When you take your car or truck off the beaten path, sometimes you need a little extra light to show you the way. LED light bars are the perfect way to make sure you can see far enough ahead to drive with confidence. Our Stage Series LED light bars pack an incredible output into a small package so you will never need to worry about blazing your own trail in the dark.
Here at Diode Dynamics, we are dedicated to providing the highest quality automotive LED lighting. For over a decade, our business has been pioneering new innovations as the industry and LED technology has continued to evolve. We strive to ensure that every product we make exceeds the competition through superior design and quality construction. Unlike most of our competitors, the products we offer are not just imported from overseas and resold. We focus on providing our customers with the best in high quality LEDs.
Our in-house engineers are what allows us to continually improve and reinvent the standard lighting options. By controlling every aspect of our products' designs, we are not limited to fitting the mold that some of our competitors fit into. We aren’t here to sell just another light bar, we are here to design the best light bars on the market. That’s why we hired a team of engineers and invested in state-of-the-art optical testing equipment.
Our Stage Series LED light bars are one of our latest lighting innovations. We began the design process by looking at the need of rally drivers who rely on light bars to see during night stages. Then we looked at several of our competitor’s light bars and realized that they were wasting large amounts of light output. To compensate for poor optics, several leading brands focus on achieving high outputs by packing their bars with dozens of LED chips. We realized that these designs, while good enough for some, were not living up to their potential because of a few design issues.
One of the more common optics you will find in light bars are reflectors. Light bars using reflectors rely on internal reflector domes to direct their light forward. Unfortunately, these domes will direct the light from LEDs forward, but they are unable to focus the light, so lots of light shine above and below the focal point. The resulting output will include a dull center surrounded by a halo of dim light. As a result, these light bars waste a tremendous amount of light. However, since reflector style light bars are cheap to make, they are very common..
Another common optic found in light bars are 3D lenses. Light bars with this type of optic rely on a lens to focus the light from the LEDs into a coherent beam. While these light bars direct light forward and focuses it more tightly than reflectors, much of the light output from the LED chips does not make it into the optic. This, again, cause a significant amount of wasted light. .
We decided that the optics found on most light bars on the market didn’t meet our performance expectations, so we decided to design our light bars using new TIR optics. TIR, or total reflective optics, are designed to capture every bit of light from our LEDs and direct it forward where you need it, the road. While much more expensive than other options on the market, TIR optics are much more effective and don’t waste any light output. This allowed us to achieve an incredible level of light output out of our LED light bars in a compact package.
The color of white LEDs are measured in terms of temperature. The scale used to determine the theoretical temperature of light coloris given in Kelvins. The LEDs we use in our light bars are 6000K cool white. Some brands on the market will use LEDs with higher color temperatures, which causes their light bars to emit a more blue light instead of the pure white light you get from our bars.
The bright white light from our light bars is perfect for seeing further. When driving in dark conditions, this light is ideal for illuminating the road ahead of you in dark conditions. We also offer amber light bars. Amber light is great for increasing visual contrast. This makes our amber light bars ideal for driving through fog or inclement weather. It is thought that blue and violet light can cause glare and trick your brain’s visual centers. Amber lenses filter out these colors, producing a light that makes discerning contrast easier in the snow and fog.
In addition to being available in these two colors, our Stage Series LED light bars are available in several functional beam patterns. These beam patterns, determined by the lens on the light bar, allows each bar to be used for nearly any application imaginable. These patterns include the flood light pattern, driving pattern, and wide pattern.
The flood light pattern is ideal for providing a large area of uniform light while travelling at low speeds. This lens casts light in a 80WX50H degree spread of light ahead of your vehicle. We designed this lens pattern to provide a full, even spread of light, not a central hot spot surrounded by dim diffused light seen from other manufacturers. Our flood pattern provides the biggest spread of light in the industry so you can illuminate the road ahead or worksite with confidence.
We also offer a driving pattern that casts light downrange while you drive. This pattern casts a 20WX8H rectangular beam of light to supplement your high beams. This compact rectangular light pattern is ideal for illuminating the road ahead of you at high speeds. In six-inch size, when installed as a pair and aimed in accordance with your state's regulations, the Driving pattern meets SAE J581 as a Driving/Auxiliary High Beam Light for legal on-road use. Please check your local laws and regulations for aiming, installation, and applicability.
