Are LED Light Bars and Aux Lights Legal? | Legality of LED Lights Explained

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Wondering if LED light bars and LED auxiliary lights are legal to use? Having trouble deciding which off-road light you should buy? This video will be a huge help! Here, KC shows you some of the basic rules surround both LED light bars and LED auxiliary lights. In general, most states have varying regulations, so it's up to you to know your states exact rules. Here we present a general set of "Do's and Don'ts" that will help keep you out of trouble!
Please note that while this is the best advice we can give on this topic, it is based on our experiences and of those that we know of. That said, this information should not be construed as actual legal advice.
Blog post: www.kchilites.com/blog/2020/0...
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@ImmuneToKnives 3 года назад

Have been living in Houston, TX since '17 and not once ever seen a Jeep drive by with any Aux lights lit on the public road. Even some who are packed up the wazoo. These guys respect the road. Much props. I recently got my Jeep and im learning a lot of this culture. Very awesome.

@peacockpanther 4 года назад

Great video Taylor !!! And the information was helpful... whoop whoop...

@beckia3260 4 года назад

Great info as usual!

@truckinman86 4 года назад

A good rule of thumb is to have all of your lights on an "instant kill" switch. Usually this is your high beam circuit on your vehicle. Just remember to use relays so you don't blow a high beam fuse or two.

@tinachang2657 2 года назад

This is helpful. Thank you!

@Jeep.Generation 4 года назад

Great information Taylor! Keeping us all informed. Thanks!

@MisterMemo 4 года назад

Great video guys! :)

@xsalamand3rx 4 года назад

I was just wondering about this the other day, good timing, thanks for the intel.

@Asymmetrical.athlete_ 3 месяца назад

In Colorado it's illegal to turn them on while driving down a hardball road....and you can fined for every individual led light bulb

@kchilites 3 месяца назад

Honestly out where I live everyone runs them and its awful, going to start sending in dashcam footage at this point haha!

@raiden000 2 года назад

part of my commute is 8 miles through the heart of a deer amusement park, often at 430am, witch i think is when all the deer bars close. Im getting a wrangler in a month or so, and the very first thing im doing is some electrical work. Couple A pillar lights aimed slightly wide to see the side of the road better, better headlights and the biggest and best lightbar i can find for the bumper.

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

I’m with you. I have hit a deer twice and I can tell you that I will happily take the ticket over the deer

@viper200075 3 года назад

Great info

@darrylm3627 Год назад

GoodStuff,GreatTips😀👍🏿

@paulgalli6433 4 года назад

I'm a classic style lights being round. How do you cover up a modern popular LED light bar? Aren't they always exposed with no cover.

@terbospeed 3 года назад

In my area in Oxnard Santa Barbara Thousand Oaks etc. Southern California, everyone has full tints and a lot of people have lights mounted and uncovered, but usually not running, so those laws don’t seem to be in enforced.

@anthonycriscenti4930 2 года назад

Same. I only got pulled over when I flashed a cop who flashed me

@rickking823 3 года назад

I know that you can buy tents for your light bars from lamin-x but I'm not sure if that's still street legal or not

@JoshSaltmarsh 3 года назад

The link to the blog post is broken. Can you guys fix that please?

@90pontiac Год назад

I have 5 KC 6x9 lights on roof bar of my 91 suburban. Unfortunately the 2 of plastic covers is cracked and brittle. How could I go about purchasing cover's dot. Won't let me pass inspection till the lights get corrected.

@wishiwasboosted7741 2 года назад

I was that guy yesterday the trail I left from was right off a street and totally forgot to turn off my ditch lights

@mammutMK2 3 года назад

The cover up isn't bad even when you don't need the covers. You buy the for off read use or bad weather conditions , so why risking them getting damaged and dirty under normal conditions. That way they are in great condition when you need them

@OverlandandBeyond Год назад

Anyone know if it’s legal to have the “backlight” on the street in Texas. Puts out almost no light more cosmetic for the ditch lights.

@juliogonzo2718 3 года назад

Not legal in Canada afaik. Not enforced where I am (north west Ontario) but I think provinces patrolled by rcmp they give tickets sometimes

@pauldoroff6973 3 года назад

Interesting that was

@ChuckReynolds 2 года назад

Blog link doesn't work.

@daviddixon2945 3 года назад

maryland. whats the ase for front leds to be legal on a bar? mounted under license plate. to be legal?

