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Is it Possible to Change The Lighting Color of Speed Gauge on Protege5?

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Old February-23rd-2002 | 05:41 AM
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I wanted to change the speed gauge night lighting color to blue instead of red. Is it possible to do this?
Old February-24th-2002 | 12:32 AM
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No. The color is not a bulb. It is a colored film on the gauges themselves. Only way to do it is swap out for a new gauge set.
Old February-24th-2002 | 01:43 PM
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I looked into this, too, by changing th bulbs, and the popular consensus is that no, it can't be done with bulbs - there is a film on the back of the gauges.

I have read of ppl trying to peel the film off and replace it with a different color, with mixed results. Sounds like a tough job to do, and the gauge faces are not easy to remove - horror stories of broken needles. Think I'm gonna wait this one out for a while...
Old February-24th-2002 | 10:28 PM
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Red's the best color for night gauges anyway--the photoreceptors in your eye are less sensitive to red light, so red best preserves your eye's dark adaptation.
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