BEST ’ROK IN TOWN

YOU’VE bought a new Amarok and you can’t find accessories for it. Do you wait until someone builds them; go buy another truck; or get sick of waiting, quit your high-paying IT job and start your own company importing and producing accessories for Amaroks? If you guessed the latter, then meet Ashley Gibbons, who runs Wolf 4x4 from Queensland. South African born, he was exposed to Amaroks while visiting family and friends, before seeing them on the roads when he emigrated here.

His business literally kicked off from his bedroom floor in 2011, and it now runs from a facility in North Lakes, dispatching bits like Darche rooftop tents, Bilstein shockbased suspension kits of his own design and loads more.

A self-professed petrol-head, Ashley ditched fast cars for a Nissan X-trail (“Yeah … that wasn’t the smartest car to start with,” he grinned) before scratching the Amarok itch with this car, a 2015 Dark Label limited edition.

As the importer of AFN bullbars and parts, Ashley’s car wears kit from the Portuguese company, as well as a raft of other kit, including a cleverly hidden Runva winch controller behind the VW badge, 6mm AFN underbody protection, 17-inch Fuel Vector rims on 285mm BF Goodrich K02s, Outback Armour suspension, Ezydown tailgate struts and Rhino Cab canopy, an awesome MSA drop slide and more.

“From a personal perspective, it was great to catch-up with fellow Amarok owners, some new faces and some old faces,” said Ashley. “For business, it was great to have possibly the most modified Amarok out there, which got plenty of attention from prospective customers … as well as the boys from Volkswagen Australia!”