Stock Toyota Tacoma VS The Baja Rubicon

In today's video we take a stock Toyota Tacoma on a brand new trail in Mexico called the Baja Rubicon.
This is a great test for the Toyota crawl control as well as many other aspects of my 2021 Tacoma TRD off-road. Adventures should never be once in a life time but with how amazing this experience was I can't help but feel like this is a trip I will never forget. These types of videos are extremely difficult to film and edit so I hope you enjoy them! Even with all of the time and money invested in these I love making this type of content!
Follow
@trljp @offroadfieldtrip @camp4lo and @bajarubicon
Unfortunately Private Internet Access never fulfilled their end of our arrangement and didn't pay for the ad we gave them. Still seems like a fine product but I can no longer vouch for them as being an honorable company. I've heard Nord VPN is outstanding and honors their agreements.
AMAZON ITEMS!!! www.amazon.com/shop/dirtlifes...
(Amazon Affiliate Links)
BARNES 4WD COUPON CODE: "dirtlifestyle" 10% off
NORTH RIDGE 4X4 CODE: "dirtlifestyle" up to 20% off www.northridge4x4.com
EMPIRE ABRASIVE CODE: "dirtlifestyle" 10% off lddy.no/qf79
YANKUM ROPES CODE: "dirtlifestyle" bit.ly/yankumDL
ONX MAPS: webmap.onxmaps.com/account-pu...
MIDLAND RADIOS: bit.ly/2IjmlZD
STEP 22:
EVOLUTION POWER TOOLS CODE: "dirtlifestyle" store.evolutionpowertools.com/
JOOLCA HOT WATER HEATER: bit.ly/37qLgEp
Shirts & Hats on our website!!
www.thedirtlifestyle.com
Support us on Patreon! / dirtlifestyle
Follow me on social media!!
Instagram: / dirtlifestylenate
Facebook: / dirtlifestylenate
DiRTBAG MAFIA Facebook Group
groups/34277...
DISCLAIMER:
Due to factors out of the control of Dirt Lifestyle, we cannot guarantee against improper use or unauthorized modifications of this information. Dirt Lifestyle assumes no liability or responsibility for property damages or injury incurred as a result of any information contained in this video. Use this information at your own risk. Dirt Lifestyle recommends safe practices when working on vehicles and/or with tools seen in this video. Any injury, damage, or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or from the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not Dirt Lifestyle. Be safe!
This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I'll receive a small commission.
#overland #baja #toyotatacoma

[@Scoobienorth]

Really appreciate the stock wheeling content. It’s really hard to film and wheel like that. What a cool trip.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thanks! The truck is getting tired of this lol. It needs mods but I've enjoyed pushing it offroad to see it's limits

[@Scoobienorth]

@@DirtLifestyle definitely time to step up to 35’s, on the taco..

[@evictor99]

The tacoma community appreciates an off-road channel that is willing to scratch thier paint.

[@jesuspicazo402]

1

[@spencertsmith6872]

Even though ima yota guy, Would love to see the new bronco go through this same adventure.

[@tomlucasrccrawlers9108]

I was thinking the same thing...like the base model 2-door with the selectable lockers at both ends, tube doors, 37's instead of the optional 35's and the Turbo-4.

[@AustinH7]

Unless it had solid axles, it probably would have struggled a bit. I have no doubt it can easily do this but it’s just the limitations of its suspension

[@spencertsmith6872]

@@tomlucasrccrawlers9108 Agreed

[@jasonguinn132]

Saw the Bronco Sport on the road what a bitch car. Lets see the apparently good Bronco when its available.

[@raybates3119]

@@jasonguinn132 I know. Some folks down the road have one. I don't know why Ford badges some vehicles the way they do. They have an electric Mustang that looks nothing like a Mustang and a Bronco Sport that looks nothing like a Bronco except for the big BRONCO across the front grille.

[@jameshall4385]

That looks like a great adventure. It takes some balls to wheel a brand new vehicle 1200 miles from home in a foreign country. You got the first scratch out of the way. No you don’t have to worry about scratching it anymore

[@RyanRKJ]

I really enjoy this (mostly) stock content. It’s relatable. When I got my first 4x4, I put some skid plates on, and tried to follow some lifted Jeeps, while only having 31s on my truck.

[@cristianortega5850]

How’d it go?

[@RyanRKJ]

@@cristianortega5850 it was a bit stressful, because I'd bottom out on a lot of things. No damage though, other than a side step that I should have just taken off before the trip. I did have to turn back on one trail, because my truck just could not do it, but other than that, I hung with them for the weekend, and had a good time.

[@kodybuchenroth532]

You hands down make the best videos! It’s amazing watching you build things in the shop then use them out on the trail!

