle comes with a fitting kit for DIY installation.
www.mudstuff.co.uk

Another new piece of kit to come out of the LPI/Trekk 4×4 Adventure Stores stable is this tyre
repair kit.

Priced at €345 plus VAT, the kit contains everything that is needed to repair a puncture
on the hop – including tyre levers, repair patches and glue. www.lpi.be

Anyone who has wrestled with a large alloy wheel after a blowout will know how difficult they are to fit back onto a vehicle. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that many manufacturers have done away with protruding studs from the hubs of their vehicles – leaving owners trying to line a rim up with a series of holes, into which they must insert the wheel bolts.

That’s why E-Tech has launched this stud locator. It’s a deceptively simple device, which screws into one of the bolt holes on a vehicle’s hub. This enables the wheel to be mounted on the stud locator, thereby ensuring the other holes line up, and the bolts can be tightened with ease.

A pack containing two locators is priced £9.99. www.autoinparts.com

If you’re welding two panels together, these Intergrip Panel Clamps from Frost will be a considerable aid. They clamp flat, curved or pressed ribbed panels edge-to-edge, leaving just enough space between for the weld to take hold.

A set of five Panel Clamps costs £13.50. www.frost.co.uk