Body Kits for Double Cab (Crew Cab) Chassis: What Changes and Why It Matters

Construction crews, municipal teams, landscaping and utilities: whenever the people and the material travel together, the chassis is a double cab. And a double cab changes the body spec more than most buyers expect. The geometry problem The second seat row consumes 800–900 mm of frame length. On the same wheelbase, a double cab takes a body roughly one size shorter than the single cab equivalent. Ordering logic that starts from "same body as our single cabs" produces bodies that overhang illegally or can't be mounted at all. Kit-Go produces dedicated double-cab variants — for tippers, body lengths run from 315 cm (double cab) up to 400 cm (single cab) in the 3WT range — engineered to each chassis manufacturer's crew cab frame drawings. Payload maths gets tighter A double cab carries more base weight (cab structure, seats, trim) and, in service, more people. On a 3.5t GVW, a crew of five can consume 400 kg of payload before a single shovel is loaded. Consequences for the body spec: Aluminium construction stops being optional. The 40–60 kg saved vs steel is the difference between a legal and illegal payload on many crew configurations. Spec the body to the real mission. A 3-way tipper carrying 5 crew hauls less material per trip — sometimes a dropside with racking serves the mission better. Which body types work on crew chassis Tipper (rear and 3-way): the classic crew combination — Kit-Go 3WT kits are available in double cab configuration for Iveco Daily 35C–65C, Ford Transit, Renault Master, Mercedes Sprinter Dropside: shorter platform, standard boards; ideal for mixed crew-and-material duty Box bodies: rare on crew cabs — length constraints usually make a trailer the better answer Ordering checklist for double cab bodies Confirm the exact cab variant and wheelbase from the VIN or order sheet — "crew cab" alone is not a spec Request the body-length compatibility table before committing to the tender response Run the payload budget with real crew weights, not homologation minimums Match assembly level to fleet turnaround — crew vehicles are usually tender-driven with hard delivery dates, which favours PAS/FAS Double cab kits across the range: kit-go.com/products · Chassis compatibility questions: office@kit-go.com