Upgrades and accessories to light up the dark winter nights, boost safety and help your truck really stand out from the crowd.
With the winter nights still well and truly drawn in, good vehicle lighting is a must. But rather than simply bring a boost in safety, some creative use of additional lamps can add a lot of character to a commercial vehicle and turn heads just as effectively as a blinged-up livery or airbrushed paintjob.
From working lights, side lights, position lights and spot lights, there are some cracking new models on the market for 2020. Here’s our pick of the latest releases – along with some well-established favourites – that will provide long operating hours and look the business on any working truck.
LA Quick Fit LED Marker Lamps
Manufacturer: LA Lightbars
Distributor: LA Lightbars
Web: Buy it at www.lalightbars.co.uk
Price: £9.85
These 12-32V super-slim LED marker lamps feature two SMD LEDs, a clear poly lens, ABS base and measure 81 x 26 x 8 cm. They are also ECE-approved and carry a two-year warranty. Available in white, amber, red, green and blue, these small marvels have been designed to use an easy fitting system so there’s no need to cut out parts of your truck’s bodywork – just drill three holes to accommodate cable and fixings. The result is a great-looking lighting upgrade and lot of saved time and labour.
Triple-R 1000
Manufacturer: Lazer Lamps
Web: Buy it at www.lazerlamps.com
Price: £384.00 (inc VAT)
The Triple-R 1000 Standard with integrated Position Lights is one of the most powerful road-legal driving lights available, according to the manufacturer. The Triple-R 1000 has position lights which activate with your vehicle’s standard sidelights. Fully road legal both as a Driving (E11 Ref 30) and Position Light, the lamp adopts the same advanced LED and component technology, with innovative design features, which have established the Triple-R range of auxiliary lights as some must-have vehicle accessories.
Full LED Luminator Spotlights
Manufacturer: Hella
Distributor: Kelsa
Web: Buy it at www.kelsa.co.uk
Tel: 01298 815800
Part number: 560-011 (Black) / 560-031 (Chrome)
Price: £199 (Black, excl VAT) / £215 (Chrome, excl VAT)
Lighting specialist Hella has released these new high-beam LED headlamps with LED position sidelight function. The light measures 222.4 x 129.6 x 232.5 mm and come complete with connecting cable, mounted fixing bracket and full mounting instructions.
Utility-25
Manufacturer: Lazer Lamps
Web: Buy it at www.lazerlamps.com
Price: £104.40 (inc VAT)
The Utility-25 is a hugely versatile, medium-duty work light, which gives superior levels of light output considering its compact size thanks to some of the latest advances in LED lighting technology. Sharing product DNA with the larger Utility-45 and Utility-80 heavy-duty work lights, the lamp is built to be tough and engineered to deliver constant, reliable light output perfectly tuned to a broad range of applications and vehicle types.
Halo Blitz Amber/Amber Strobe
Manufacturer: Halo
Distributor: Kelsa
Web: Buy it at www.kelsa.co.uk
Tel: 01298 815800
Part number: HB06/A
Price: £60 (excl VAT)
Also new from Hella are these six-LED inner warning lamps, which also use a further 18 LEDs to make up an outer ‘halo’. Also available in Amber/White and Amber/Red, these independently controlled, multi-purpose long-life LEDs are rated to 100,000 hours of operation, and multiple units can be configured to flash simultaneously or alternately. Fully weatherproof and vibration resistant for internal and external use, the units have an aluminium base for efficient heat dissipation. They feature 14 built-in hazard warning patterns, 12/24V operation and are ECE R10 (e) approved.
Full LED Rallye 3000 Spotlight
Manufacturer: Hella
Distributor: Kelsa
Web: Buy it at www.kelsa.co.uk
Tel: 01298 815800
Part number: 797-011
Price: £180 (excl VAT)
Hella has also added these new Rallye 3000 LED high-beam headlamps with LED position sidelights to its range of commercial vehicle lighting accessories. Supplied complete with connecting cable, mounted fixing bracket and full mounting instructions, these smart and long-lasting lamps measure 222 x 124.2 x 242 mm.
Triple-R 1250 Highline
Manufacturer: Lazer Lamps
Web: Buy it at www.ebay.com
Price: £562 (inc VAT)
Lazer Lamps’ Triple-R 1250 with Position Light measures 590 mm in length and is a fully ECE-approved. This LED spotlight delivers both a styling upgrade that is sure to turn heads, and high-beam driving light performance that leaves nothing to the imagination. Close to the limit of the road-legal regulations, the light output has been carefully engineered around commercial vehicle applications.