@gabmax1013 3 года назад

1. Get a dash cam. 2. If you find someone with led lights at full blast crash into them. 3. Blame it on the other guy. 4. Sue him 💵💵💵

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

It doesn’t quite work that way. Accidents are judged by a % of fault. So if you did see someone with a super bright light on coming at you then you would be expected to do everything that you can to keep from crashing including pulling over and letting them pass. So it would probably be close to 50/50% fault because they should not have had the lights on and you should have pulled over when you saw the danger.

@alainbrouillette7740 2 года назад

I am on the market for 2 set of Pro6 LED and a pair of Flex Era 3 for ditch lights , i cannot find any white plastic cover with black lettering on your site , i guess you only make black ??

@dinorossi6611 3 года назад

Can i share this on my blog?

@samkulakov273 2 года назад

Is KC PRO6 legal in Florida?

@BlueScreen19 2 года назад

Link doesn't work

@rickking823 3 года назад

I know here in the state of Maine you can't run light bars on public roadways but Walmart carries a dimmable LED light bar it's from Alpena would that be legal to use on the road if it's in the dim mode. would it still be illegal?

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

If the law says you can not have them then none of any kind including dim one can be used. But read the law carefully

@eliyeskhamis3717 3 года назад

How about amber lights??

@cvps1980 2 года назад

So I was followed by a sheriff in Johnson county Iowa and he was following me quite close to the point I had all rear views down and was still being blinded. Now it was middle of night out in the country where no other lights are present. I pulled off and into driveway to let him pass and he did so I pulled back onto road and that son a bitch was waiting for me on other side of road where as I passed him he followed me again and once again I have to pull off the road into driveway. He FINALLY turned on lights to pull me over for suspicious behavior.. said I was evading him [I was evading his blinding led lamps ] next thing u know Im asked to get out in the freezing cold to perform field sobriety test which I failed as it's near below zero temp I've weighed 135 for 30 years now so I'm shaking chattering being told to keep hands outta of sweater pocket as they are frozen. I had to take off my gloves and coat and remove my hat to do said tests. I failed and got a DUI even after I blew 0.00. WTF this ain't right and I told him why I pulled into 2 driveways he laughed and said those ain't even his brights. HELP.. I'm not really finding anything specific as to law for lumens or output of lights for Iowa. If anyone knows and could please help or if anyone knows good attorney that would be great .

@glonkfpv 2 месяца назад

Can we get an update?

@553jjj 3 года назад

how do i mount 2 KC Grvity lights outside of the grill of my 2020 4runner..what bracket? thanks

@gingie5246 3 года назад

You need to either have a bumper, bull bar, or a simple bar that connects to the tow points that is designed for lights. Look on Amazon or on google pictures to get ideas. - just thought I would let you know because they didn’t respond to you.

@CJRoyalOfficial 2 года назад

can anyone tell me if i can put an interior amber and white strobing light on in my car? for stuff like heavy rain or traffic emergency situations etc? New York State

@xc8487 3 года назад

I see semi trucks with bars or pods mounted on the bumper all the time. Since they travel between many states, I assume that police just don't care about it that much. I don't think a wrangler is going to ignored if it's running roof lights though.

@GGarduchi 3 года назад

It all the ones I’ve seen on semi’s are crappy truck stop lights or Chinese junk. I haven’t seen any big trucks using a 60” OnX6 bar blinding all.

@Wilhuff_T 2 года назад

I'm a truck driver and i installed a 52 inch Harbor freight light bar below the headlights. But i put amber covers . Only use them on winters or lonely stretches of desert.

@michedwards1929 3 года назад

The link for Virginia is linked to Vermont web site. Can you please fix it? Thank you.

@nataliegrn17 2 года назад

Unfortunately it's still wrong a year later :(

@AutoBodyEverything 3 года назад

In Florida or in general, is an led light bar street legal if it is in line with your headlights? My grill has an opening that will fit a 12” light bar that will be level with my head lights and I’ll be aiming the light bar slightly down. Is that street legal?

@jonjohnson102 3 года назад

No its not a dot approved head light

@jaminjef 3 года назад

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

Yes you can have led lights and bars and they do not have to be dot. only the headlights need a dot. any auxiliary lights do not need dot. so don’t listen to these guys

@MT-xj8mt 4 года назад

How do I get those Pro 6 Covers shown @ 4:13 secs??

@GMan-yv8cb 3 года назад

Cool vid! Good advice- Check your local laws! But you MAY want to add: CHECK THE LAW WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING!! A light may be ok, locally, but if you take a road trip to another jurisdiction, maybe not so much! And, (depending on the cop) he's probably not gonna care that you're 'just passing thru' or 'just running to [xxx] then right back home!'. There's MANY vids on here telling people how to install tons of crazy gadgets, and most of them forget to mention that the (whatever) gadget is 1. Illegal, or 2. Just a REALLY BAD IDEA!!!