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you very much 🙏 soooo much work lol

[@jtto6364]

Honeymoon period is over for the Taco. All my new trucks only got 3 days. Before some dents or scratches from wheeling them. Thanks again, looked like an awesome trip.

[@fern1493]

Well done! Tough trip for sure and much appreciated you filming the way you did! Also, mighty good statement about not separating a group like that, especially out in Mexico. Bad stuff can happen. Glad everyone was alright! Thank again for awesome video!

[@overlandme]

I know how hard being standby all the time during a trip capturing best of it and putting together. Thanks for bringing this adventure to us from the heart of off-road community event. Huge respect for your work.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you vary much 🙏

[@randomtvninja]

I've found two awesome channels that I'm surprised I've never seen before seeing as I've been watching so much toyota content for years now.. I'm glad to see how the 2021 holds up stock as I'm looking at grabbing this truck soon. Thanks for making awesome content! The first video I watched of yours was the video about all the issues you've been dealing with i like your level headed and concise complaints shows your knowledge base.

[@livonia1807]

i think you are absolutely insane for taking it on that trail

[@JustMeMyselfNeye]

Once again, this is a great wheeling video break-off from your normal in shop, you do this really well, blending the two together, great stuff here y'all, just awesome.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you!

[@the_maine_line]

Nate the production of these videos are simply amazing and I really appreciate the thought you put into your content!

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you!!!

[@BoZmD]

Awesome adventure! Thanks for taking us along with you!

[@django2467]

That sidekick is my dream rig 😍😍

[@MrGursk12]

Another incredible production and the sounds thru the head phones you got the music on point.... Great job its much appreciated!!!

[@HR60086]

These are the videos that I love to see. I Drive a 2019 ZR2 and I love to push it to the limits seeing what it can and cant do.

[@chrisgardner1431]

Awesome video. Always amazing to see people helping others. 👍

[@GoatOffroad]

That looked like a blast!! Great video Nate!! Top filmography!! 💯❤️🐞

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you! It was an amazing place

[@georgiaguardian4696]

I won’t be able to do that or buy a truck to adventure like you but it feels real to watch your journey and to experience it virtually.

[@kookiedabear]

Thanks for showing and telling people about aspects of Mexico that they may not encounter or consider in their western lifestyle. The "gas station" was the perfect illustration.

[@ethielurrea]

Man im a huge fan of this channel and to know that you guys came all the way down here gives me more interest on overlanding! is because people like you that im started fitting my 02 Explorer ( i know is not the best overlaning vehicle) but is been serving well for the family to take us places. Greetings from Rosarito, Baja!!

[@hokuhiga]

One of the first things we learned from desert wheeling is make sure you can see the vehicle behind you, if you lose sight of it radio ahead and wait for them to join back up . Safety first people can die out there. Love the video 🤙🏼

[@sandralutz-rodriguez2864]

Nate your filming and editing skills are awesome. Your footage is always well done and so much fun to follow along!

[@1malikalik]

Bro, this video of BAJA in a stock TACOMA was Epic and arguably your best work thus far. The cohesiveness, comoladarie; teamwork, adventure and the breathtaking sceneries did it for me. Your video editing skills (particularly on this video) is undeniably the best in the 4x4 TOYOTA KZbin that I have seen - its almost cinematic. I watch lots of your tutorials too but this one, to me was the best. You managed to capture and exude a side of Mexico that we Americans don't know of - we only hear about the Cartels and Poverty and Illegals but never thought it would be a place for adventurous excursions. Thanks for the Delivery brother 🙏

[@narrowjay0]

Great video! love your stuff man!

[@kissane1980]

Thank you Nate, that was a fantastic video. Thoroughly enjoyable!

[@cotaomar1662]

Feels really cool that you guys went to explore Baja and are bringing more eyes to Baja ! ❤️

[@johnnybravo380]

This video was next level! Amazing job Nate, you've come a long way with this youtube stuff. This needs wayyyy more likes, come on people run this up.

[@germangaribo4931]

Finally off road hard great video and footage

[@ty_thejeepguy]

Haven't watched in a long time. I'm not a fan of rigs sitting on 37s and such. However, in my opinion, this was the BEST video you've but out in awhile. I had a blast watching!

[@robertoblanco4410]

Great video! Now we have our next trip picked out. Can’t wait to see what you do with that stock Toyota.

[@moabwheeling]

Great video again Nate !! Looked like such a fun trip . I see a lot of suspension changes coming to your Toyota in the near future . Until next time be safe and take care sir .

[@Ridesaway24]

Thanks for putting the Tacoma through its paces before the build - looking forward to how you build the truck after your experience.

[@treebeard9495]

Very cool keep up the great content love the variety!

