Gauge color change?

[johnny_d]

Hi,

I was wondering is it "easy" to change the color of the gauges? I wanted it to be blue instead of that red orange color. Thanks

[shift_mikey]

Steering wheel controls, door controls, heater controls, stereo controls, and LCD screens on dashboard, ALL light up orange, why change the gauges?

oh yeah, heater seat switches too (those who have it)

[johnny_d]

i kinda like to have blue led for the foot areas so I was wondering if its easy to get it blue. Orange and blue are sorta complimentary color so maybe it wont look too bad to have orange dash and blue floor? what do u think

[bembol]

I've seen it done on the Acura RSX and it's a lot of work/not easy. From Red to Blue as well.

I'm sure someone here on NICO has done it. I do prefer Blue. Looks much better and easier on the eyes too.

Hope you find one and do it. Good luck.

[generic808]

I read somewhere in the past that amber is supposed to be the easiest on the eyes for nightime driving. It supposedly enhances night time visibility, that's why jets and airplanes use them. I don't know where I read it and I don't know how true it is, but I do like the amber better than blue/white/green gauges.

[johnny_d]

i think that could make sense, cuz when I drove my 08 Highlander at night and I feel tired, I had to reduce the brightness cuz it was white/blue and it was making me blind esp when the road is too dark ....

[Serkle K]

I thought blue was supposedly to cause the eyes to fatigue faster... at least thats what they say about the blue headlights/HIDs

[LongBeachCoupe]

hey man im a knicks fan for life here in NYC.. and i still wouldnt go with orange and blue lol...

On another tip, i know you can change all the dash lights, but it is a real pain in the arse from what i remember my friend telling me (he did it to an acura)....

[generic808]

I thought blue was supposedly to cause the eyes to fatigue faster... at least thats what they say about the blue headlights/HIDs

Yeah, blue no good Amber good

[rjdmmfl1]

Actually, I believe a study at Harvard School of Medicine showed that blue light at night time increases alertness...if I can find the article i'll post a link (in case anyone is interested)

here it is

http://sleep.med.harvard.edu/n...tigue

but then again, can you really trust anyone affiliated with Harvard? lol

[LongBeachCoupe]

a study..1... not a fact... furthermore it goes against generally accepted principals about light and fatigue... i call it an outlyer and i wouldnt go by that study... if it were true, all interiors would be blue, and you would get an insurance discount

[rjdmmfl1]

If studies are done with the proper controls, then its results are deemed as valid. Also, outliers usually exist within studies, not between them. The fact of the matter is that everything we think we know about the body ( mind, sight, smell, hearing, etc) has come from some type of study.

If the scientists that performed the blue light/fatigue study at Harvard are half as competent as a scientist from let's say Johns Hopkins, then I guess I believe them! But you are right, every study needs to be redone over and over and over before it becomes the new Dogma of what we THINK we know!

Also, fatiguability of rods and cones is worlds away and not within the realm of comparison of physical fatigue of the human body!