Off-road lights
Light bars, bumper and ditch pods, and rear work lighting for the trail, the two-track and the campsite. Mounted on parts made for your rig, wired through fused relays and switched where you can reach it.
Light you switch on when the pavement ends
Off-road lights are a separate system from the lamps your truck drives on every day. Your headlights and fog lights have to stay legal and aimed for the highway. Auxiliary lamps exist for the times that isn’t enough: a forest road at midnight, backing a trailer into a dark campsite, or picking a line through rocks where the headlights point at the sky.
The trick is choosing lamps that earn their spot. A row of pods you never turn on is money on the bumper. We start from where you drive, then pick the pattern, the mounting point and the switch to match.
Bars, pods and work lighting
Most builds use two or three of these, not all of them.
Light bars
A single bar across the bumper, behind the grille or above the windshield. Roof mounting throws the most light, but it also lights up your own hood on dusty roads, so bumper height is often the better answer.
Bumper pods
A pair of pods in the bumper or on a bull bar. Easy to aim, easy to keep out of the way of the winch and license plate, and the most common upgrade we do.
Ditch lights
Pods at the base of the windshield angled out at the shoulders, so you see deer and cattle before they step into the lane. They mount to factory hood bolts on many trucks.
Rock and body lighting
Low-mounted lamps that light the tires and the ground beside the rig. Those live on our rock and undercarriage lighting page.
Rear and work lights
Reverse or scene lighting on the bumper, the bed rack or a tire carrier. Worth it if you tow, back into campsites or work out of the truck after dark.
Chase and bed lighting
Rear-facing amber or red lighting on a bed rack or roll bar, plus bed lighting for loading gear. Useful in convoys and dusty group runs.
Four questions before anything is ordered
Where you actually drive
Fast gravel county roads want reach. Slow rock and timber trails want spread close to the rig. Tell us which one you spend more nights doing, and the pattern choice gets easy.
Size and mounting point
Every mount has a limit. Grille and bumper openings are fixed, windshield brackets are model-specific, and roof mounts need the right rack or channel. We use brackets made for your vehicle where they exist, and we handle light fabrication, like a mount or a bar, when nothing off-the-shelf fits. Heavy fab and welding are not something we do.
White or amber
White reads sharper on dry nights. Amber cuts glare in dust, snow and fog because it scatters less. Plenty of owners run white bars with amber pods, or lamps with a switchable amber mode.
How you want to switch them
A single lamp can run off one switch. Once you have a bar, pods and rear lighting, a switch panel with labeled circuits keeps it manageable and keeps your dash from filling with mismatched toggles.
The part that decides whether it lasts
Lights are the easy half. Wiring is where a cheap install shows up two winters later, so this is where we spend the time.
Fused relay harnesses
Power comes from the battery through a fuse and a relay sized for the lamp. Your switch only triggers the relay, so the dash wiring never carries the load.
Routing and strain relief
Wires follow factory looms, away from exhaust heat and steering or suspension travel, with grommets at every pass-through and enough slack at the hood and doors.
Switch panels
A labeled panel or factory-style switches, mounted where you can reach without looking. Each circuit gets its own fuse so one failure doesn’t take the rest with it.
Aimed before pickup
Every lamp gets aimed on level ground before the rig leaves, so bars and pods light the trail instead of the treetops, and ditch lights cover the shoulders where wildlife steps out.
Pods that work with the truck
Auxiliary lighting doesn’t always need its own switch on the dash. On Michael’s Toyota Sequoia, we installed a pair of Diode Dynamics SS3 pods with the red backlight option in his Victory 4x4 rear bumper, then wired them into the truck’s own lighting.
The main beam is wired to the reverse lights, so the pods come on the moment he shifts into reverse. The red backlight is wired to the brake lights and turn signals, so the pods brake and signal with the factory tail lights. Every circuit is fused and relayed, the wiring is routed and sealed like factory harness, and it all works without touching a switch.
This is the kind of wiring every customer gets from us, and we routinely build custom circuits like this to go beyond a basic install.
Keeping auxiliary lamps street legal
Colorado allows a limited number of extra lamps and expects them off on public roads. Under C.R.S. 42-4-212 you may run up to two spot lamps, two auxiliary passing lamps and two auxiliary driving lamps, and no more than four lamps total may light the road ahead at one time. Fog lamps mount between 12 and 30 inches from the ground.
In practice that means a roof or bumper bar rides on a switch you leave off until you’re on the trail, plus a cover if the light came with one, and we wire auxiliary circuits so they are easy to keep off on pavement. If a lift has changed your headlight height, see the note about the 24 to 54 inch rule on our headlights and fog lights page.
