Pickup Truck Cab Size: What is my truck's Cab Size or Cab Type?
What are the differences between crew cab, club cab, quad cab, regular cab, or an extended cab? It all depends on if the truck you're buying is a Ford, Chevy, Toyota, or a Ram. This important to know especially when you are purchasing running boards, side steps, vent visors, and other accessories. So, when you’re buying accessories for your truck, knowing what type of cab size you have is crucial. Having the right knowledge ensures that everything fits properly, and it allows for easy installation.
Depending on the brand of truck you have, there can be anywhere from 2-4 types of cabs that your truck might fall under. Because we understand how confusing this can be, we have the rundown below in the simplest form we could come up with. Also, if you become confused while reading a certain cab type, refer to the black and white representation at the bottom of the page!
Cab Types
Regular/Single Cabs or “Standard Cabs”
Trucks that are considered regular or single cabs have two total doors with no back seat for passengers. This cab size is the smallest cab of our categories. The nerf bars and running boards for this type of cab have 1 pad per side.
Extended Cabs
Extended cabs have a small back seat and extra rear doors. The doors open in the opposite direction from that of the front main doors and are sometimes called suicide doors. These doors are then rear-hinged and can only open when the front door is also open.
- Extended Cab Unique Model Names:
- Ford F-series Super Cab
- Nissan Titan and Frontier King Cab
- Toyota Tacoma Access Cab
Crew Cab
In comparison to the extended cabs, the crew cab will hence allow you bring your “crew” with you. In addition to more room in the back seat, rear doors will be present bringing your total to 4 full doors on your truck that all open the same direction. However, the rear doors will still be slightly smaller than your front doors. The crew cab is easily confused with the double cab and the mega cab, for more clarity check out the black and white cab guide at the bottom of the page.
- Crew Cab Model Names:
- Ford F-150: SuperCrew (Ford Super Duty reverts to “Crew Cab”)
- Toyota Tundra: CrewMax
- Toyota Tacoma: Double Cab
Double Cab
The industry phrase that best describes a double cab is a truck with 4 conventionally-hinged doors where the back doors are noticeably smaller than the front. Double cabs also have a back seat that is small, but big enough to seat adults with limited legroom. It is very similar in size to the extended cab, but it allows for the easy access for the rear passengers with the front-hinging doors.
Mega Cab
The mega cab is unique to Ram trucks, and only found in the 2500 and 3500 series. The main difference of the mega cab compared to the crew cab is that there is a little more room in the mega cab. The 4 conventionally-hinging doors are still present, but the cab itself is stretched behind the rear seat that provides more storage room inside the cab.
Brand Specific Changes and Information
Chevy/GMC:
New in 2014 Chevy and GMC changed the name of the Extended Cab to Double Cab. They added door handles to the rear doors and changed them to traditional forward opening doors.
Dodge/Ram:
In 2002, Ram eliminated the Club Cab (Extended Cab) and introduced the Quad Cab. The Quad Cab has a rear door handle while the Club Cab does not. The Mega Cab was introduced in 2006 and offers 2 extra feet of storage space.
Ford:
Some Regular Cabs may have an extra window panel and storage space behind the first row that makes it look like a SuperCab (Extended Cab). Although, it is only a SuperCab if there is room for passengers in the back.
Toyota:
The 2007 and newer Tundra replaced the Access Cab (Extended Cab) with the Double Cab. The former Double Cab (Crew Cab) was replaced by the CrewMax Cab which is slightly larger than the traditional Crew Cab.
Nissan:
Nissan discontinued the Single Cab for the Frontier beginning with the 2001 model.
For more clarity and a visual representation, check out the graphics below!
