Features
- Unrivaled design & Craftsmanship: With over 2,000 LEDs in a 60″ bar, this tailgate light bar delivers unbeatable brightness that leaves the competition in the dust.
- Solid Beam Appearance: The Dense COB (Chip-On-Board) LED array creates a continuous, seamless beam of light for a sleek, uniform look.
- Multi-Function Lights: The Blade light bar syncs with all tail light functions; running light, brake light, reverse light, hazard lights, and turn signals.
- Color Output Options: Choose a classic Red & White, or Red & White with Amber Turn Signals to suit your style.
- 3,000 Lumens High-Power Reverse Light: Experience superior nighttime visibility with an exceptionally bright white backup.
- Cutting-Edge Driver Compatibility: Expertly designed to integrate with the latest vehicle electrical systems, ensuring flawless performance for modern truck models.
- Plug-N-Play Harness: The direct-fit kit allows you to connect the Blade LED bar to your vehicle’s tail lights without any cutting or splicing of wires.
- Optional Lengths: The Blade is offered in 18″, 48″ & 60″ (depending on model) for a perfect fitment on your truck or SUV.
- Durable, Weather-Resistant Housing: The LEDs are encased in a rugged polycarbonate housing, ensuring top-tier protection from water, debris, and dust.
- Warranty: Backed by Putco’s 3-year warranty.
- DOT/SAE: SAE IRST 21 DOT, SAE j595.
- Designed in the USA: By Putco Inc. Des Moines IA.
Putco Blade LED tailgate light bar is designed to give your truck or SUV a sleek, custom look while significantly enhancing visibility. Available in 18″, 48″, and 60″ sizes, this versatile light bar ensures a perfect fit for almost any vehicle. Whether you drive a mid-size or full-size truck, Jeep, or SUV, the Blade LED tailgate light bar adds a striking visual element that stands out on the road. Its seamless design and high-power COB LEDs create a continuous line of light that’s both functional and stylish.
What sets the Blade apart is its multi-functionality. This tailgate light bar provides a bright red brake light, running light, amber turn signals, and a white reverse light, syncing seamlessly with your vehicle’s existing taillight system. The dense pattern of COB LEDs ensures that the light bar looks like a single, uninterrupted blade of light, providing superior brightness and clarity. Whether you’re braking, turning, or reversing, the Putco Blade ensures you’re highly visible to other drivers, enhancing safety on the road.
Durability is a key feature of the Putco Blade LED tailgate light bar. The LEDs are encased in a tinted polycarbonate resin, which is designed to keep out moisture, dirt, and dust, ensuring a long lifespan even in harsh conditions. This protective layer not only preserves the integrity of the LEDs but also adds a sleek, tinted finish to the light bar, blending seamlessly with your vehicle’s aesthetic. The rugged construction ensures that the Blade can withstand the rigors of daily driving, whether on city streets or off-road trails.
Installation is made simple with our exclusive Plug-N-Play harness, which is vehicle-specific and designed for a wide range of trucks and SUVs. The flexible design, along with patented mounting clips, allows for easy installation on both curved and straight surfaces. With the direct-fit connectors, you can install the Blade in about 30 minutes without cutting or splicing any wires. This easy, no-hassle installation process makes upgrading your vehicle’s lighting system both quick and efficient, allowing you to enjoy enhanced visibility and a custom look with minimal effort.
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Putco Blade LED Tailgate Light Bar w/ Direct Fit Harness Features
great light
I had this installed and showing off within two hours!
Best dad gift ever! Got one for Christmas for my old truck, and now I’m getting another for my new one—absolutely love it!
This is my second Putco blade. I love the light bars. The plug & play harness for my 2024 RAM 2500 definitely made installation much easier. However, for $350, it shouldn’t be too much to ask for a simple printed instruction sheet in the product packaging. The QR codes did not work correctly, and once I did find the location for the downloadable instructions, it was a Microsoft OneDrive which requires a Microsoft account to access. This is EXTREMELY unfriendly and a really cheesy way to distribute material that should have been included with the product. If you want to distribute the instructions digitally, put them on your website.
It was a breeze to install, and it looks fantastic.
Ordering was easy and received the light within a week. Only issue was the box was damaged and opened on one end in shipment from USPS. That said, there was no damage to the light. Installing on a 2023 F150 Lariat with the Bed Utility Package, there are two bolts that hold a bracket to prevent the tailgate from moving side to side. In order to install the light blade, I had to replace those bolts with lower profile screws in order to install the blade without a hump over those bolts. Very easy to do. I did not want to remove that bracket because it obviously serves a purpose. The mounting brackets that came with the blade (the thicker ones) would still cause a hump in the light over those bolts and I didn’t want the light damaged over time. The Factory connectors made installation super easy, though there is a lot of excessive wire with this blade so routing and tying everything up was a slight challenge. Overall, very happy with this light blade. Made the rear end of the truck look awesome.
