Baja Designs Employee Builds

Baja Designs Employee Builds


Here at Baja Designs, we are fortunate enough to spend time with some of the biggest names and companies in the off-road industry. Having this exposure helps creates some amazing vehicle builds from our fellow BD associates. With this being said we feel like it is time to showcase some of the builds coming from the great employees who work for us.

Starting things off right we have this purpose-built Lexus GX 470 owned by Bill. Bill works as our order allocator and in his spare time loves off-road and camping out of his Lexus GX. Bill's main design behind this vehicle is to be able to take a month-long trip and live off only the necessities while being able to push through those black diamond trails. This Lexus rolled into Bills' possession as a bone stock Ash Mica Blue Lexus GX 470 and has been built into this capable trail machine. This is Bill's first step into the off-road world coming from a heavy street scene past. Bill Is currently running Bilstein 5100 all around with front Eibach springs and rear Dobinson springs. He also has a pan hard correction kit installed as well.



Bill has pushed the limits of this vehicle to the point of breaking and upgraded only where he fit was needed. While working for Baja Designs Bill found himself head-deep in the offroad industry with a market full of suggestions and support. With those supporting faces behind his back Bill continues to upgrade this GX where he feels needed.



Bill is currently utilizing our S2 Sport in a wide corner amber as a ditch light with CBI a-pillar brackets which provides him the dispersity of lighting he needs for the slow speed crawling he is doing achieving zone 1. Bill is currently considering more lighting and has been hindering adding a front bumper and some larger forward-facing driving lights to his setup.



He has this paired with a set of dual Squadron Pros in the fog light location. One set of these Squadrons is equipt with a full wide corner amber lens giving him the perfect complement of light while running his S2 or performing amazing as a flood light when used alone. His additional Squadron Pro is paired with the driving combo clear lens allowing him to gain distance while getting this GX up to speed on those fast flat sections. Bill has played around with his lighting package while working for Baja Designs all throughout the uService program. This allowed Bill to change his lens patterns and color with the removal of 4 screws to achieve zones 1-3.



Bills GX is also set up with our S2 Sports tuck up away on his rear end to avoid any dislodging while hitting the trails. This allows him to visualize any terrain behind him while faced with tight situations with nearby obstacles. Bill has also decided to utilize this light as a chase light while traveling in groups to alert others of his presence while in dusty or foggy conditions. With this lighting package, Bill is able to achieve lighting zone 8.



With this build being designed for a weekend in Joshua Tree or a week-long trip to Big Bear Bill has set up this GX to be fully livable. Some things that allow him to do this are his Napa Awning, a comfy bed and platform, storage totes, a fold-down Bison Gear table, and his portable camping gear.



As most of you know once a project like this starts it may never end, the future of this GX with be fully built out. Bills' future plans with this build include a Cali Fab 3 link kit, Total Chaos front long travel kit, Nguyen Works rear bumper, and possibly 35” tires. We want to thank Bill for all the hard work he puts in and for representing Baja Designs on his personal vehicle. If you have a GX that you are building as well comment with some photos, we would love to see some GX love. If you would like to browse Bills lighting package the links will be below.




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https://www.bajadesigns.com/


https://www.bajadesigns.com/help/lighting-zones/


https://www.bajadesigns.com/products/s2-sport-black-led-auxiliary-light-pod-pair/?sku=547815


https://www.bajadesigns.com/products/s2-sport-black-led-auxiliary-light-pod/?sku=540015


https://www.bajadesigns.com/product...uxiliary-light-pod-pair-universal/?sku=557815


https://www.bajadesigns.com/product...uxiliary-light-pod-pair-universal/?sku=557803
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