Finally, our wide pattern provides drivers with a wide field of view to supplement your fog lights. The 100WX8H spread of light from this lens is perfect for driving in inclement weather. The wide field of view provides the perfect band for illuminating the road without projecting any glare above your field of view. When amber is selected, this pattern will help provide incredible visibility in the snow or heavy fog. In six-inch size, when installed as a pair and aimed in accordance with your state's regulations, the Wide pattern meets SAE J583 as a Foglamp for legal on-road use. Please check your local laws and regulations for aiming, installation, and applicability.
We offer replacement lenses of each of these functional light patterns in both white and amber. The process of swapping from one lens to another is incredibly simple. Once you have your desired lens, you unscrew the faceplate on the light bar, remove the current lens, insert the new lens, and resecure the faceplate. By having spare lenses on hand, your Stage Series light bars can serve six unique functions.
Compared to other options on the market, our light bars are unsurpassed. Thanks to our superior engineering, our 6-inch light bars are designed to provide the same amount of light as competing 30-inch light bars you might find on eBay or Amazon. As mentioned above, this is because our optics are designed to harness all of the light output from our LEDs, unlike most bars on the market. If maximizing the light output per inch of light bar matters to you, our Stage Series light bars are the best choice.
We offer a wide range of light bar sizes. Because our base model is 6 inches, all of our sizes are available in multiples of 6 inches. We offer six sizes including the standard 6-inch model, 12-inch bars, 18-inch light bars, 30-inch light bars, 42-inch light bars, and our 50-inch light bars. Since the lenses on our larger sizes are in 6 inch segments, you can customize the beam patterns to suit your needs. Whether you would like to use the same lenses across or create your own combo, the process is just as simple as replacing the lens on a single unit.
Mounting our light bars to your vehicle is a simple process as well. Each of our bars comes with a set of our universal mounting brackets. Our mounting brackets attach to your vehicle using one bolt per side. The bracket also includes a bolt that attaches to the light bar to allow you to aim it and a second bolt which locks the bar in place.
We offer special U brackets for our 6-inch and 12-inch light bars that mount to your vehicle at one or two central points. These brackets have a distinct appearance that makes them perfect for custom installations. We also offer specialty motorsports mounting systems that can hold four 12-inch or 18-inch to the hood of your vehicle. These lights are perfect for a rally car or off-racing vehicle.
Depending on your vehicle, we also carry model specific mounting kits. We offer custom mounting kits for the following makes and models: 2018-2019 Jeep Wrangler, 2020 Jeep Gladiator, 2016-2019 Toyota Tacoma, 2014-2019 Toyota Tundra, 2013-2018 Dodge Ram, 2017-2019 Ford Raptor, 2016-2018 Subaru Forester, and 2015-2017 Subaru WRX/STi. Even if you do not have one of these models, our standard mounting kit is compatible with all vehicles.
These bars are also easy to wire. Our Stage Series LED light bars use a standard DT type Deutsch wire harness. You can wire these lights easily with one of our Diode Dynamics light bar harnesses. The harness connects directly to your battery terminals and includes a toggle switch to control when you activate the light bars. Installation is simple enough to complete at home using only a few basic tools.
We also test our bars in-house using our environmental testing chambers to make sure they can stand up to whatever abuse you throw at them. Half the fun of taking your vehicle off road is enjoying driving over the rugged terrain. To make sure our light bars can handle these conditions, we have tested them to handle strong vibrations without failure. We have also tested our light bars in weather conditions ranging from -40°F to 185°F.
Each of our light bars are designed to last for over 40,000 hours of use. To put that in more understandable terms, these lights will last for the equivalent of 4.5 years of use. If you used these lights an average of 1 hour per day, the LEDs would last for over a century. These lights will most likely outlast your current vehicle, providing bright light when you need it for years and potentially decades to come. We also offer a worry-free 8-year warranty of each of our light bars so you can order with confidence.
If you are looking for the very best in LED off road lighting, you will love our Stage Series LED Light Bars. The heavy duty construction, long life, and incredible output will make our bars the best option for your vehicle. Don’t invest in subpar auxiliary lighting for your vehicle. After over a decade of testing and engineering the newest and brightest LED technology, we are confident that our bars are the best option on the market. If you have any questions about our light bars or any of our other LED products, you can reach a member of our team at 314-205-3033 or [email protected].
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