Here at 4WD Supacentre, we sell some of Australia’s best value LED light bars and LED driving lights. In fact, we were one of the first companies to genuinely bring down the price of LED light bars and LED driving lights, and now there are literally tens of thousands of 4WDs on the roads and tracks around the country running our lights! LED lighting is so affordable and it’s a brilliant way to seriously upgrade your 4×4, van or SUV. Here’s our guide to what you should know about LED driving lights and LED light bars.

1. LED LIGHTING IS SERIOUSLY EFFICIENT: It used to be that halogen driving lights were just about the only option on the market for adding extra lighting power to the front of your vehicle. The problem is, halogen is old technology and extremely inefficient. Essentially all it is, is a way of converting raw energy into light by heating a wire element, losing a lot of power through heat loss along the way. Then High Intensity Discharge (HID) driving lights came around, and they were an improvement but were a lot more delicate and unreliable as they required a separate igniter circuit to light the HID bulb. Finally, LED hit the market and adventures, tradies and 4WDers rejoiced. Light Emitting Diodes in LED driving lights and LED light bars use a fraction of the power compared to halogen, yet produce a beautiful bright powerful light.

2. LED IS GREAT FOR PREVENTING TIRED EYES: If you do long stretches at night you’ll be aware of how much the old-school yellow light from halogen lights can cause drowsy eyes. That’s because on the colour temperature chart, yellow is warm. The whiter, almost verging on blue, light that comes from LED is much kinder on eyes as it doesn’t strain your eyes so much. That means there’s a noticeable difference between starting out the window for two hours at a time at yellow halogen light, compared to the same white light from LED driving lights or an LED light bar.

3. LED DRIVING LIGHTS COME IN TWO DIFFERENT SIZES: We sell a 7inch round LED driving light, as well as a 9inch round LED driving light. The smaller lights are best suited to cars, smaller SUVs and smaller 4WDs, while the 9inch LED driving lights are perfect where space is not a concern. We’ve seen our customers run them on everything from full-sized 4WDs, to pantec trucks, road trains and even harvesters and tractors!

4. LED LIGHT BARS OFFER A FANTASTIC SPREAD OF LIGHT: What sets an LED light bar apart from an LED driving light is the arrangement of LEDs. Both the LED driving light and the LED light bar offer a combination of spread beams for wide light spread, and spot beams for long-distance light throw. However, where an LED light bar excels is in its ability to throw a wide spread of light out to the sides of the vehicle. That’s seriously beneficial when you’re out in open country and want to keep an eye on the edges of the road for roos.

4: USE LED LIGHT BARS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES: LED light bars can be used for heaps of purposes. You can use the smaller ones as LED camping lights, for instance – mounting one or two of the 6inch LED light bar to the side of your roof rack and running off a separate switch. Step up to a 20” or above LED light bar and it’ll be perfect to use as a reverse light on the back of your ute.

5: THE ULTIMATE COMBO: LED DRIVING LIGHTS AND LED LIGHT BAR: So what’s the ultimate combination? In our opinion, nothing beats having both an LED light bar, and a set of LED driving lights. This way you get the best of both worlds – that long-distance penetration that you get from the LED driving lights, and the excellent spread of light from an LED light bar. And the best part is if you buy your LED driving lights or LED light bar from 4WD Supacentre, you can get both for about half the price of a single LED light bar from other manufacturers – and it’ll serve you just as well!