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Police Car Lightbars

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:59 am
by Thunderin' Thunderbolt
My friend and I were disputing on which lightbar was better. Below are links to the manufacturers' descriptions...


XF2300: http://www.code3pse.com/productdtl.asp? ... d=1&id=279
(My opinion: no, this is too heavy-duty looking for a police application. But it is good for other applications...)

Galaxy:
http://www.911ep.com/products/galaxy.asp
(My opinion: yes, this is a sleek lightbar that was built strictly for police use.)

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 2:18 am
by KnightFox
The Galaxy by far is the best for Police application. The other one is just too big for a normal cruiser and would make it look entirely ugly.

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:38 pm
by loudmouth
i think our race track should look into that top light bar for the safty truck and pace car. but it stinks we only have a contract with whelen (which is still a good company)just the light bar on the truck i work with is dull

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:45 pm
by Thunderin' Thunderbolt
Yeah, I personally like the Galaxy better. On the Code-3's site, you can backtrack and check out some of their other designs. They have one similar to the Galaxy on there (LED2500 or something...) if you would like to check it out.

Maybe you could get them some stuff, loudmouth (no insult intended).
This lightbar looks pretty neat for that kind of application: http://www.whelen.com/details_prod.php? ... rod_id=276#
(You need IE6 to change the color.)

I personally have done a good amount of research in police car equipment, I ran the Second Life Police Department (online game, http://www.secondlife.com ) for a few months and created a few really life-like lightbars (even some rotating ones).

Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 7:47 pm
by Chad
I love the Code 3: It looks like something out of RoboCop.

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 12:12 am
by Thunderin' Thunderbolt
Yeah, but it just isn't for police work. Its more of an industrial-grade lightbar...

Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 12:26 am
by CAK757
I have teken a liking to the Argent SL, i just wish model companies would make one in 1:24 scale :)

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:38 am
by SoundOff
We have some vehicles with new clear low profile LED lightbars in my city. I think they the Code 3 X 2100.

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Being that they are clear and very short, you can hardly tell it's a cop car following you until the cop switches the lights on.

Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:42 pm
by KnightFox
Personally, I love the old Vector lightbars from Federal Signal. (i just got done photoshopping this pic a few minutes ago)


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And a a new Corvette with a Whelen

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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:29 am
by High Low Boy 2
the car with the strobe lights eh? can anyone say Robocop? :lol: