Vehicle category · Vrachtwagen Verlichting
Truck lighting — heavy-haul, distribution, vocational.
Trucks above 7.5 tonnes operate on 24V architectures with CAN-bus monitoring of every primary lamp. The lighting decisions on these vehicles are tightly bounded by ECE R48 (installation), R10 (EMC) and the OEM's own load-dump and harness rules. This page explains what fits where and links to per-brand deep dives.
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Three duty cycles that matter
**Long-haul tractors** (Volvo FH, Scania R/S, Mercedes Actros, DAF XG, MAN TGX) spend 12–14 hours a day on motorways. Aero matters; flush-mounted markers and body-coloured bars are the rule. Beacon use is minimal except for utility variants.
**Distribution / regional** (Volvo FM, Scania P/G, MAN TGM, DAF CF) is the day-cab workhorse — palletised freight, urban delivery, multi-stop. Roof-mounted amber bars are common for fleet livery; rear marker upgrades pay back fast on lit-loading-bay use.
**Vocational / construction** (Volvo FMX, Scania XT, MAN TGS, DAF, Mercedes Arocs) take heavier vibration and abuse. Lamp specs need IP69K, cold-start tested to −40°C, and vibration-tested to MIL-STD-810G. The light-bar that shipped on a TGX won't survive 18 months on a TGS tipper.
CAN-bus and the LED rear-lamp question
Every major European OEM monitors rear-lamp current from model-year 2018 onward. A simple LED replacement of a filament tail will throw a "rear light failure" warning unless the LED has built-in CAN-matching resistors. The cancellers sold for passenger cars don't reliably work on truck buses.
Buy LED rear combinations with R148 / R10 approval AND CAN-matching declared on the spec sheet. We don't stock LED rears that don't carry both — too many warranty returns from CAN-fault complaints.
What sells, by truck class
On long-haul: low-profile DRL bars, slim amber position lamps, and the occasional LED-Matrix headlamp upgrade where the OEM allows.
On distribution: amber light bars on the cab roof spoiler, twin work lamps for loading-bay reverse, marker lamps on the box body.
On vocational: front bull-bar driving lamps (R112/R149), rear work-light cluster on the chassis, full IP69K LED tail combinations, plus a roof-mounted amber bar for road-presence on construction sites.
Per-brand guides
Each major European brand has its own electrical quirks. We have a deep-dive guide per platform — fuse-block locations, factory mounting points, connector types, brand-specific gotchas:
- MAN — TGL, TGM, TGS, TGX - Scania — R, S, P, G, L - Mercedes-Benz — Actros, Arocs, Antos, Atego - Volvo — FH, FM, FMX, FL - DAF — XG, XF, CF, LF - Iveco — S-Way, X-Way, T-Way, Daily - Renault Trucks — T, C, K, D
Click any of those for the brand-specific install notes.
If you fit lamps for a living, the brand-specific guide saves more time than any other page on this site.