Truck Lighting Guides

Aug 16, 2026

Wheel Light Intensity: What Ride Height Decides and What the Names Hide

Search for high intensity wheel lights and you find four names in a ladder, four prices, and almost nothing about whi...
Aug 16, 2026

Pure White Rock Lights: What Pure White Actually Means

Search for pure white rock lights and most of what comes back is a listing with the word white in the title and nothi...
Aug 14, 2026

Moving Your Lights to a New Truck: What Comes Off and What Does Not

People buy lighting for the truck they have. Trucks get sold. The question that follows is a fair one and nobody answ...
Aug 14, 2026

Wheel Lights and Brake Jobs: What Mounting to the Dust Shield Means Later

A wheel light kit is the only lighting job on a truck that touches the brakes. That is worth understanding before you...
Aug 13, 2026

A Truck Light Stopped Working: What to Check, in Order

Something on the truck has stopped lighting up. Before you start pulling brackets off, it is worth knowing that the l...
Aug 13, 2026

Rock Lights for a Ford F-150: What the Aluminum Body Changes

Search for rock lights for a Ford F-150 and you will find listings with a Ford badge on them and very little about wh...
Aug 12, 2026

Rock Lights for a Jeep Wrangler: What Actually Matters

Search for rock lights for a Jeep Wrangler and you will find plenty of kits with Jeep on the box and very little expl...
Aug 12, 2026

Rock Lights, Wheel Lights, Valance or Trac Bar: What to Fit First

Most people do not build a truck's lighting all at once. They do one position, live with it for a few months, and the...
Aug 11, 2026

Rock Light Magnetic Mounts: What You Get and How to Fit Them

Every rock light we sell arrives ready to bolt on, with the holes in the housing and the hardware in the box. Magneti...
Aug 11, 2026

How to Plan a Lighting Wire Run Before You Order

Most lighting installs do not stall on the lights. They stall on the wire. Somebody gets three wheels done on a Satur...
Aug 10, 2026

Replacing One Wheel Light Strip Instead of the Whole Kit

Curbs, road debris and a badly judged parking block all do the same thing to a wheel light: they take out one strip o...
Aug 10, 2026

9, 24 or 36 LED Rock Lights: Which Size to Buy

Southern Lumen builds three pure white rock lights: a 9 LED rock light, a 24 LED rock light and a 36 LED rock light. ...