Gwyn Lewis 4×4 designing and manufacturing Land Rover products since the early 1990s. From steering bars to suspension to mud shields and propshafts Gwyn has tried and tested each product. Gwyn Lewis 4×4 is a family run business based in Llanfair Caereinion, Mid Wales, founded by Gwyn himself. At the age of 16 in 1984 Gwyn started by repairing and maintaining vehicles alongside manufacturing items to improve customer needs. And is now designing, manufacturing and selling Land Rover products all over the world, alongside his wife and three daughters.
But where did his love for off road start?
Gwyn’s first experience of driving off road was at the age of 12 when he had a summer job working for a Land Drainage Contractor. This involved driving a Land Rover series 3, long wheel base, taking drainage pipe across fields going over ditches and weaving through boggy wet hill land. He quickly taught himself how not to get stuck otherwise his boss would not be happy.
After this, came along his first 4×4 purchase which was a Series 2A that needed a bit of TLC. Gwyn decided to completely strip and rebuild the Series fitting a 2.2 BMC diesel engine, replacing the original petrol engine. The next couple of vehicles Gwyn purchased were Toyota Hilux’s, making improvements on these and taking them off road. It was then time for a new project, in 1990 Gwyn decided to buy a Land Rover Defender 90 that had been badly rolled, but was committed to the challenge of the rebuild.
In the 1990s the off roading and winch challenge scene started to take off in the UK, so what better idea than to rebuild the Land Rover 90 into a challenge truck, but of course still had to be used on road. This is where most of Gwyn’s ideas came to life. The need to drive to the events in the challenge truck, to compete, try and do well then drive back home after competing pushed Gwyn to make improvements to his Land Rover not only for off road capability but also reliability, on and off road. Which was soon noticed by other competitors that persuaded Gwyn to start manufacturing and selling these improvements and new ideas.
Fast forward 30+ years Gwyn Lewis 4×4 has turned into a full time business along with Sumobars, designing, manufacturing and selling Land Rover products all over the world. Alongside his staff, Gwyn is constantly developing new and innovative ideas for Land Rover enthusiasts to use on their vehicles on and off road to improve performance and reliability where most of the items are designed and made in house so quality is always assured.
Gwyn has now retired from competing but enjoys helping out on recovery for the UK events, busy puttin
g competitors back onto their wheels, towing them back to pits or getting them out of sticky situations Gwyn’s mind is always innovating.
Gwyn is a very knowledgeable man and he and his team are always happy to help with anything. Thank you for your continued support and we hope you like our products.
