So, I went shopping for a mid to high rise canopy for my new 2500 crew cab with an 8' box. The box is the same as it has been since 2019. Leer does not make anything but a cab height topper, Suntoper don't make a cap for an 8' box. ARE makes their TW version and Range Rider makes their Vista for this truck. The Vista, with a work door on each side, interior lights and colour matched is $3,400 Canadian and made in British Columbia, delivery 4-5 weeks. The ARE is made in the States and was $700 more in the same configuration but 15-18 weeks for delivery. I have had a Range Rider on my 1996 Ram 2500 long box since it was new and it has been a great canopy so will likely go with another.

A couple of interesting things, the 2500 and 3500 do not come in a Quad cab configuration any more. If you want an 8' box you get standard cab or crew cab. The Mega cab only comes with the 6' 4" box. Since I was originally having such a hard time finding a cap I did some measuring of my existing truck and a new 2021 that was on a dealer lot. I don't know if Dodge did it on purpose but the length of the bed rails, width of the Tailgate are almost identical. Both beds are 71.5" wide at the front, near the cab, it tapers to 69" at the back near the tailgate. The Tailgate is 62.5" wide. This means that in all likelyhood I could just drop the 1996 canopy straight onto the new truck. The only issue is the rear door hangs over the tailgate on the 96, to form a good seal. The 2021 has that wide whaletail flat spot and bump out on the tailgate. You would have to trim 1/2 to 3/4" off the bottom of the aluminum frame at the bottom of the door for the door to be able to close and allow the double T handles to latch up.



The back of the cab does seem to have a bit more of an outward bow to it than the 1996 Club Cab does. I doubt it is enough to affect fit.



This is the ARE TW style of Topper, on a Burgundy pre 2019 Ram 1500 Quad cab that doesn't have the new style tailgate. For those of you that are interested, the 1500 Quad cab and Crew cab need different canopies. The Quad cab is more straight up and down at the back of the cab, the crew cab arches forward. The Quad cab canopy will fit on a Crew cab, you will just have a bit of a gap at the top of the cab. A Crewc cab canopy will not fit easily on a Quad cab as it will tend to touch and rub.

Quad cab topper on a crew cab, notice the gap at the top.