Features
NEW Features exclusive to the FREEDOM BLADE – The Most Advanced LED Tailgate Light Bar Ever Made.
- Industry-Exclusive Start-up Sequence: You have the Freedom to choose your start-up sequence providing a beautiful approach light when you unlock or start up your truck.
- Light Output Colors: Freedom Blade has red, amber, and white LEDs – but you have the Freedom to choose between an amber or red turn signal!
- Scanning Light Bar: Choose between the standard flash or other fully sequential turn signals styles.
- Scanning Hazards: Center-out Scanning directional lights.
- Triple Flash Brake: BE SAFE, BE SEEN with our Quick Pulse Brake Light Flash when you step on the Brake.
- Bright White Reverse Light: Produces a 6,000K cool white reverse light adding an extremely bright backup light at night pushing 3,000 Lumens.
- High Power LEDs: Including over 1,296 LEDs in a single 60″ light bar.
- Most Advanced LED Tailgate Light Bar Ever Made: 10 years ahead in technology vs any competitor!
- Made in the USA: Designed, manufactured, and assembled by Putco in Des Moines, IA.
- Patented: Exclusive design and functions by Putco Inc.
Expect the same Features from the Original Blade Tailgate Light Bar
- Optional Lengths: The Freedom Blade is offered 48″ & 60″ with more sizes coming soon!
- Multi-Function Lights: The Blade light bar syncs with your tail lights adding additional running lights, brake lights, reverse lights, hazard lights & turn signals.
- Durable Housing: The LEDs are fully encapsulated in a tinted polycarbonate resin that provides top-notch weatherproofing from water, debris, and dust.
- Direct Fit Harness Included: Plug-N-Play with Putco’s Exclusives Quick Connect harnesses for today’s high-tech truck electrical systems.
- DOT/SAE: SAE 2022 IRSE19 DOT Compliant
- Warranty: Putco’s 3-Year Warranty on Blade™ Products.
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Give your truck the ultimate upgrade in lighting technology with the Putco Freedom Blade. This high-power LED light bar is designed and manufactured in the USA. Each light bar is designed to work perfectly with the year, make, and model of your truck. Unlike other rear light bars, the Freedom Blade is fully encapsulated in tinted polycarbonate resin that keeps moisture, dirt, and dust out ensuring a long life. Also, the polycarbonate makes the blade flexible so it forms to the lines of your truck, unlike other light bars on the market.
Putco Freedom Blade is named this not just because it was made in the USA but also because you can choose your turn signal color between Amber or Red. In addition, the Freedom Blade has an industry-exclusive startup sequence and scanning turn signal. Depending on your make and model this is available in two sizes 60″ and 48″. Each light bar is manufactured with up to 1,296 LEDs (60″version) rated at 60 Watts of power running at 2,000 Hz, producing a solid beam of light that is visible miles away!
If you are looking for an American-made tailgate light bar then the Freedom Blade is for you. This blade installation and setup only takes about 30 minutes with no cutting or splicing of wires. Each blade is compliant with the SAE 2022 IRSE19 DOT Compliant.
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Putco Freedom Blade LED Tailgate Light Bar Features
So far its working great. I just had it installed on 10/25/24.
Love the programmable options for startup, braking, and turn signals.
Generally easy to install. The biggest challenge was installing spacers behind the mounting clips to keep the light bar from having a “hump” due to the horizontal stabilizer bracket bolts along the rail below the tailgate.
Encountered a small problem in getting the remote programming unit to work. “Will” in customer support was very helpful in getting it resolved. Very happy with this product.
Bought this light for 2022 Silverado installation very easy hooked up. Wow just one amazing piece of equipment.
If you wire the ignition relay correctly*** as the first step! you will save yourself lots of troubleshooting. My taillamp turned off because I had a bad connection and start-up sequence was not working too ( I would recommend to test it). Otherwise a fantastic light bar!, upgraded from the original Blade and it was worth it imo.
I purchased the Freedom Blade tail light bar and remote for my husband’s 2019 Chevy Silverado. Not only was he super happy but once installed by S&R I was super surprised of the quality all the features and super bright reverse lighting. He said this was one of the best birthday gifts ever. Thanks Putco you guys really put this product together. Worth every dollar and package was superb.
Once all the correct parts were received and installation directions were clarified, the Freedom Blade was installed and works as described but your instructions need to be adjusted when installing on a Ford Maverick Hybrid. Additionally I received no intructions for the programable wireless remote and the colored wires did not connect to the same colored wired on the blade module which seemed a little convoluted.
Installed the freedom blade on my 2021 F 150. Install was easy. Most difficult part was getting the bar exactly where it needed to be for tailgate clearance in the down position. If you also install the remote control with the bar, make a splitter (Y shape) wire to run power to both the bar and remote box from the wire ran from the fuse box. Install is easier if you remove the spare tire to route all the wiring at the back of the bed.