Toyota Pickup Truck Cap/Camper Shell - What Fits?

The Clamps I used: https://amzn.to/2V7O8CD The 84-88 and 89-95 beds are the same dimensions, so widen your search to cover all those years. The Xtra Cabs have a 10 degree angle on the rear, while the standard cabs have a 4 degree angle. So a cap for a standard cab would have a gap if installed on an extra cab pickup and a cap designed for an extra cab, which is pretty rare, would hit the top of a standard cab when installed. The 84-95 toyota bed is 60” wide by 76” long. The long bed pickups are 87” in length. 96-04 Tacomas got slightly bigger, but can still work on a toyota pickup US spec bed. US spec beds have wider flat bed rails compared to the import style beds, which have a thinner, rolled edge, giving a smaller mounting surface for a cap. So when shopping for a used cap, forget about anything full-size, Or even midsize like the Dodge Dakota, Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon… all of which are too big for our pickups. The Ford Ranger is compatible… somewhat. First gen 83-92 will work on long bed pickups. Second Gen 93-2011 is about 2” wider than the first gen, but the same 87” length, so they will be ok to fit a US long bed with the wider bed rails, but won’t sit well on the import beds with the rolled rails. The standard bed first gen ranger is just over an inch shorter than the toyota pickup, but could still work. It would just have to be mounted a little further back to be flush on the tailgate end, which means there would be just over an inch of extra space between the cap and the toyota cab. Second gen ranger standard bed is almost an inch shorter than the pickups, but could also work in the same way. Just remember the second gen Ranger is 2” wider, so sitting on the rolled edge of the import toyota pickup bed could be sketchy compared to the US bed with the flat edge and thicker rails. Now here’s where cab degree is important… Rangers all have a 7 degree cab angle, regardless of standard of extended cab. 7 degrees comes in right between the toyota’s 4 degree standard cab and the 10 degree extra cab. So the gap between a ranger cap and the toyota’s cab will be slightly off from top to bottom. Next let’s talk about the Chevy S10 and GMC Sonoma. The First generation of 82-93 trucks have the same 60” width, but come up about an inch and a half short of the toyota bed, but have the same 4 degree cab angle as the toyota standard cab, so a first gen S10 cap could work on standard cab toyotas with a little extra gap between the cap and cab. The second generation S10/Sonoma beds are the same length as toyotas, at 76”. However, the second gens are all a 10° cab angle, regardless of the cab length. So these caps will only fit toyota Xtra cab standard bed… but there’s just one issue. Chevrolet slightly tapered the beds on the second gen S10/Sonoma, so it’s actually 62” wide at the cab and is 3” narrower at the back at 59”. So it will fit an Xtracab standard bed, but after centering it up, the front will slightly hang over where it meets the cab, while the rear fits nice. First and second generation S10/Sonoma long beds are like 7.5’ long, so they’re all out of the question for a long bed toyota. Let’s talk about Nissan trucks… First, they all come in a 4° cab angle, regardless of it being a regular cab or a king cab, which makes these caps have a weird gap on a Toyota Xtra Cab. I couldn’t find any Nissans to measure, so here’s what I gathered from the internet: 83-86 regular cab nissans are 60” wide by 75” long, making them very compatible with std cab toyota pickups. The face lifted 86.5 to 93 Regular cabs were a little larger, 60” wide by 76” long, making them a perfect match for a standard cab toyota. The 82 and earlier Nissans were called Datsuns, and their beds were 60 x 76” for the standard bed, but the long beds were about 6” longer than the Toyota Long beds. Although i can’t recall the last time I saw one on the road, We can’t forget about the Mazda B Series trucks. The 86-93 B series pickup’s 60x76” bed is the exact same as the toyota’s. The only thing I was unable to check is the cab angle. The standard cabs look to have little to no cab angle, while the extended cabs have a slight angle, but nothing close to the 10° of the toyota Xtra cab. Mazda long beds are 7.5’ long, so their caps aren’t compatible with Toyota long beds. I don't have Patreon or ask for donations but you can support the channel with some rad gear from my store: http://6thgeargarage.com/merchandise/ Follow Us: Instagram: 6th_gear facebook.com/6thGearGarage