3rd Gen Cab Angle?

I've searched Google and the forum but possibly wording it incorrectly. Does anyone know the vertical angle of the back of the cab? For the purpose of building a frame over the bed but wanting to try and match the shape of the cab as well.
Pic as example in case I'm still not explaining correctly...

 

Personally I would want to take the measurements myself than rely on someone else's measurements. Is there a reason you don't just stop by your local Toyota dealership and measure for yourself, after hours of course

 

This is a job for a template. Take a thin piece of cardboard or card stock, and trace the shape of the cab on to it. Then lay out your tubing against that template to design the angle of your tubing bends.

 

22.5 degrees

 

I hate to be this guy, but it's actually 22.46°... accuracy counts.

 

Ha, I measured it as half of 45 while making these lights to mount to a bed rack that angles with the cab so they would point straight out. A lot of metal saws have the 22.5 degree angle as a setting so it's easy to make multiple cuts. (Going back and forth from 0 to 22.5)

 

Lol... I thought you were being a smart-ass... OP, disregard me...

 

@TRD2021SPORT I was trying to do so on my own vehicle with some cardboard but kept messing it up...

@Grossomotto and @Bertw192 Thank you both! Much appreciated, I spent the last two days trying to do some cardboard fun and kept getting frustrated.

@Captqc thank you for the image, that's a sweet tool to find angles what is that? Based on that it looks like roughly 16 degrees but maybe that's because it's at the start of the slope?

 

Hey OP, yeah, the angle tool used in that photo is great, but because the side of the truck is curved, you'll end up with a different angle depending on where the tool is placed.

If you go to your local hardware store, you can pick up that angle gage for fairly cheap. Then, get a steel straight edge and stick the angle tool to it. Then, hold up the straight piece of steel with the angle gage on it at the desired slope for your rack... that should give you an appropriate angle.

 

Download app Clinometer .

 

Exactly, do it on CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) Easy, accurate and cheap...

 

The most accurate method is a Cardboard template that you slowly and carefully trim to fit.
Guaranteed fit!

 

Copy!!

 

If you are not capable of measuring the angle are you going to be able to handle fabricating a rack?

 

Check with an auto glass company they should have the correct angle as it looks to be the same as the cab.

 

That looks to be the most accurate way to measure, until you start to consider factors like Taco lean and the amount of fuel in the tank.
EDIT: assuming 0deg is the ground.

 

Ditto. One of the best utility apps on my iPhone (and it's available for Android as well) Far more accurate and repeatable than those cheap plastic angle finders. I mostly use it for leveling out cameras when shooting architecture but it'd be perfect for this and then it travels with you wherever you go.

 

Measure both sides and split the difference.


I'd also just put my angle finder on the rear side windows to find the angle. Then you're not trying to measure the angle while worrying about the slight curve of the metal corners near the top. The windows will be nice and flat.

 

I think an angle finder/transfer tool like this would work better than a clinometer for this project. Place it on the front bedrail, adjust to a visually appealing angle (i.e. follow the edge of the window), and Bob's your uncle.