In the event you’ve attended SEMA lately, and even simply checked out protection on-line, you’ll have spotted that the aftermarket display has been overrun by means of overlanding and off-road builds in accordance with pickup vehicles, SUVs or even small crossovers. The Tokyo Auto Salon is an identical tale. For this 12 months’s Auto Salon, Lexus introduced an instance of the redesigned GX 550 kitted out in portions from JAOS, an organization that has been round since 1985 and maximum not too long ago fielded an LX in ultimate 12 months’s Baja 1000.

The JAOS display truck is in accordance with the GX’s Overtrail trim, which is essentially the most off-road-ready style you’ll get from the manufacturing facility. It’s fitted with a JAOS Battlez raise package consisting of titanium-infused springs and Harmofleq adjustable dampers, and the 18-inch bronze JAOS wheels are shod in Toyo Open Nation all-terrain tires.

To counterpoint the raise, JAOS gave the GX a brand new entrance bumper produced from ABS resin that has further LED lighting fixtures, an aluminum skid plate, chunky matte-black fender flares additionally produced from ABS, metal tube facet steps, and an aluminum roof rack. My favourite element is the dust flaps, which characteristic an aluminum plate and appear to be they had been taken immediately off of a Dakar race truck.

Whilst the JAOS Overtrail is billed as only a thought car for now, all of those parts preview portions that buyers will in truth be capable to purchase. JAOS and Lexus had this to mention in regards to the challenge:

With a base car’s adventurous external and remarkable off-road efficiency, and a design adapted for at ease riding on any street, the car contains unique customizations distinctive to a 4 wheel drive & SUV aftermarket portions producer. The purpose is to create a mode that sparks the adventurous spirit of our consumers.

Thru collaboration cars such because the GX 550 “OVERTRAIL” JAOS model, our objective is to proceed showcasing the excitement of auto customization, with the purpose of providing our consumers increasingly more enriching automobile lifestyles studies.

With the brand new GX set to hit sellers within the U.S. in only some months, we’re certain to begin seeing masses of modded examples at automobile displays, off-road meets and trails around the globe in due time.