take that you LED fans!

[MercuryMason]

I have not had a chance to pull a cluster out of a junkyard box to experiment with back lighting but I did have a few minutes of free time late one night so on a whim I cracked open the dash and pulled off the covers, because I could not get the light pull tab off I had to settle to just using an allen wrench to slip the covers off the lights and leaving them in there.

Now embrace the warm glowing warm glow of my warm glowing glow of warmness emanating from the gauges.

[interceptor1985]

hmm Interesting. its green!

[marquisman]

im confused

[MercuryMason]

The after picture is above and the before is below

[gadget73]

I always thought it would be neat to do them in red like aircraft or marine stuff. Red lighting on the instruments doesn't mess with your night vision. Blue is actually the worst (but it looks cool)

[MercuryMason]

I always thought it would be neat to do them in red like aircraft or marine stuff. Red lighting on the instruments doesn't mess with your night vision. Blue is actually the worst (but it looks cool)

I hear the color red evokes emotion (ever notice many retailers use the color alot) not something i want when driving

[Archangel]

Pontiac has been using red in their gauges for over 10 years now. Tahoes and Yukons still get the shitty green-blue tho, and Escalades have a cool white and darker blue combination. I'll be making my truck backlighting red, my interior light is already red cause I need it on to see my vacuum gauge at night and the red don't mess with visibility through the windshield - tripple dipped the bulb in acrylic candy red paint, and tis a real nice color, but the gauges need to get LEDs for sure.

[Lincolnmania]

very nice

[Sign of the Cat]

green is supposed to be second best for night vision... i must have a mental broblem but i have always hated pontiac for the red dash lights.

[85crownHPP]

I currently have red LEDs in the 85's dash cluster... I keep thinking I have a warning light on when I drive it at night, lol

[Dereck]

The after picture is above and the before is below

Hi MercuryMason

Damn I was going to say how good the green looked, I like the green better

Regards

Dereck

[MercuryMason]

I currently have red LEDs in the 85's dash cluster... I keep thinking I have a warning light on when I drive it at night, lol

I need pictures, I have had an instrument cluster lighting obsession since I was young

[85crownHPP]

here she is in blue: (all door switched interior lights are on in this pic as well)



and heres the murphmobile in red (same model, I just dont have pics of her in red)

[85crownHPP]

the 91:

[FatNasty]

The white is definitely an upgrade over teh stock green, i always wondered how it would look with the covers off. I'm still partial to blue though