Paradise by the dashboard lights?

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calibered

Discussion Starter · Mar 19, 2006

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the blue lights in the gauges are too bright? If I dim them to an acceptable level, I can no longer read the lights on the radio buttons or the climate controls. I have owned many cars in my life but none has had a high beam light as bright as the Caliber. I fixed this by using a little piece of window tint (the static cling type) cut the same shape as the blacked out portion of the guage. This dimmed it just enough without compromising the ability to read it during the daytime.
Any thoughts, suggestions?

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OUWxGuesser

· #2 · Mar 19, 2006

No issues here...

caliber4whoosh

· #3 · Mar 19, 2006

Haha..ghetto gauge dimmer.

Haven't heard of anyone else with that problem so far man..looks like you're flying solo.

Silverfox

· #4 · Mar 19, 2006

Not too bright on this end, although eventually I'm going to replace all of my interior lights with red lights to keep my night vision from going when I turn on a map light or otherwise.

Ironside

· #5 · Mar 19, 2006

The gauges are BLUE??? That sounds AWESOME...

I thought they were kind of an 'indiglo' greenish...

Anyone have pics of the dash lit up?

Xtreme Thunder

· #6 · Mar 19, 2006

Ironside said:
The gauges are BLUE??? That sounds AWESOME...

I thought they were kind of an 'indiglo' greenish...

Anyone have pics of the dash lit up?

I second that request!

caliber4whoosh

· #7 · Mar 19, 2006

Shit, I'll third it.

calibered

Discussion Starter · #8 · Mar 20, 2006

caliber4whoosh said:
Haha..ghetto gauge dimmer.
Haven't heard of anyone else with that problem so far man..looks like you're flying solo

I guess my eyes are just getting too sensitive in my old age. Maybe I have bat DNA in my system.

nPAT

· #9 · Mar 20, 2006

wear sunglasses? lol

sr4tuner

· #10 · Mar 20, 2006

nPAT said:
wear sunglasses? lol

Now have a nice time looking at the road in the dark!!

Harley

· #11 · Mar 20, 2006

Saw this thread and took some quick 1:30AM photos. Tried to post them, but this 39.1KB max filesize that prevents anything even smaller than a thumbnail pic is completely ridiculous...

superbang

· #12 · Mar 20, 2006

Harley said:
Saw this thread and took some quick 1:30AM photos. Tried to post them, but this 39.1KB max filesize that prevents anything even smaller than a thumbnail pic is completely ridiculous...

curses! foiled again!

Harley

· #13 · Mar 20, 2006

If someone wants the fuller-sized (and actually VIEWABLE) pictures, just send me a PM and I can arrange sending them by email (that person could also re-post them here in his/her own photo format that may work, if desired).

DodgeGirlKathy

· #14 · Mar 20, 2006

Hi Harley, you can send me the full size pic. I will resize and whatnot, and post it up here. See your PM for my email addr.
-k.

Harley

· #15 · Mar 20, 2006

DodgeGirlKathy said:
Hi Harley, you can send me the full size pic. I will resize and whatnot, and post it up here. See your PM for my email addr.
-k.

Done and sent.

Thank you in advance for helping to share this requested info with others...

Ironside

· #16 · Mar 20, 2006

www.photobucket.com

for all your hosting and posting needs...

DodgeGirlKathy

· #17 · Mar 21, 2006

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Here are the pics from Harley, who wrote:

I should note that the steering wheel obstructs the full view of the gauges in the second photo: that was unavoidable in order to include the stereo and temp-control panel lighting also...

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Harley

· #18 · Mar 21, 2006

DodgeGirlKathy,

Thanks for getting them posted.

About the same time you posted them, I finished setting up a PhotoBucket account (thanks, Ironside) and uploading the pics.

You beat me to posting them, though. I shouldn't have any future problems posting any other pics now...

Ironside

· #19 · Mar 21, 2006

No problem Harley, i've been using photobucket for YEARS.. pretty cool site.

That dash is HOT HOT HOT

superbang

· #20 · Mar 21, 2006

boy, you weren't kidding about those being bright... well as corey hart once sang, "i wear my sunglasses at night"

i suggest you do the same.

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