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The fi ve hottest products as determined by readers of truckpartsandservice.com The Buzz LED light strip Grote Industries introduces the XTL LED light strip. An extremely thin, fl exible and durable LED lighting solution, Grote says XTL was designed for interior and exterior applications and is ideal for uses in the heavy equipment industries. Grote says XTL is offered in blue, white and EXTREME white, with red, yellow and green options coming soon. Also available are convenient XTL Truck Bundle packs, with everything a user needs to install auxiliary illumina- tion in a truck bed, the company says. LED light strip Hybrid electric in-wheel drive system Consolidated Metco, Inc. (ConMet) is partnering with Protean Holdings Corp. to develop an electric in-wheel drive system to provide hybrid-electric solu- tions for the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets. ConMet says the new in-wheel electric drive system will deliver a robust and effi cient hybrid propulsion system designed for commercial trucks, tractors, and trailers. In addition, the system will provide vehicle packaging advantages, reduce complexity, and minimize drive- train losses for truck, tractor, and trailer applications, the company says. Variety of tractor products Dorman HD Solutions has added a series of new products to its former dealer-only heavy-duty product offering. The new products include headlight and mirror as- semblies and a trio of different bumper pieces. There are more than 30 headlight assemblies and nearly a dozen door mirror assemblies, the company says, as well as more than fi ve SKUs for bumper covers and ends. The headlamps fi t various Volvo tractors, while the mirror and bumpers components are designed for Freightliner tractors, Dorman says. All-makes shop management software Mitchell 1 introduces Manager SE Truck Edition, shop man- agement software for repair shops that service all makes of Class 4-8 trucks. Manager SE Truck Edition leverages Mitchell 1's exper- tise in developing shop management solutions, and delivers a complete system to help medium- and heavy-duty truck repair businesses streamline repair processes, improve com- munication inside the shop, engage with customers, track performance, and increase revenue per repair order, the company says. Lightweight air suspension system SAF-Holland has de- buted the next model in its lightweight CBX AeroBeam series. The newest entry – the CBX23 AeroBeam – is the lightest weight air suspension in the industry with a base weight of 465 lb. It is 45 lb. lighter overall than the previous generation CBX23 and 25 lb. per axle lighter than the nearest competi- tive fi xed frame air suspension, the company says. A 23,000-lb. rated, fi xed frame suspension is designed for fl atbeds and tanker operations and per Greenhouse Gas Phase 2 legislation, the 45-lb. savings will reduce the GHG gas emission by 660 lb. over 10 years. air suspension 26 Marketplace T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E | A p r i l 2 0 1 7