This product was a gift to my husband for his 2020 Tundra. Between my husband and son it was a very quick assembly. He was thrilled when it was complete!
The best tail gate light available.
Easy install and really bright.
Working well, bright, nice line on Ford F-150 Lightning XLT 312A. Seems reverse uses both amber and white leds at same time? Not sure how these “chip-on-board” leds can put out the various colors of red, amber, and white. Check out their 12? page description of their light bar. Packaging from Ford Accessories for the Putco assembly could have used extra protective wrapping with the heavy black control box 92029-60R possibly bouncing around. Instructions could be more detailed as to where exactly to place cabling under the bed and how to handle excess lengths of parts of the cabling. But installed and all works well.
I just installed the 48″ light bar on my 2024, Colorado, ZR2. Very easy and quick install. Quit impressive.
This light is easy to install, is very bright and highlights the back of the f150. I have led trail lights on my truck so the plug in play is great no splicing, so no worries about effecting my truck warranty.
The blade looks awesome! Had an issue with the reverse light ,stopped working had to undo the reverse connection ,added some dielectric grease and it seems to be working now! The only other thing is there is way to much extra wire to deal with. Since it is a plug and play specific to your vehicle I feel that the extra wire is not needed.
I received the wrong instructions, called and they sent me the correct ones. Installed clips with self taping screws. My only complaint was one of the single wire connectors the clip broke when I was plugging the unit in. Aside from that I’m extremely pleased with this product
The Putco Blade Led Tailgate light bar with plug-an-play connect was installed and works beautifully. Only concern is the excess amount of wiring attached to the light bar, could have been a couple of feet less. Looks and works great.
The LED brake light light bar is AMAZING. It is so mall and compact that you can’t see it during the day. However, when you press the brakes or turn signal wow, the drivers behind can totally see my truck. The other great feature is the backup white lights. It solved my issue with not having a good view at night when backing up due to my bed-cap. Thanks for the super engineering.
Installation is super easy. The light bar is plenty bright. My only complaint is that it does not sync with the brake lights and turn signals on my 2022 Ram 2500. It is just a half second or so delayed and that makes it look more like an “accessory” than something that could’ve been OEM. If there is a solution to sync them up let me know. Otherwise first impression is that it is a pretty good product.
Great product owned for 4 years plug and play and not a hiccup. Great lights and much safer than the factory tail lights. No doubt that anyone will know what I’m doing when I turn the turn signals on. Backup light is great too. Got plug and play was fast install.
Arrived promptly, and well packaged. The link to instructions that was in the box was incorrect, as they referenced a Super Duty, and I have an F150 Limited ’21 I searched the web and found very detailed instructions that were helpful. The plug-and-play wiring harness made a HUGE difference. One thing to be very aware of, is if you have a power tailgate, there is a bracket about 1.5′ from the right side of truck, so that there is NOT a completely flat surface to mount to. I used the thicker brackets that were provided, and mounted as far away from this annoying bracket, and the lights are holding on fine, and it looks great. Really like the yellow turn signal, and white backup lights.
Absolutely painless simple install. Takes away all the guess work during install. I mean serious, So easy a caveman can do it. Kudos to you all.
It’s great, EASY installation no cutting and splicing wires.
23 Ram new body. 2 – 18″ bars. These look amazing! Get the plug and play. Throw the directions away as they are of no use. This takes 2 people. Hardest part is leveling the bars. First, plug in 4 pin connector, turn truck on, so you can mark the left side. Feed the left bar up from the bottom. Now, there are 2 plastic nubs on the under liner on each side. Install the 2 clips per bar, do not peel the 3m tape yet. put a line level on the bar( tape to it), and push back against the plastic liner of the truck. MAKE SURE that the bar sits just on top of the nub (just make the bar contact the nub with brackets on), and the left side stays on the flat surface, NOTon the angle. Take pencil and draw line under it. Pull back out, remove the clips from the bar, then remove the 3m tape and carefully adhere to the plastic liner on the line you marked, repeat for both sides until you have the 2 clips mounted on each side. Press firmly and then snap in light bars. From underneath the truck, pinch the plastic ears on your 7 pin connector and pull out from the outside. Disconnect factory harness and install the new harness. plug in the pin connector from the light bar to the harness, feed back into hole, and snap 7 pin back in. Now for REVERSE, The harness has a plug on the white wire, cut it off just behind the connector. Take that white wire, strip wire, and put connector on and crimp. Take the white wire from the bar, slide a shrink tube over, strip wire and put in other side of connector and crimp. Slide shrink tube down over and heat (I used a lighter) to seal it up. Now, take LONG plastic tie straps and tie up the wires under the body. Make sure not to interfere with spare tire. I also added some electrical tape to the pin connector just to keep moisture out. I hope this helps you as i know how frustrating it is to install something without accurate directions. This is super easy and you are not splicing any factory wires.
