The lamps’ darkened lenses help them blend into a vehicle’s body contours, presenting a clean, non-invasive and stylish look, the company says.
The smoke-lens offering includes 6-in. oval and 4-in. round stop, tail, turn lamps, a 6-in. oval backup lamp and a 3/4-in. PC-rated clearance marker lamp. Optronics also is introducing a 20-in. smoke-lens version of its popular Thinline series surface-mount LED stop, tail, turn light bar, complete with a matte black mounting base/bezel.
“Optronics has been unrivaled in its introduction of high-style lighting to the commercial vehicle market,” says Brett Johnson, Optronics president and CEO. “Our new smoke-lens LED lamps closely follow trends in the consumer automotive lighting segment and give OEMs and upfitters the ability to further differentiate their vehicle designs through creative lighting.”
Kyle O’Dell, Optronics director of engineering, says, “In order to meet federal and international standards, Optronics’ engineers had to overcome a number of optical challenges. I’m proud to say that our world-class technical team met the challenges and that all of our new smoke-lens LED lamps meet FMVSS 108 and CMVSS 108 photometric requirements for visibility and safety.”
CM Truck Beds will be displaying Optronics’ new 6-in. oval LED smoke-lens stop, tail, turn and 3/4-in. clearance marker lamps as a concept on one of its TM Bodies at the 2020 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, March 4-6, 2020.
“Our TM Body has clean and sleek black finish and Optronics’ new smoke-lens LED lamps enable us to enhance that look,” says Joe Lewis, vice president, CM Truck Beds. “Certain segments of the commercial vehicle marketplace are highly influenced by automotive trends and our TM Body is a great example of ongoing shifts in the industry focused on function and cosmetic appeal.”
The 6-in. oval smoke-lens stop, tail, turn lamp; 6-in. oval backup lamp; 3/4-in. PC-rated clearance marker lamp; and 20-in. Thinline series surface-mount LED stop, tail, turn light bar are available now. The 4-in. round stop, tail, turn lamp is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2020.
The lamps, lenses and housings are made of polycarbonate material that is sonically welded. The lamps employ a solid-state, surface-mount device design that protects their electronics against moisture, shock and vibration. Like all LED products from Optronics, these lamps come with no-hassle, one-diode lifetime warranty protection that will replace the lamp if even one diode fails, Optronics says.
