Rock, undercarriage & camp lighting
Pods tucked under the rig so you can see where the tires are on a night crawl, plus flood and scene lighting for setting up camp or changing a tire on the side of a forest road.
Light where headlights can’t reach
Headlights and bumper pods light what’s ahead. On a slow, technical trail after dark, the problem is right beside and underneath you: the ledge under the front tire, the rock the rear diff is about to meet, the rut your spotter is pointing at. Rock lights put small, wide pods in the wheel wells and along the frame so that ground is lit from underneath.
They also light up the rig for a spotter, so the person outside can see the tires and suspension instead of guessing in the glare of your headlights. Used on a trail and switched off on the road, they are one of the most practical lighting upgrades for a crawler.
Types of low and scene lighting
Rock light pods
Small, flat LED pods with a wide flood spread. Four is a common starting point, one per wheel well, with more along the frame rails on longer rigs.
White vs color
White is the useful color for picking lines. Color-changing pods look good at camp, but check that they offer a true white mode if you plan to use them on the trail.
Camp and scene lights
Wide flood pods on a roof rack, bed rack or rear bumper light a whole campsite or the back of the truck while you set up.
Rear work lights
Flood lights aimed behind the rig for hitching a trailer at night or checking a tire, separate from your reverse lights.
Chase lighting
Rear-facing lighting that helps the group behind you track your rig in dust. It belongs on the trail only.
Switch or app control
A dedicated switch on the dash panel, or a controller for color and pattern. We keep at least one hard switch so the lights can always be killed.
Where the pods go
Placement is the difference between lights that work and lights that get torn off on the first rock garden. Pods mount high inside the wheel well or tucked behind frame members, aimed down and outward, where they still light the tire but aren’t the lowest thing on the vehicle. On rigs with rock sliders, the slider often protects the rocker area pods.
We use existing holes, factory brackets and bolt-on mounts built for rock lights. When nothing off-the-shelf fits, we can make a simple mount, and on some suspension setups a location shifts a few inches to where the light lives a longer life. If you’re also adding rock rails or skid plates, planning the lighting at the same time avoids drilling twice.
The wire run is the hard part
Suspension travel
A wire routed to a pod on the axle side has to survive full droop and full compression. We leave service loops where the suspension moves and secure the rest so nothing hangs to snag on brush.
Heat and abrasion
Wire stays clear of the exhaust and steering linkage, runs in loom where it passes near sharp edges, and gets fastened with clips rather than zip ties alone.
Water and mud
Sealed connectors at every pod, heat-shrink over every joint, and no splices sitting where a water crossing will soak them.
Fused and relayed
The whole group runs through its own fuse and relay, and the switch lives on a panel with your other auxiliary circuits so the dash stays clean.
Keep trail lighting off in traffic
Rock lights and camp floods are off-road equipment. Colorado limits which auxiliary lamps can be on the front of a vehicle and how many bright front lamps can be lit on a highway (C.R.S. 42-4-212 and 42-4-219), and colored underglow or flashing patterns draw attention on the street. We wire these circuits so they’re easy to leave off, and we can set them up to shut off with the ignition so nothing gets left on to drain the battery at camp.
What drives the install time
A four-pod kit on a Jeep with open wheel wells is quicker than eight pods on a long truck frame. Kits with a color controller take longer than single-color white pods. Routing wires through the firewall to a new switch panel, adding camp lights to an overland rack, or pairing with other overland accessories all add time, but doing them in one visit saves re-routing later.
Once parts are in, most jobs get into the bay within about a week. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 to 4, with early drop-off and late pickup available.
Most of our rock light kits come from Diode Dynamics, Oracle Lighting and KC HiLiTES, and we can source more than 130 other brands through our distributors.
Rock light FAQ
How many rock lights do I need?
Four, one per wheel well, covers most Jeeps and midsize trucks. Longer vehicles, or owners who want the frame rails and rear diff lit too, usually go to six or eight.
Will rock lights survive trail hits and water crossings?
Good pods are sealed and potted, and the bigger risk is the wiring. We place pods out of the lowest line of the rig and route and seal the wires so a hit or a crossing doesn’t knock them out.
Should I get multi-color or white rock lights?
For seeing tire placement, white is better. Multi-color kits are fine if they have a clean white mode and a hard switch, not just a phone app.
Can I drive on the street with rock lights on?
Plan on keeping them off on public roads. They’re meant for trail and camp use, so we put them on their own switch.
Can camp lights run without the engine on?
Yes, but that is how batteries die overnight. We can wire them to work with the ignition off and talk through a low-voltage cutoff or a separate auxiliary battery setup if you camp often.
What customers say
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Light the trail under you
Rock light and undercarriage lighting installs in Windsor, CO, for Jeeps and trucks that wheel after dark across Northern Colorado.