Where in Borrego was your picture taken. I live in San Diego and go there on occasion. I'm a newbie and do some light off-roading.
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Would love to learn more about your compressor set up. I'll be mostly desert and local mountains guy, with the occasional foray into Idaho to see my brother.
Anza is easily one of the most starkly beautiful places I've seen. Love it down there. Is that the new bumper that Toyota is doing?
Love the idea of a local group to compare notes. I'm Kevin. Live in Newport Beach. Spent two years having a power catamaran built in the UK for my fish/dive adventures. Spent the last year modifying the boat, so I'm a little deliberate as it relates to modifications.
Some incredible ideas on this forum for LC mods. So far, only moving forward on tire upgrades to the Nitto Terra Grappler G3, likely 275's. Will likely add rock rails and compressor. Still in the research phase on all else.
Nothing better than an amazing day on the water or an equally amazing day in the desert in my opinion. It's why I live here! Saltwater version of my LC attached.
Some incredible ideas on this forum for LC mods. So far, only moving forward on tire upgrades to the Nitto Terra Grappler G3, likely 275's. Will likely add rock rails and compressor. Still in the research phase on all else.
Nothing better than an amazing day on the water or an equally amazing day in the desert in my opinion. It's why I live here! Saltwater version of my LC attached.
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Hi bobs from Chula Vista. Can’t say I do much off-roading. Some of my dirt adventures include cruisin the jamul backroads and fiesta island. You can say I’m an “enthusiast” and I drive a mall crawler. Big fan of Hawaiian ahi poke especially Hawaiian style tire poke. 
Chee hooo!
One day I plan on doing the otay truck trail.
Chee hooo!One day I plan on doing the otay truck trail.
Looks nice. Lifted? It has a real nice clean look
Been there before. Nice 3 miles hike (6mi round trip)
Yeah. Let meet up. Nice if we can do a local trail ride together
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We’ll set up a trail day maybe sometime in Feb.
Hi Folks, my name is Nick I'm located down here in La Mesa area of California. Just picked up my LC this past weekend so still learning about all the features and everything its come with after spending a lot of time researching and looking at all the choices.
I do some light off-roading primarily some rugged dirt trails I've down a few light items down in Anza Borrego from time to time which typically my Tacoma is setup to do those items. I also go camping out in Palo Verde area and long road trips from time to time which is where more of my off-roading has taken place with friends out of state. So if folks ever do some trail items and want some extra company and don't mind a Tacoma tagging along I'd be down. I also enjoy the local dirt truck tails around the local area and the local mountains just to get out and see the sights from time to time. In the near future I'll take the LC out to the dirt and fun also.
Haven't had a chance to take good photos of the LC, so the obligatory picking up from the dealership picture will have to do for now
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I do some light off-roading primarily some rugged dirt trails I've down a few light items down in Anza Borrego from time to time which typically my Tacoma is setup to do those items. I also go camping out in Palo Verde area and long road trips from time to time which is where more of my off-roading has taken place with friends out of state. So if folks ever do some trail items and want some extra company and don't mind a Tacoma tagging along I'd be down. I also enjoy the local dirt truck tails around the local area and the local mountains just to get out and see the sights from time to time. In the near future I'll take the LC out to the dirt and fun also.
Haven't had a chance to take good photos of the LC, so the obligatory picking up from the dealership picture will have to do for now
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Hi Nick!Hi Folks, my name is Nick I'm located down here in La Mesa area of California. Just picked up my LC this past weekend so still learning about all the features and everything its come with after spending a lot of time researching and looking at all the choices.
I do some light off-roading primarily some rugged dirt trails I've down a few light items down in Anza Borrego from time to time which typically my Tacoma is setup to do those items. I also go camping out in Palo Verde area and long road trips from time to time which is where more of my off-roading has taken place with friends out of state. So if folks ever do some trail items and want some extra company and don't mind a Tacoma tagging along I'd be down. I also enjoy the local dirt truck tails around the local area and the local mountains just to get out and see the sights from time to time. In the near future I'll take the LC out to the dirt and fun also.
Haven't had a chance to take good photos of the LC, so the obligatory picking up from the dealership picture will have to do for now
Welcome to the family! Congratulations on your new LC!
She is a beauty! I'm looking forward to seeing some pictures of it in the wild.
Your Tacoma would be very welcome to join us off-roading. I hope you can make it to the LC 250 Rigs and Coffee gathering January 12th
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Welcome Nick, Agree your LC is a beauty. I went from a 2019 Taco TRD Off-Road to a GX 550 Overtrail. Loved the Taco. I live in Del Mar and I'm always going to Borrego. Only like to do light off-roading, nothing too strenuous. Drop me a note if you would like some company on one of your excursions.
Thanks for the warm welcome! I'll try to make it up to Rigs and Coffee, I'll see my dog (Sunny) will allow me to maybe shorten our weekend dog park trip with her friends so I can try to make it up to the location towards the middle of the scheduled time. If not I'll plan for future ones and would enjoy meeting other folks!
Congrats on the GX 550! I imagine that it feels vastly different from the Taco? I looked at the GX550, absolutely love their color choices I'm a huge person for greens and am a little jealous that the GX and other models got the green coloring schema that I absolute love. But I really am enjoying the WCP color of the LC and I love the boxyness of it. The GX are such a neat design also and the twin v6 platform is absolutely bonkers for its power and torque my friend's wife drives the newer 1974 Tundra and its fun.
I recently got the OTT tune on my Tacoma and what a world of difference it is to drive it now, really looking forward to seeing how it does on some light trails and items. I'm pretty simple with my off-roading nothing too strenuous so sounds like we'll be a great pair to go roam around Anza together!
Thanks, sounds awesome. Love the GX and it has tons of power. The only problem is around town milage sucks, so I drive my wife's RAV4 Hybrid when just running around. Really miss the Taco. It was a 2019, lifted with method wheels and BFG off road tires. Didn't mind getting it dirty or scratched. The Lexus is just a little too nice to mess up for now. Have a Merry Christmas
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