So we've rocked up at Opposite Lock, because the MU-X which ran in last season is gonna
run in this season again.
It's getting a make-over.
Now it performed quite well last season.
So why not give it a bit of a birthday.
So the first thing we've gotta do is we're gonna stick a bullbar on.
So the guys at Opposite Lock have organized this awesome new flash bullbar to go on the
front of the MU-X.
So the guys from All 4 Adventure, they're obviously rough on the gear.
They really push it to the limit.
We here at Opposite Lock, we make sure we test that gear before it even goes out to
the marketplace.
And the guys like Simon and Jase, they already are doing that,
and we want to get our gear on their cars.
And we know it will survive, because we've done the R&D.
We've done the testing.
We've done the engineering.
We've got over 40 years of experience making sure our product can survive as a touring
product, a camping product, and an offroad, hard-core product.
The MU-X is the smallest vehicle in the fleet, would you believe?
It runs all the same running gear, but it's a little bit shorter.
So the first thing you do is you give him a bullbar.
It looks pretty strong in here, like there's a fair bit going on, I noticed.
I see the bars come through the top bumper here and protrude right down into here.
That's correct.
Is that... that's an important thing, isn't it?
That's a very important thing.
It stops all this end of the bar just wobbling around.
Certain corregated roads, you would have found in the past...
So this is now strengthening this part as well?
That's correct.
If you happen to cop a heavy hit on this outer edge, it will give it that extra structural integrity.
Now let's face it, the vehicles that go out on All 4 Adventure get an absolute flogging
from the environment that we drive around in.
To sort of combat that, Opposite Lock have done what's called a zinc-phosphate coating.
And that sits under that powder-coat, that teflon coating.
And that all combined keeps the paint on your bullbar looking good for years to come.
Our plan for the MU-X is to make sure it's got the fuel capacity.
At the back of it where the spare wheel goes, there's this massive big void.
Now because we've got bigger tyres on the MU-X, there isn't any space or enough space
to fit that spare tyre in.
So what we're gonna put in there is a Brown Davis auxiliary tank.
Now this is a 95-litre tank, and it's got a pump inside it.
And it actually transfers the fuel from the 95-litre across to the standard 65-litre.
So basically, you're gonna get some serious range out of it.
The Brown Davis auxiliary tank is made out of aluminiumized steel which makes it tougher.
It's actually, I reckon, it'd be twice as tough as the standard tank.
So it can take a bit of a knock and keep on going.
When you put a bullbar on, it's designed to hold things like your winches, your spotlights,
all the UHF radios, all that sort of stuff.
So when you're gonna do a vehicle up, like let's say you're heading off on a trip yourself,
then get the bullbar and the winch on first so you know what sort of weight is gonna be
on the front end.
And then that leads you in to some suspension.
We're gonna make sure that they've got the best suspension with the guys from Outback Armour.
All our trucks are going to be fitted out with some Outback Armour this year.
We're going with the fully-adjustable stuff.
We're going with these jounce stops.
I'm curious to see how they're gonna go.
So it's no doubt about it, the MU-X is getting a serious kit-out here at Opposite Lock.
So Simon literally destroyed the D-MAX on the last season, so it's time it got a makeover,
the poor little thing.
It needs to get rid of those bush pinstripes.
So we're going to town on it.
The D-MAX, it's Simon's car, and we know he's gonna hammer that puppy.
So we're gonna make sure it's looked after, and it's protected.
So on the front Opposite Lock premium bullbar.
So the bullbar that we're putting on the D-MAX, it's the new Opposite Lock modular system.
Now the advantage of the modular system is everything sort of interlocks.
But it also makes it easy to access, and it also makes the winch cradle and the things
behind the bullbar that support it really, really strong.
So this is gonna be a really tough bullbar.
Now on top of the teflon coating that goes onto it, we're gonna run the bars all black,
so it goes with the truck itself.
And then, of course, there's a winch in there somewhere.
But there's easy access to the winch.
So when we head up north, there's gonna be some serious tracks this year.
We're be doing some serious winching, because they've had one of the biggest wets on record up there.
So you can imagine how much mud there's gonna be.
So we'll be winching, we're gonna be dragging, we're gonna be pushing.
There's some bush bashing.
So all that is at the front of the truck, and that's where the poor old bullbar cops
an absolute flogging.
So this Opposite Lock bullbar, not only is it going to look good, but it's also going
to be able to do the job.
Obviously, we're expecting the boys to push their cars to the limit, and they're gonna
go to some crazy off-the-beaten-track locations.
But we expect our gear to come back with just battle scars and still working, functioning,
because we back our gear 100%.
Now that the Isuzus have all their gear fitted, the 200 is gonna get a premium Opposite Lock
bullbar as well.