[@orlandog686]

Strong work with the español 👌🏽 Laguna salada is right by my home town. That’s where my off-roading days started. Hope you enjoyed the desert, rocks and the food. Thanks for sharing

[@offroadxplorer]

Thanks Nate for putting this video together!

[@hunter_pauley]

ahhh the video I was truly waiting for.

[@SWBCrawler]

I have been waiting for this video. Did not disappoint. Nice job, looks like an awesome trip!

[@zephgage3694]

Super great video, very impressed with the filming.

[@KansasSlim64]

Great video, Nate. Thanks for putting it together.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you for watching 🤘

[@FishermanATX]

What an adventure! This is awesome great video! Can't wait to see the build 😊

[@OGHATERSINC]

I have never seriously considered a guided off road adventure (for many reasons) but this looks awesome!! Love to see "sidechick" on the trails!

[@jefferson9428]

I’m rewatching this because I can’t wait to see the videos of you getting the parts in to start building it.

[@yjmsrv]

21:15 Ah... that moment when you realize a Suzuki Sidekick just out-crawled you and the built Jeeps... ;-) That thing did really well!

[@dougbourdo2589]

Yeah; That was Impressive.

[@TacomaDad]

Helluva lot of fun. We take stock trucks out on the tracks and absolutely blow the owners minds how capable the trucks are. Good thing we get video of it to look back on. Looking forward to this truck build. 👍

[@henrikm4657]

Very cool. I drove 3,000 miles from the SF Bay Area to Baja and back in November with my girlfriend. Spent three weeks down there sleeping in the roof top tent of my home made camper trailer. Hit some pretty remote areas. Total awesomeness.

[@epicone2449]

You will remember that for the rest of your life

[@rickm4295]

So Ive been binge watching these videos and the soundtracks kick butt. Good to see the Tacoma halfway keep up

[@Evan-L4570]

Awesome video and awesome landscape!

[@raymiller2538]

Nate, just finished watching the video on my 75” LG with surround sound. Awesome!!! Excellent video!! Keep it up!!👍🤓

[@tedwebster1606]

Amazing vid Nate, that looks like an EPIC adventure!!!! Let us know what you found out on the Tacoma

[@ltmedic3]

Wow what a trip. Short but looks like loads of fun. Cool to see a Michigan plate in the group

[@dsanderspnw4984]

Gonna say this.. Ive been doling busy wed since the 80's. Your video was the most realistic ive ever seen. Thank you for your video. Ive subscribed and followed. Cheers

[@formerpilgrim4934]

This was a great video!!! Great group of people also. Let’s hope the Baja Rubicon catches on.

[@tenthtonman]

Just bought a 2018 TRD Off Road, keep it up.

[@1BADHYENA]

It's nice to see my jeep and myself on a well edit video thanks man you rock

[@POTHOLESURFERS]

I like the stock wheeling videos I learned when I had my fj cruiser with 285s and bilsteins to level it out there was very little a stock truck with careful planning can’t do

[@82werk72]

That sidekick is very cool!!!!! :D

[@mikehoffman3690]

Great trip Nate. Thanks for sharing.

[@ryantheentrepreneur4040]

That little tracker gets around 😁

[@cjjohnson3939]

Love the Sidekick, that thing is sick! I hope my XL7 will look as good as that rig one day...

[@DirtLifestyle]

It is a great build

[@justinkostelecky6201]

Awesome video Nate! This channel is gonna blow up, I just know it! 👍

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you for the positivity!

[@SimplyCarReviews]

@@DirtLifestyle adding a 🌮 Tacoma to your fleet will definitely get you more subs. Glad you wheel your Tacoma hard stock and not just sit infront of a camera with your truck in the background talking about it like other channels.

[@santiagoahetsetcheberry7192]

Super nice video!!! Awesome place and scenery

[@peterhoma6385]

I Just bought a 2021 Tacoma DCSB TRD off road 4x4 with the Tech & premium pkg and crawl control has saved me 3X already here in the Arizona desert , where rear locker was on truck would not make it up few steep deep rutted out hills but crawl control made it with ease . Just remember crawl control will not work if you have your locker on the whole purpose of crawl is each wheel is free to get torque when mostly needed for traction, I’m really impressed with this new Tacoma I will definitely keep it for many many years . I give it up to you man I couldn’t do that to my brand new truck , awesome video though , keep em coming 👍🏻

[@GodSpeedGato]

Super rad stuff man!

[@DylanYouSonOfABidgeNelson]

Man, I don't know how you stay so calm all the time. You're CLEARLY operating on a higher plane than most of the rest of us.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Lol lots of years of building and breaking helps to calm the nerves... or I'm great at compartmentalizeing 🤣

[@DylanYouSonOfABidgeNelson]

@@DirtLifestyle I'd hate to see when Nate lets it all loose. You'd probably boil over, blow your top off and diesel swap a Primus or something.

