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Old Nov 11, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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Default Changing the color of dash lights.

Is it in any way possible to change the color of the lights for the instrument cluster, climate control unit, etc? You can call me picky, but I'm just not a big fan of red.
 
Old Nov 11, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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The bulbs in the cluster are removeable but I think the cutouts of the numbers themselves are trimmed red (or the bulb cups inside the cluster are red). The bulbs are white (I've held them in my hand before). You'd have to get very creative and get inside the cluster to change them. As for the rest, nope - it's built that way. Oh, and they're red for a reason - red is one color that won't mess up your night vision. Switch from watching the road at night to looking at blue/white instruments, and it'll screw you up a little bit when you go back to looking into the dark. Red doesn't do that. Funny that the Germans seem to be the only ones to grab onto that idea.
 
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