Off-road lighting brands we carry
Most of our pods and bars are Diode Dynamics, chosen by beam pattern rather than raw lumen claims, and Rough Country covers budget-friendly bars and pods. Both are direct dealer accounts for us. We also install KC HiLiTES, Rigid Industries, Baja Designs and Oracle Lighting, so there is a bar or pod for every budget, from a first pair of bumper pods to a full race-grade setup. Beyond those, we can source more than 130 other brands through our distributors.
Tell us your budget and where you drive at night, and we’ll show you the honest differences between them.
One drop-off, wired and aimed
We mount the lamps, build the harness, install the switch and aim everything before the rig leaves. A single pair of pods is a short visit; a bar, ditch lights and a switch panel routed through the firewall take longer. Most jobs get into the bay within about a week of parts arriving.
We’re open Monday–Friday 9–4, early drop-off and late pickup are available, and special requests can be discussed. Adding lights with a lift or a bumper? Doing it in one visit saves labor.
See it on a real build
Photos and parts lists from rigs we’ve done in the shop. More on our builds page.
- Daniel’s Colorado ZR2: KC cowl pods on an Auxbeam switch panel
- Sean’s Chevy Silverado: pod lighting with a hidden winch
- Brad’s Jeep Wrangler Rubicon: Diode Dynamics SS5 cowl pods
- Michael’s Toyota Sequoia: a 30-inch Diode light bar and custom-wired rear pods
Off-road lighting FAQ
Can I run a light bar on the highway?
No. Colorado limits how many lamps may light the road ahead and expects auxiliary lamps off on public roads. We wire them on their own switch so they stay off on pavement. Some bars come with a snap-on cover, which also keeps the lens from reflecting at other drivers during the day, but plenty of lights do not offer one, and a cover is not what keeps you legal — leaving them switched off is.
Roof or bumper for a light bar?
A roof bar throws light farther, but it also lights the dust and hood in front of you and can add wind noise. On most trucks we get better usable light from a bumper bar or a pair of pods.
Can you wire extra lights into my brake or reverse lights?
Yes. We regularly wire rear pods and reverse lights into the factory reverse, brake and turn circuits so they work automatically, like the rear pods on Michael’s Sequoia. Every circuit is fused and relayed so the factory wiring never carries the extra load.
Will extra lights drain my battery?
Not while you’re driving. Modern LED lamps draw little current and run off the alternator. Sitting at camp with everything on is a different story, which is why each circuit is fused and switched separately.
Do you make custom brackets?
We do light fabrication, like a mount or a bar to space pods evenly on a rack, when nothing off-the-shelf fits. We don’t take on heavy fab or welded work.
Can you add lights to a bumper I already have?
Usually, if the bumper has light tabs or a supported mount. Send a photo and we’ll tell you what fits.
What customers say
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Amazing experience. I needed to improve lighting on my truck and Zach provided excellent recommendations, found all the parts online for a good price, did excellent work and all for a very reasonable price. I'm definitely coming back. Highly recommend to everyone!
Great work, great communication, professional, highly recommend. Great pricing for super quality work. Zach made the process seamless and I felt comfortable with my 4Runner in his hands. Installed SSO bumper 10k winch and light bar!
Zach and his team are nothing but stellar. They helped me a winch install, new upgraded suspension lift, and off-road lights for my Silverado. I would highly recommend them for any off-road upgrades you are looking to do for your rig.
Great job repairing my rear tire mount.
Zach did an excellent job replacing my Jeeps ball joints. Very satisfied with the joints he suggested and the work that was done.
Zach did some suspension work on my truck and it came out great, he was quick and the price was fair. Will definitely be back for more work in the future.
Zach was insanely helpful. He handled a pretty out of the box request with ease. I will recommend him to anyone in the area or passing through!
I had a great experience at Off Camber 4x4 as Zach is a true professional and pleasure to work with. He went above and beyond getting all hardware snugged up even though it wasn’t in the estimate - with being a late request made when I dropped off the truck. Additionally, Off Camber’s shop not only provided the most reasonable price out of the four estimates I received, they were the ONLY shop that recommended a follow up inspection for the type of service I had done. They installed a leveling kit, control arms, rear shocks, dual exhaust system, and a trailer receiver along with including the complementary inspection at 500 miles to make sure everything was still tight.
Light up the trail
Light bar, pod and ditch light installs in Windsor, CO, with switch panels and clean wiring, for rigs across Northern Colorado.