Very nice product……the Putco Blade LED Light Bar is a high quality product that is very bright and makes you noticed. Installation is a breeze and adds a touch of class to the rear of your truck.
Must buy….
Awesome light bar.
Outstanding- easy install (plug & play) and fabulous accessory. cannot be happier with this purchase- Thank You!
Well made light bar plus nice warranty to back it up!
The plug and play connector was perfect and made the installation easy. Really happy with the light bar.
By far the easiest install I’ve ever done looks n works great
Very sleek and easy to install. Makes it easier for backing and much more visible at night.
The plug-n-play connector on the 18” dual LED bar made the installation super easy on a ‘22 RAM Limited. Just disconnect the 7-way factory harness and plug in the adapter. Then connect the 4-pin and done. Just tidy up the wires and zip-tie mount under the chassis. Didn’t have to cut/splice anything. Looks great and works well. Installed the bar on the top edge of the bumper because of the camera and other molded nubs under the tailgate. Looks custom. The RWA LED lights are bright – very visible. Ordering and online customer service were great. Thanks Putco!
Excellent production., makes my 2019 HC look like a 2025 from the back!!
Installation was smooth and simple with the plug and play harness if you have Bliss and 360 this is way to go
By the way, you should also include a picture of the Hazard lights flashing.
I purchased this item on 11/01/22. It arrived on 11/03/22. So far so good! I spoke with an installer about installing it and he informed me that he had never install one on my type of vehicle before, Hyundai Santa Cruz. We set up an appointment on 11/03/22, still good so far. I waited for him to install it, which took about an hour and a half half. When he finished, he summoned me and had a huge smile on his face, still good so far. He explained the reason it took
that amount of time and was very pleased with the results and ease of installation. He explained that they install a lot of Putco tailgate light bars but never installed a PLUG-N-PLAY one. Plus, it seems as though Hyundai design made it much easier to store the wiring. It looks GREAT on the vehicle! VERY GOOD PRODUCT!!!
I was a little nervous installing this product on my 2022 Chevy Silverado. First of all. The package arrived pretty beat up. The box was crushed and gouged in spots. Seems Putco could have shipped it in a sturdy tube as I’ve seen on YouTube reviews. But it appears to me they are trying to save money. Plus, I wasn’t happy with the plastic anchor clips with no self-tapping screws. If I want to use this method of installation, now I have to drive to a hardware store to look for screws. I used the 3m double-backed tape that was supplied. But only 4 skimpy strips? Really Putco? I paid over $360 for this kit. You would think they wouldn’t be skimping on the product. I reviewed extensively, prior to YouTube reviews and I saw metal clips and screws supplied in the packages. I am giving the product 4 stars because I was able to install the product and it looks good on my truck.
Excellent product and super easy to install with the plug-n-play wiring harness. I’ve had 3 of these on 3 different trucks and love them. First was without the plug-n-play harness and was ok to install but the plug-n-play is the only way to go. Super easy, no splicing, just simply plug it in and you’re done aside from mounting it.
You can see the quality immediately upon unpacking the Blade light bar! Install was super simple with the plug and play adapter on my GMC Canyon. Looks great and casts a great light. Especially like the back up lighting.
After being rear-ended two times in my 2020 Ram I decide it was time to upgrade my rear lighting visibility. I installed the 60″ Blade Amber, Red, White. I didn’t have to remove the tailgate but lowering the spare tire was a must. The plug and play harness that was included in the kit was a dream to use total installation was 40 Min. That night my Son was following me home and informed me on how bright the rear of my truck had become and that the amber turn signals were really cool when I went to back into my driveway is when I really noticed what a BIG difference the backup mode made. Also did I mention the this product was made in the good old USA. Way to go Putco you really hit this out of the park. PS. Now my Son wants one for his truck, I know what to get him for Christmas. Thanks again for a GREAT PRODUCT Wayne.
Tried the others, nothing compares to Putco Blade LED. Great customer service as well.
Really nice light bar. Connecting the plug and play harness to led tall light plugs was extremely easy. With a 60” bar need to remove guide bracket between tail gate and bumper
Great Light bar – This is very nice light bar. It was very easy to install and looks great during the day and night.
Awesome Light Blade! – I have a 2021 Ram 3500. its perfect for my truck. its really in your face rear tail light for the driver behind you. If they dont stop they are impaired if you know what I mean. Simple install as long as you spend the extra money and get the universal wiring harnesses which is additional but worth the extra money. Very high quality light bar that will last years.
