Upgrade your lightweight homeowner or compact utility chainsaw with a monumental piece of forestry history. The limited-production Genuine OEM STIHL Light 04 Centennial Edition Guide Bar has been released for a strict, limited time to celebrate the historic 100th anniversary of STIHL. Featuring a highly distinct, exclusive anniversary design, this agile 3/8" Low Profile (Picco) pitch, .043" gauge, 50 drive link (50DL) bar is engineered with a slim, advanced lightweight construction. This crucial mass reduction dramatically improves the balance of compact utility saws, making firewood cutting, light clearing, and backyard pruning tasks incredibly comfortable while preserving your stamina during long working sessions.
The Light 04 Centennial Edition is built for smooth handling, rapid cutting speeds, and supreme maneuverability. By combining a narrow .043" guide track with a slimmed, modern Light 04 bar body, it creates an optimized narrow-kerf cutting system that removes less wood per pass. This significantly reduces cutting drag, allowing smaller displacement engines to maintain higher operating RPMs and slice through logs with ease. Specially designed to complement high-efficiency compact powerheads like the MS 162, MS 170, MS 172 C, and MS 180, this bar delivers fast cutting speeds with reduced kickback tendencies, ensuring residential users and property owners can clean up limbs and storm debris quickly and safely. Available only while supplies last, this is the ultimate functional upgrade and collector's piece for any STIHL chainsaw owner.
The Light 04 Narrow-Kerf Performance Advantage: In smaller displacement utility saws, saving weight and reducing drag is everything. By utilizing an engineered lightweight core and an ultra-thin .043" profile, this Light 04 bar provides a noticeable difference in "swing weight." This minimizes nose-heaviness, making your lightweight saw feel incredibly agile, responsive, and perfectly balanced during extended yard cleanup and limb-clearing tasks.
Configuration & Fitment Profile: Optimized exclusively for small-mount STIHL chainsaws running a 3/8" Low Profile (Picco) drive sprocket. Requires a 3/8" Low Profile, .043" gauge cutting chain loop featuring exactly 50 drive links (50DL). Perfect factory fitment for compact powerheads including the MS 162, MS 170, MS 171, MS 172 C-E, MS 180, and MS 181.
Key Features & Benefits
- Exclusive Centennial Anniversary Styling: Features a striking, limited-edition 100-year commemorative paint and logo design celebrating a century of STIHL engineering excellence.
- Ultra-Narrow .043" Kerf Design: Reduces cutting drag and material removal, allowing smaller displacement engines to maintain peak RPMs and slice through wood faster.
- Engineered Light 04 Bar Profile: Precision-designed to reduce overall front-end weight, providing a perfectly balanced, less fatiguing cutting experience for home and property maintenance.
- Enhanced Pruning & Limbing Control: The slimmed-down nose geometry maximizes cutting agility and minimizes kickback potential for safe, confident operation.
- Homeowner-Focused Ergonomic Relief: Significantly reduces physical strain on the operator's back, arms, and shoulders during extended backyard cleanup sessions.
- Case-Hardened Steel Guide Rails: Precision-ground and hardened rails guard against splaying and rail wear under high thermal cutting loads.
Technical Specifications & System Fitment
| Brand / Component Tier | STIHL® Genuine OEM Limited Edition 100-Year Anniversary Component |
| Chassis Design Type | Light 04 Lightweight Compact-Chassis Guide Bar |
| Chain Pitch Specification | 3/8" Low Profile (Picco / LP) Exclusively |
| Bar Groove Gauge | .043" (1.1 mm) Narrow Kerf |
| Drive Link Count | 50 Drive Links (50DL) |
| Primary Fitment Compatibility | STIHL MS 162, MS 170, MS 171, MS 172 C-E, MS 180, MS 181 (Small-Mount) |
| Application Standard | Residential Property Cleanup, Firewood Cutting, and Limbing |
| Availability Status | Limited Edition Centennial Run — Available Only While Supplies Last |
Bar Information
- Length - 14"
- Pitch - 3/8"(Picco) Low Profile
- Gauge - .043
- Drive Link - 50
- Bar Type - Light 04 Centennnial Edition
- Bar Brand - Stihl
- Sprocket Nose - 9 Tooth
- Tail Mount - A074
- Made in USA
- Fits Stihl - 009, 009 L, 010, 011, 012, 015, 017, 018, 018 C, 019, 019T, 020, 020 Super, 020T, 021, 023, 023C, 023L, 025, 025C, 70, E 10, E 14, E 140, E180, E180C, HT 130 Pole Pruner, HT 131 Pole Pruner, HT 250 Pole Pruner, HT 73 Pole Pruner, HT100 Pole Pruner, HT101 Pole Pruner, HT70 Pole Pruner, HT75 Pole Pruner, MS 162, MS 170, MS 171, MS 172 C-E, MS 180 C, MS 180 C-B, MS 180 C-BE, MS 180 G, MS 181, MS 181 C, MS 181 C-BE, MS 182, MS 182 C-BE, MS 190T, MS 191T, MS 192 C, MS 192 C-E, MS 192 T, MS 192 T C-E, MS 192 TC, MS 193, MS 193 C-E, MS 193T, MS 200, MS 200T, MS 201 C-E, MS 201 C-EM, MS 201 T C-M, MS 201C, MS 201T, MS 210, MS 210 C, MS 210 C-BE, MS 211, MS 211 C, MS 211 C-BE, MS 212 C-BE MS 220, MS 220 Q, MS 230, MS 230 C, MS 230 C-BE, MS 241 C-M, MSE 140, MSE 140 C, MSE 140 C-BQ, MSE 170 C-BQ, MSE 180, MSE 180 C, MSE 200, MSE 210 C-BQ, HT-KM Attachment
- MS 250, MS 250 C, MS 250 C-BE, MS 251, MS 251 C, MS 251 C-BE