[@harvmac69]

Very cool video man!!

[@michaelbautista9625]

Ty for vids update. Keep it coming bro.

[@inferno1770]

Great adventure and to show us what our tacomas are capable of

[@CACressida]

That sidekick is kick ass. I learned my lesson years ago. Never wheel with parts store $50 CVs. Rebuilt OEM or upgraded CVs. I haven't broke one in about a decade. I cant wait to see what crazy fabrication you'll be doing to the taco!

[@TheSlimedshady]

Great episode 👍👍

[@FLT1970]

I meant to just skim through and wound up watching and enjoying all of it, thank you!

[@defender90keswick.nigelsla59]

Love it!! I would like to try my Ranger Raptor on those rocks. Fantastic video!!!!

[@kevingilson7917]

NATE YOU ROCK MAN GRATE VIDEO BROTHER LOVE IT ALL !!!

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thank you!

[@ldooffroad1823]

Congratulations! You're an international overlander, haha. Great video! Sometimes I wonder if all the mods are necessary - The stock truck videos are educational!

[@lfredo1985]

Love your tacoma I have one just like it. Hope I can start doing some mods just like yours! Great video cant wait for the next one!

[@not_sure...]

Awesome video! The sound of those snaps 😭

[@Tony__Tone]

High production quality here, what a treat

[@trjnsd6874]

I thought I saw a bunch of MileStar Tires on this trip; then I hear "Martin from Milestar Tires" with y'all and working hard! Getting ready for my 2nd set - naturally, bigger this time. Great video, great adventure. I haven't been in Mexico since 1972 for the same reasons you described. TJ is only 25 miles south! Thanks for taking us along.

[@TyGuyPS5]

A front locker changes everything.

[@2nickles647]

Awesome. What can I say. Taking your Yoda off trail. It's like the time when I bought my 03 silverado 4x4 and took it off road after about a month of ownership. I cut wood for my wife's niece house every year since. I put a few dents and scratches on it. My wife was pretty upset. I just said. We bought it for hauling and hunting and such. It's not going to be a mall- crawler with fancy wheels. Then we got spray liner in the bed. Best investment I ever made. Still has stock tires. But bent them. So I invested in aluminum rims. Still ticking at 348 ,000 miles on the same trans. I am hooked on your channel watching. This is cool. I love going off road. Im 66 yrs older. I have a 2000 disco also. Working on my 68 GMC this summer.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Thanks! It sounds like you know the feeling lol. Scratching a brand new trucks sucks but this is why we buy these things. A perfect paint jobs might get more likes on Instagram but I came to party 🤘

[@life_ontheranch]

Nice to reminisce, Baja was a lot of fun. You had a lot of grit to put the stock Toyota trough those obstacles!

[@DirtLifestyle]

It was fun getting to wheel with you brother! Happy you and your boys came out 🤘

[@coreygonzalez6890]

Awesome video and really appreciate the work put into it. I have a 17’ Tacoma Off Road stock and wanted to know how capable it could be before doing a bunch of mods. Happy to see these kinds of stock Tacoma videos👍

[@fjmattchasindirt9718]

Great video as always, that sidekick is a cool build. But Chris was going to show us the proper way to make a PB&J. 🤭 keep up the good work.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Lol perhaps I should have insisted on a "how to PB&J" instructional

[@douglansburg4545]

Dream trip for sure

[@Zapo9668]

I love that Suzuki. What a beast

[@GnarlyChicken]

Excellent video, subscribed to watch this taco take shape.

[@DirtLifestyle]

Welcome aboard!

[@vd2597]

This was awesome

[@jtdehaanjr]

Looks like a great adventure!

[@DirtLifestyle]

It was great!

[@OverlandPNW]

It is amazing to see what a good stock vehicle can do.

[@rhyswilliams695]

Great photography and production Nate.

[@cnc75adventures49]

Always top notch 👍👍

[@Tony__Tone]

That little sidekick is bad ass

[@afmoa]

That XL-7 is a beast!

[@marcopologutierrez4772]

That dinner at camp looked nice!!!

[@om603denis]

Awesome video! !!

[@4x4_mark]

That was a awesome trip and good times 🤙🏼

[@DirtLifestyle]

It was awesome 🤘

[@lyndonhamby7432]

I agree with you. Taco needs some upgrades. Kool trip 👍

[@erichughes9098]

Looks like a fun trip😎👍

[@carghai9235]

You are super skilled!

[@AL-zy1zh]

Love that Suzuki Sidekick!!!!