How bright is your dash at night?

Mine's pretty darn dark. I have black gauges with green glow, and I keep them turned all the way down. I disconnected the light in my glove compartment, and the none of the radio lights come on except the station readout. The only other thing is the clock. I like it dark. :)

My wife's ECHO has white faced gauges and I can only turn them down so much, then they go out entirely. I don't like that, 'cause I can't read anything on the dash.

So how bright do you keep yours?

I keep mine on the highest setting, but I have a old car, so it isn't to bright.

I have an old truck, its an 89 toyota, so there is only one setting for the dash lights and it is pretty low, so i think Silver S2000 would be proud of my ride.

I never really bothered to play with the level, but mine's really adjustable. I should try it low some night. I like it when all you can see of the inside of the car is the dash lights.

BTW...I wanna get some better colors for mine. The gauges have a green filter (screen) that white light shines through for green on black. What color light would I need to shine through the green in order to get blue, or purple or something?

I had a friend that just used a flashlight at night, which is not all that bad, but he would always seem to speed lol

A flashlight shining on the guages? Man, that must have been one hunk O' junk!

I have no dimmer fitted :bloated: :bloated: ...it's a real piss off at times.

mine's quite bright everything goes black apart from the needles and numbers which have a powerful white glow....hey Primera man how come I have an dimmer in my P11.........and U don't...:confused:
will try and post a pic soon.....

It kind off seemed strange to me it never had one either.
A week after i brought the car i nearly turned the dash in-side-out looking for it :p :p

Where are they fitted on yours....as i dont have one i've never worried.
Just wondering :confused: :confused:

its right next to the headlight tilt adjustor........basically on the right and side of the steering wheel......above the ignition slot....

hey...i have got one there !!!!







j/k...i wish there was one there :mad: :mad:

Thanks for that.
:)

About as fun as a kick in the nuts: My headlight switch is broken. :mad: Now I have to take apart my steering column! :mad: I had to drive home last night with a pen cap jammed in behind the lever to hold the highbeams on. :mad:

I keep mine on at their brightest setting. My gauge lights glow orange...so it's not annoying.

My car Has a light in the top of each gauge that shines down on to the gauges, not be hind them. I can turn them down but they are dim enough already.

I keep mine about mid range in my Mini.It's a black speedo with white lettering and a light green backlight that looks nice.

I have always hated red/orange gauges as they just annoy the hell out of me......too bad some of my favourite cars have them.:(

Mine is kept as low as possible, and I have the display on the stereo dimmed, so its nice and dark when driving at night, especially on the highway, or where there is no traffic.

I love the dark. And if people are wondering how I see the speedometer?, well I dont. I can tell how fast im going by the note of the engine. Im usuially within 5km/h of my guess when I check my speed. Since my car has no other useful gauges, I dont need the dash for anything else. I have a mass of idiot lights to tell me stuff, they suck but the dash gauges are innacurate anyways.

Mine can get pretty bright. I have indiglo gauges but, on long rides, I turn them down. The only ones that I like to keep bright is the Pioneer radio and in-dash changer.

Ok, Heep

That little green guy with the sign rocks!
What is it?

Haha.. Mine is COMPLETELY dark, except for the speedometer, and if anything should happen, the warning symbol ligthens up.. Cause I've got NightPanel.. And which ingenious car has that.. Saab of coarse.. hehe.. :D But seriously, its really smart.. Keeps your eyes on the road!