Baja Designs - LED Stealth Light Bars - Off Road Lighting

Baja Designs Led Stealth Light Bars Spreader Lenses

Baja Designs Led Stealth Light Bars Stealth Light Bar

The next step in the LED lighting revolution has arrived. Within the next decade, you'll see more LED stop lights, street lights, home lighting, and work lights around your neighborhoods. Higher-end automobiles have already started integrating the light-emitting-diode (LED) technology into their headlights, and you'll soon see LEDs outperform any other light source available.

LEDs, though still considered an expensive light source, are dropping in price as the technology becomes more common. It also helps that LED lighting is welcomed universally by anyone and everyone looking to benefit from the fact that light-emitting diodes use minimal energy, provide impressive amounts of light, and have incredibly long life spans.

Baja Designs Led Stealth Light Bars Mounting Tabs

1. The mounting tabs can be reversed if necessary...

It's no wonder that Baja Designs chose to embrace the LED technology early on with its Ledgend LED headlights. Now, with more advanced technology available, Baja Designs has been able to pack more impressive lighting power into a smaller package that uses less energy. The Stealth light bars use the new CREE XP-G LED-the most efficient one currently available-with color temperature and output selected for the best performance in the dirt.

The Stealth bars can be ordered in 10-, 20-, 30-, 40-, or 50-inch lengths. Each 10-inch section is said to be roughly the equivalent of a single HID light. We were able to try out a 20-inch Stealth bar from Baja Designs, and it was a welcomed addition as a low-profile light that wouldn't draw nearly as much attention as a large pair of round HID lights.

Baja Designs Led Stealth Light Bars Mounting Tab

...One bolt per side holds the Baja Designs Stealth Bar onto whatever mounting surface you attach it to. Baja Designs also has tube clamp mounts in case you're trying to install the Stealth Bar on a round 'cage tube.

...One bolt per side holds the Baja Designs Stealth Bar onto whatever mounting surface you

Specs
Dimming: High and medium (dust) modes standard (with dimmer/strobe switch)
Total Lumens: 3500 lumens (per 10-inch section)
Housing: Extruded aluminum, anodized, laser-etched
Lens: Hardcoated polycarbonate
Power consumption: 42 watts
Input voltage: 9 to 30 volts
Emitter type: CREE XP-G LED, 5,500 Kelvin
LED life expectancy: 50,000 hours
Size: 1.5 inches tall, 3 inches deep, width varies for length of light bar ordered
Weight: 1.7 pounds (per 10-inch bar section)

2. There are two spreader lenses installed on each end of the Stealth Bar. This helps widen the pattern a little using the outside four LED bulbs to do so.
2. There are two spreader lenses installed on each end of the Stealth Bar. This helps wide
3. Installation of the light bar takes about two minutes, but we highly suggest getting a friend to help hold it in place while you tighten the bolts on. At more than $700 for a 20-inch Stealth Bar (size of bar tested), it's not something you'd want to drop during installation. That being said, the Stealth bar and all its LEDs would likely survive and still function properly if dropped, as it's very durable. It'd just be terrible to have scratches on a brand new bar.
3. Installation of the light bar takes about two minutes, but we highly suggest getting a
4. Though you can wire up your own relay and lighting harness, Baja Designs has some of the nicest harnesses, wired and ready to go. The smaller of these two harnesses is an optional inline switch you can add for strobe modes and beam dimming.
4. Though you can wire up your own relay and lighting harness, Baja Designs has some of th

5. Baja Designs' waterproof connectors are of the highest quality-so good that we sometimes use Baja Designs' connectors and harnesses to wire up competitor's lights.
5. Baja Designs' waterproof connectors are of the highest quality-so good that we sometime
6. A heavy-duty 30-amp switch is included with the wiring harness. Pictured next to the standard switch is the optional strobe and dimmer switch (red button), in case you want to tune your LED Stealth bar.
6. A heavy-duty 30-amp switch is included with the wiring harness. Pictured next to the st
7. Wiring the light harness into the vehicle was as simple as tying three wires to the battery (two positive and one ground), and finding a place to mount the switch on your dash or center console.
7. Wiring the light harness into the vehicle was as simple as tying three wires to the bat

LED 20-Inch Bar vs. HID Headlights
You can see how the LED bar's light is much more concentrated in front of the vehicle, with the light reaching further in front of the vehicle-much like that of current HID off-road lights. The HID headlights on our test vehicle are very bright, but they spread the light over too wide a pattern.