What is LED Lighting for Car Dealerships?
There are many different operations and areas within a car dealership, there is no one light that will accommodate all functions.
- High bays are perfect for workshops, parts, and service areas
- Shop Lights are perfect for low-ceiling parts areas
- Shoebox lights are perfect for outdoor car lots
- flood lights and wall packs are great for security lighting
- LED panels are perfect for customer areas, offices, and other indoor spaces.
What are the Benefits of Using LED Lighting in a Car Dealership?
- High-quality, bright LED light source
- energy savings with a lowered utility bill, savings of 50% or more
- lower lighting maintenance cost with no bulbs and ballasts to change
- wattage adjustable and color adjustable options so you can adjust the light for your needs
What are the Recommended Footcandles for Car Dealerships?
Area | Recommended Footcandles |
Indoors | |
Showroom | 50 to 100 fc |
Service Bays | 75 to 150 fc |
Offices | 30 to 50 fc |
Outdoors | |
Car Display Lots | 30 to 50 fc |
Parking/Walkways | 10 to 20 fc |
Building Façade | 20 to 50 fc |
Need Help? Talk to an LED Lighting Expert.
With so many options and fixtures available, it's hard to decide what option is going to meet your needs and requirements. The sales engineers of LED Lighting Supply are experts in LED Lighting. Use our experience and tell us your needs, and we will provide you with the best LED lighting options for your project or application. We can provide you with a free lighting plan to make sure the area is well-lit and the lighting is balanced.
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LED Lights for Car Dealerships FAQs
What's the Best Strategy for Outdoor Lighting of a Car Dealership?
Lighting up the cars closest to the street means drivers will always see well-lit cars. The poles further away from the street should include motion sensors so they dim when no one is around. This strategy provides good appeal but also saves the dealership money. Also, many dealerships use photocells or centralized timers for lighting control.
What's the Best Way to Avoid Glare from Lighting in a Car Dealership?
One technique is to add back shields and side shields. But this strategy also limits light distribution and the fixtures available. Not all have these options. Adding motion sensor dimming could reduce the light output on the lot. There is no need for 100% brightness at 3 AM. But for security reasons, having lights turn on or up right away when motion is detected is also ideal. LEDs perform well handling this.
What is the Best Color Temperature for Car Dealerships?
Use either 5000K but sometimes we also get requests for 4000K. We also suggest a higher CRI – it will help red cars especially. We also offer color-adjustable fixtures that allow you to select the color temperature you like best.
What Fixtures Are Required for Adequate Car Dealership Lighting?
The best way to answer this question is to create a lighting plan. A lighting plan will model your indoor or outdoor spaces. It will place lights in your existing light locations (or new locations). It will present you with a report detailing light levels and show you how well-balanced the lighting is. There is no need to guesstimate what might work. We have done hundreds of indoor and outdoor lighting plans for car dealerships.
Are Street Lights Needed in Front of Auto Dealerships?
While you can use street light fixtures (Cobra Heads), a better option is to use parking lot shoebox lights. These lights are capable of replacing up to 1000-watt metal halide, which is something that would be hard to do in a street light format.
Do Car Dealerships Need 50 Foot Candles?
50-foot candles, indoors, is a lot of light. Just as important as brightness, is a balance of light. A bright room with a lot of shadows is not good.
Outdoors, and 50-foot candles may be overkill. 50-foot candles are a target we try to achieve when creating lighting plans for infield lighting for baseball fields, and what we target for the infield. While you want the outdoor car lot to be bright, 50-foot candles outdoors are probably too much.
How Easy is it to Install LED Lighting for Car Dealerships?
Every product that we sell comes with a set of instructions that are clear and easy to follow.
We can offer bullhorns and other mounting options if that is what you need.