Light Bars & LED Lighting in New Jersey
New Jersey's cover rule is narrow: opaque covers on auxiliary off-road lights are required only for elevated (lifted) vehicles seeking an approval certificate. Otherwise the limits are two auxiliary driving lamps mounted 12 to 42 inches and a four-lamp cap over 300 candlepower.
Verified against primary sources · August 2026
What the law says
A cover is required only for lifted vehicles going through the elevated-vehicle approval process. Mounting a light bar is legal everywhere; what states regulate is using it on public roads, and the usual constraint is a mounting-height ceiling plus a per-type lamp count.
Specific Limits
- Max lit
- 4 front lamps over 300 candlepower
- Max lamps
- 2 auxiliary driving lamps (12-42 in)
- Cover required
- only for elevated vehicles seeking an approval certificate
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