Extremely bright – The Putco plug and play wire harness was worth every penny also made it extremely easy exactly what it says plug and play!!
Fantastic Product, even for SUVs – I am very impressed with my light bar so far. its been installed for about a month, and I have had no issues. I ended up splicing it into my trailer wiring harness, even the reverse lights wire on my harness worked as power for the white led on the bar, so I dint have to run a wire from my taillight housing. Flexible enough to bend the curve of my liftgate opening on my Yukon. Packing was great, although I could see where others could have had issues. Install took less than 90 minutes. Its™s been through some extreme weather (snow, ice, rain, etc). will see what the summer heat does, although I was more worried about the current elements its proving that it can handle.
Best tailgate light bar ever – I really like this light bar wasn’t hard to install, its very bright and I like the way that it changes colors when you signal or put your vehicle in reverse.
Bright – Had an issue when it arrived and replaced no questions asked.
Time to get lit. – It’s about time get lit. Just make sure u get the right harness. Light is the best to me the other ones look dinky dink. Purchase asp for your vehicle.
Plug and play for 2018 Ram Sport – Every truck should have this. It looks fantastic and operates perfectly. I always strain when someone is behind me to close and this keeps them paying attention. For the piece of mind and aesthetics this is definitely an upgrade I am pleased with. Save yourself the time and purchase a hitch T connector with a 7 prong for the reverse light and you dont have to splice into a single factory wire.
Read this before you attempt to wire this yourself!! – 1. Product quality is outstanding.2. looks great on my Ram 2500. You may want to get the pro’s to do the wiring part for you. It can be very confusing and if you are not 100% sure about doing it, then don’t do it. I installed the light bar and ran the wiring myself and tried to wire it up and no joy. Took it over to the Leonard Truck Accessories in Little River, SC and they wired that mamma jamma up and it works great. Very please with this product and will absolutely recommend this to others.
Best tailgate bar out there. – Super bright. Works awesome. Especially the reverse light at night.
100% solid – love it
Pricey but worth the $$$ – Works for 2016 Silverado LTZ. Perfect match with OEM LED tail lights.
Great product – Great product, follow instructions. I had no issues hooking this up to a 2016 F-150 with trailer detection.
Worth the money – I love it. It looks amazing during the day and even better at night. I also suggest if you buy this product buy the putco quick connect 7 pin harness for a much easier installation.
10 out of 10 – ABSOLUTELY LOVE this Putco Blade 60” on my Ford F-150. This is a seriously high-quality product, and it performs GREAT. My favorite functions are the brake light, and the reverse light. When those two things come on, there is no question that your vehicle is either slowing down, or backing up!
Top quality, worth every penny – I rarely write reviews but I had to for this tailgate light bar that I got for my 2020 Toyota Tundra. As soon as the box arrived I had a feeling that I had bought a quality product. Even the box itself was strong. The packing inside was all custom-cut foam. The directions were simple and complete. The actual hardware and the LED light blade bar are top of the line. The installation was simple and it fit my Tundra perfectly. Everything works perfect and man is this thing bright! Made in the USA is very important to me and I am so glad we can still buy USA made products. Even if the cost is a bit more than cheap China crap that ends up failing anyway. My only request would be that both the hazard lights flashing (red) and reverse (white) works simultaneously, as it is now, when I go into reverse the LED light blade does the white reverse but turns off the red LED portion. Great product and thank you to the American workers that built this.
Couldn’t be happier. – Installed on my 2019 GMC Sierra. Installation is as easy as advertised. Removing the tailgate is much easier with two people however, and be sure to open the gate before you unplug it. The lightbar looks great and was worth every penny.
Truly Plug and Play for Gladiator – Bought the Blade and Plug&Play harness to give it a shot for my ’21 Gladiator JT. Too old to mess with hard wiring anymore. It worked great! It is truly Plug and Play. I removed my tailgate for convenience (and education) but that probably isn’t necessary. The only challenge I had was the directions in the box were for a 2017-2019+ FORD. Called customer service (great guy) and was told “Ignore that. Just plug it in.” I did and it works great. Check out YOUTUBE for 2 install methods. Very helpful to me.
Red/White Blade is the best out there!!!! – I purchased the Blade for my 2016 Silverado after I heard that why yes it is expensive compared to the other bars out there but this was the brightest and best built. I also heard that Putco warranty is one of the best. Installation was easy and all I can say is WoW. It is bright and is in perfect sync with my turn signals, there is no delay or offset blinking. It does seem well made and I hope it lasts for a long time and that I won’t have to see firsthand how their customer service is and how hard the warranty/replacement will be. If you are interested in a tailgate light bar this is the one to get, plus the red/white bar now works with all Fords and Chevys with all the computer crap that comes with our trucks nowadays.