Forbes Automotive Services

Forbes, New South Wales

A workshop and a4x4 showroom,under the one roof.

Fully qualified mechanics on Rankin Street, Forbes. Servicing, repairs, safety inspections and 4x4 accessory fitting, out of the old Patterson building since 2019.

(02) 6851 2474See what we do
4.7 from 27 Google reviewsMon to Fri, 8:00am - 5:00pm
A Forbes Automotive Services Hilux with the business's oval badge on the door, inside the workshop on Rankin Street
One of our own utes in the workshop on Rankin Street.

Est. 2019

In the old Patterson building

4.7 / 5

From 27 reviews on Google

Two sides

A workshop and a 4x4 showroom

Listed stockist

MSA 4X4 and Clearview Accessories

Two sides of the one shed

A workshop out the back, a showroom out the front.

We are a mechanical workshop with a 4x4 accessory showroom, which means the gear you buy gets fitted by the same mechanics who service your car, in the same building.

The workshop

General servicing, mechanical repairs, safety inspections and diagnostics, carried out by fully qualified mechanics with over 16 years experience behind them.

  • Servicing
  • Repairs
  • Safety inspections
  • Diagnostics

The 4x4 showroom

A room you can walk into and look at the gear, rather than a catalogue on a counter. Talk through what suits the way you actually use the vehicle, then have it fitted here.

  • Bar work and touring gear
  • Driving lights
  • Fuel pre-filters
  • UHF radios and air systems

What we do

Six things, done properly.

If you are not sure which of these you need, ring us and describe what the car is doing. Half the job is working out what is actually wrong with it.

01

General servicing

Routine servicing for the cars, wagons and utes that do the Lachlan Valley's running around. Booked in, done properly, back on the road.

02

Repairs

Mechanical repairs across a wide range of vehicles, from a warning light that will not go out to a job that has to be sorted before you can drive home.

03

Safety inspections

Safety inspections carried out here at the workshop on Rankin Street, alongside whatever else the car needs doing while it is in.

04

Diagnostics and fault finding

Electrical and electronic faults traced back to the actual cause. One customer's review thanks us for solving his computer glitch on the spot.

05

4x4 accessory fitting

Bar work, driving lights, fuel pre-filters, UHF and air systems, fitted here in the workshop by the mechanics who sold them to you.

06

Accessory sales

A proper 4x4 showroom on site, so you can stand in front of the gear and talk it through before you commit to anything.

Gear we stock and fit

What is on the shelves.

We are a listed store for MSA 4X4 and a listed dealer for Clearview. The rest is gear we stock and fit.

MSA 4X4
A listed MSA 4X4 store, published on their own dealer directory.
Clearview Accessories
A listed Clearview dealer, published on their own dealer directory.
ARB
Air systems, deflators, inflator kits and tyre gauges.
Direction Plus
Fuel Manager pre-filter kits, including for the Colorado and the Navara.
Ultra Vision
Nitro Maxx LED driving lights.
GME
XRS Connect and TX3500 UHF radios.

Everything here is fitted in our own workshop, by our own mechanics, so the people who sold it to you are the ones who put it on the vehicle.

A four wheel drive up on the workshop floor at Forbes Automotive Services, front spring and steering rack exposed
The steering rack job Glenn wrote about, on our workshop floor. Photo by Glenn Johnson via Google.

On the Newell

Some of the best things said about us come from people who were only passing through.

Forbes sits on the Newell Highway. Tamworth to Mildura. Orange. The Gold Coast. People pull in a long way from home with something that has to be sorted today, and more than a few of them have gone to the trouble of writing about it afterwards.

“I was travelling through coming from Tamworth heading to Mildura, I had trouble with steering rack and one of the young guys stopped what he was doing and got me back on the road.”

Glenn Johnson, Google, January 2026
(02) 6851 2474

Local or passing through, it is the same workshop and the same mechanics either way.

What people say

4.7 out of 5, from 27 reviews on Google.

These are their words, not ours. Notice how many of them name the person who helped.

“We would like to thank Natasha and the team for their excellent service to get us back on the road last Friday. Your professionalism and service was greatly appreciated. We were able to continue our journey for the long weekend. Thank you Sue and Dave Orange NSW”
Sue BlandfordJune 2025
“Couldn't have asked for better help. Solved my computer glitch on the spot. The staff and mechanic I spoke to were very helpful, professional and knowledgeable. Many thanks James. (Gold coast Qld)”
James MckinnonJuly 2025
“We own an old Nissan Pathfinder and since we bought it, Cody has made the impossible to always try to fix it and help us. The Forbes automotive has an excellent costumer service and attention. We are very thankful.”
Juan Ignacio NardoneGoogle review
“Got me out of trouble, courteous and professional would highly recommend”
rod gilesGoogle review

Our shed

The old Patterson building, 110 to 120 Rankin Street.

Steel truss roof and brick walls inside the Forbes Automotive Services workshop, with the old Holden dealership sign still mounted on the back wall
Brick, steel trusses and a Holden sign nobody has taken down.

Nick took the lease on the old Patterson building in 2019 and Forbes Automotive Services has been in it ever since. Anyone who grew up here knows the shed. The Holden sign is still up on the back wall, and we have never had a reason to take it down.

In 2021 we opened the 4x4 accessory showroom, which is what turned a workshop into somewhere you can plan a trip as well as fix a car. Since then we have kept growing, and we are still putting on qualified mechanics.

Customers thank Natasha and Cody by name in their reviews. That is the sort of thing you cannot ask people to write.

Visit or get in touch

Ring us, email us, or call in.

The quickest way to book a service or ask about a fit-out is the phone. If you would rather write it down, email works just as well.

Workshop
110-120 Rankin Street, Forbes NSW 2871Get directions
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Opening hours

Monday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

On Rankin Street, a short run off the Newell Highway.

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