Category: Clearview News

We’re extremely proud to have been awarded the TJM Supplier Partner of the Year Award at the TJM Gala Dinner, held in Brisbane on Saturday night.

Mike Cowan, Co-Founder of Clearview Accessories, proudly accepted the award on behalf of the whole Clearview team! TJM’s partners include the who’s who of leading brands in our industry and for Clearview to have been awarded this achievement is a testament to the whole team. It’s also a testament to our commitment to producing the highest quality products, and we’re honoured to have been recognised for this award.

Thank you to everyone at TJM for your ongoing support, and we look forward to the next 50 years with you!

About: TJM celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2023. Many things have changed over the years, but what remains the same is the desire of 4WD enthusiasts to upgrade their vehicles with high quality, aftermarket accessories… to maximise every adventure.

To celebrate, TJM has brought back their signature 105 Series decked out with brand new TJM gear – including Clearview Compact Towing Mirrors!

For 50 ground-breaking years, TJM has been at the forefront of off-road safety and engineering technology. Check out TJM’s history over the past 50 years!

Rather than resting on their laurels after 16 years of producing reliable, top-quality touring accessories, Mike Cowan and his team at Clearview Accessories are showing no signs of slowing down.

Time flies. Whether you’re thinking of easing off the throttle a bit and taking life easy or wondering if you’ve reached the pinnacle of your profession, it probably only seems like yesterday you were ‘starting off’. It’s something Clearview Accessories’ Mike Cowan can relate to when he thinks back to how his incredibly successful off-road aftermarket accessories business started. And it was all because he couldn’t see what he needed to see …

Inspiration from frustration

It was the early 2000s when Mike Cowan first thought of what would become the success that is Clearview Accessories and, unsurprisingly, it was while he was towing a caravan behind his then-tourer, a LandCruiser 80 Series, which had the misfortune of following on from his previous tow-rig, a monster Ford F-350. You see (excuse the pun), the big Effy’s bulk meant it had, fitted to it, rear-view mirrors that were fit for purpose, when it comes to rearward vision. Something the otherwise impressive 80 Series lacked.

“It was frustration, really,” Mike recounts. “I have a background in towing, and I had been towing for a long time. I had an F-350 before the Toyota; it was a big American truck, and it had really good mirrors on it. Then when I bought my 80 Series, I’d hook my caravan up and drive out the front gate and all I could see was caravan.”

This situation led to some thinking for Mike, who resolved to try and replicate what he’d experienced with the Ford’s more effective mirrors. To this end, he imported a set of Silverado mirrors from the USA and fitted them to his 80 Series. The results were excellent – as was the attention from fellow towing enthusiasts.

Read more here: https://www.whichcar.com.au/gear/industry-profile-clearview-accessories

The 18th of July is a very special day in Clearview Accessories’ history. The all-new Clearview Power Slide™ has been officially launched as the world’s first powered fridge lowering slide. A completely new level of innovation. The Power Slide was created from the ground up, and we have spent the last three years refining our design through real-world testing. In early 2020, the Power Slide is put to the ultimate test by Jase and Simon in Series 11 of All 4 Adventure.

Our Power Slide was designed to handle the largest fridges on the market. With an aluminium construction, our game-changing Power Slide is up to 25% lighter than your standard fridge slide, which is great where GVM is critical!