Snow & ice
Plow whips that run your garage's pattern
Connex Lite reads the truck's turn, brake and reverse signals, so the whips blink with the driver instead of over them.
Rhino RGB whips · Connex Lite, custom-programmed
Fleet & upfit · Built in Huntersville, North Carolina
Custom lighting and control for work and emergency vehicles.
We design the circuit boards, write the firmware and machine the housings ourselves. When your fleet needs a pattern, a trigger or a color no catalog sells, we build it.
Tell us the pattern, the trigger and the quantity. We'll send a working sample before you place the order.
Volume pricing on request · Working sample before production
- Our own circuit boardsDesigned and revised in-house.
- Our own firmwareYour pattern gets its own part number.
- CNC-machined housings6061-T6 aluminum, machined in NC.
- Resin-pottedDiamond Duo is rated IP69K.
- ServiceableWe repair what we build.
Applications
Built for the trucks that work at night.
Start from what the truck does. Each card names the lights and the controller we use for it.
Emergency & public safety
Two-channel strobes in one housing
Strobing ring lights with two independent channels and a center mount. Perimeter, grille, compartment and scene.
Diamond Duo Strobing Ring Light · Amber/Red · Amber/White · White/White
DOT & municipal
One pattern, every truck in the garage
Your pattern gets its own part number, so next season's trucks flash exactly like this season's.
Custom snow controller · Pattern under its own part number
Utility & service
Amber warning and white work light, one light
Two independent channels, each on its own switch. Warn traffic with amber, light the job with white.
Diamond Duo · Amber/White
Towing & recovery
Scene light around the whole truck
Amber warning and white ground light under the bed and body, each channel on its own switch.
Diamond Duo · Amber/White
Something else
Not on this list?
If it runs on a 12-volt truck and needs to light up on a signal, describe it. We'll tell you straight whether we can build it.
Start a specHow a custom job runs
From one phone call to a whole fleet.
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Spec
Pattern, colors, triggers, mounting, quantity and deadline. One call or the spec form.
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Sample
We program a working unit to your spec and ship it. You run it on your own truck.
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Pilot
Outfit a few trucks. Adjust timing or colors before the big order, not after.
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Production
Built in batches in North Carolina, programmed and tested before it ships.
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Reorder
Your pattern keeps its part number, so every reorder matches.
Custom engineering
We change the parts catalogs can't.
A catalog light flashes the way its maker decided. Ours flash the way your spec says, because the board and the code are ours.
- Flash patterns
- Sequence, timing and color per channel, written into our own firmware.
- Triggers
- Turn signal, brake and reverse inputs on Connex controllers, plus the Connex Switch Panel.
- Colors
- Diamond Duo pairs amber, red, blue, green or orange with a dedicated white. Strobing ring lights come in Amber/Red, Amber/White and White/White.
- Lead length
- Strobing ring lights ship with 6-inch or 12-foot leads.
- Operator controls
- An on/off switch, plus a momentary switch that steps through the strobe patterns.
Fleet products
Start from a proven part. Change what you need.
Diamond Duo Strobing Ring Light
Two independent channels in one center-mount housing, machined in Huntersville. Amber/Red, Amber/White or White/White, with a strobing module in each kit.
- 6 Cree emitters
- 2 channels
- Rated IP69K
- 12 V
Custom snow whip kit
Rhino's own LED strip, hand-wrapped, on a CNC-milled spring base with a metal-to-metal connection. Paired with a Connex Lite programmed to your pattern.
- 1.3″ Rhino 2.5 whips
- Turn · brake · reverse
- Your pattern
A part that doesn't exist yet
We design our own boards; this is a panel of Diamond RGB boards before they're separated. If your application needs something new, describe it and we'll tell you whether we can build it.
- Own PCB design
- Own firmware
- CNC housings
Patterns
Your pattern, programmed.
A few of the patterns fleets ask for. Yours is written to your spec, then sent as a working sample.
Alternating amber
Plow whips
Double flash, amber / white
Strobing ring lights
Blinks with the turn signal
Whips on Connex Lite
Wig-wag, amber / red
Strobing ring lights
Quad strobe, white
Strobing ring lights
Steady white, amber pulse
Diamond Duo work and warning
For upfitters
Easy to work with.
You're quoting a truck, not shopping for lights. Here's what we keep simple.
- Volume pricing on request
- A working sample before production
- Online install guides for Diamond Duo, whips and Connex controllers
- A direct line to the people who build it: 704-270-2695
Straight answers on compliance.
Rhino lights are sold as auxiliary lighting. If your bid calls for SAE J845, SAE J595 or California Title 13, put it in your spec. We'll tell you what we can and can't meet before you order, not after.
Recent work
Sample first. Then the fleet.
Snow & ice · State DOT garage
One pattern across a garage's plow trucks
The ask: every truck in the garage flashing the same pattern, run by the truck's own signals.
What we built: a snow controller programmed to the garage's pattern, sold under its own part number so reorders match.
Snow & ice · Truck equipment builder
A custom snow light, from pilot to production
The ask: a snow light running the builder's own pattern on Rhino whips.
What we built: a custom-programmed Connex Lite and whip kit. A pilot run first, then a production order.
Got a truck that needs something no catalog sells?
Send the spec. A person who builds these will call you back.
Rhino lighting is auxiliary lighting and does not replace required vehicle lighting. Rules on warning-light colors vary by state and agency; check your local requirements.