@HikerDoc 2 года назад

Link is not functional per date of this comment...

@MichaelCook1981 4 года назад

See "that guy" all the time driving their jacked up truck in Florida.

@4x4gear33 8 месяцев назад

I've had people drive with their light bars on. But I to have bright auxiliary lights, so I'll return the favor. A blind eye for a blind eye.

@BIGLOU48 3 года назад

In California off road lights must be covered and fuse removed when driving vehicle on public roads

@ati573 3 года назад

I've never had to do that in any of my vehicles here

@kronos0848 3 года назад

Cali is garbage

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

Covered is true just because you add a light doesn’t mean it is a off road light. A light bar can be legally used on the road if mounted correctly

@doom78755 3 года назад

I live in California so it all applies to me

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

Light bars are legal in California

@ttrevino167 3 года назад

Had a jeep blind the fuxk out of me while trying to squeeze between him and the hill side.

@robertrodriguez1173 2 года назад

I'm getting light bars on individual switches and yes one will be facing the rear for tailgaters

@nonyabiz9912 3 года назад

Turn the light bars off on the road. Others cant see. When I see a light bar on. I shine a 1,000,000 candle power q beam in their eyes

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

Both people should turn off any auxiliary lights when approaching other drivers. But there’s led light bars a lot brighter than yours so be careful. Plus if you did manage to cause a accident you would most likely go to jail and if someone got hurt prison so be careful

@JAM76ER 3 года назад

Of course California.

@DavidMartinez-bn1uy 3 года назад

I felt this.... our state doesn't let us do anything lol

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

What he said was not correct. You can have and use light bars and other lights in California you just have limitations on where you can mount them. Don’t believe everything you hear

@freestylesystemsTV 3 года назад

Does it really matter what laws they create if they first can't prove their constitution and laws actually apply to you?

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

True but most people just assume that the state, county, country can do whatever they want

@paulwitmer4611 2 года назад

This entire issue is a giant mess. There is 90% non-compliance with his extra lighting as regards How it is legal to use. You don't explain how federal law is failing to limit lighting to originally approved . Even before this all started please weren't routinely stopping people for failure to dim. That compounds the problem. Fog light bulbs are being swab for aircraft landing lights and are actually brighter than the headlights. It was a joke to begin with to allow low beams to be on when fog lights are on because the low beams defeat the purpose of fog lights when there is actual fog which is almost never. Plus the police are pretty much asleep these days as regards vehicular rules enforcement.

@tah6746 2 года назад

From what I have seen. More people then not are that Guy, running there extremely bright lights on the road blinding everyone else on the road.

@PepeDeezNutz 4 года назад

Most chads are that giy

@clwade10 3 года назад

I'm not a huge fan of people barfing LED light bars all over their rigs. I have seen a lot of lifted trucks with full lightbars mounted in their front bumper. Is that then legal since its below the headlights? Driving beam cubes sure but whole light bars seems excessive. Differs per state sure and Commiefornia everything is illegal LOL.

@AutoBodyEverything 3 года назад

I just asked the same question. Must answer

@jaminjef 3 года назад

Hey, Don't call them Commiefornia! The name is California, and kudos to them for having the balls to ban blinding lights.

@jaminjef 3 года назад

#banblindingheadlights

@aliveandwell2078 3 года назад

There only blinding when turned on...don’t turn them on when car are approaching or use in desolate areas only. All it takes is some self control

@aliveandwell2078 3 года назад

They only blind when turned on...don’t turn them on when a car is approaching, or use in desolate areas only. All it takes is some self control

@dangerdoberman 3 года назад

I mainly have my lights for the purpose of blinding people. They usually have it coming though so...

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

In California there’s no such thing as legal or illegal lights. They are all legal if they are mounted correctly. It has nothing to do with the lights themselves

@bl8danjil 2 года назад

California? That can't be right. They ban everything like underbody lights tuners used to have.

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

@@bl8danjil those are legal too

@bl8danjil 2 года назад

@@horsepoweraddiction808 I stand corrected. I thought they were illegal in CA.

@geraldjohnfernandez 2 года назад

everything is illegal in california

@MikeBCNU 2 года назад

They will be legal if you demand it... we make the ordinances people.. not law enforcement... use your brain and dont be a problem

@koolbeans8292 3 года назад

I want four of these on my rear bumper for the tailgaters. With a bumper sticker saying, “have you ever seen orange balloons while following too close?” BAM 💥

@horsepoweraddiction808 2 года назад

I love the idea but if you get caught you will probably go to jail