[DeTomaso] Instrument panel (brighter bulbs) dash...

[thomas]

I find that modern cars, at least our 2010 golf, can't be dimmed low enough for my taste. It has always been on the lowest setting and I would prefer it being even lower. 

I used to run it on full blast but a colleague I had mentioned that he had been a radar operator when doing his military service, and they work in dark rooms, with the brightness of the screens turned way down, to take advantage of the eyes peripheral sensitivity. He had complained about his new car not allowing the brightness being turned down low enough. I tested turning the brightness down and I now much prefer it being dark.

Saab even had their "dark panel", where only the speedo was lit as long as all the other gauges were showing nominal values. They would lit up only when needed. Really cool and they claimed it was from their fighter jet legacy. 

Thomas

> 17 jan 2014 kl. 03:00 skrev MikeLDrew at aol.com:
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> In a message dated 1/16/14 14 25 40, SOBill at aol.com writes:
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>> Dash Lights: Replacement for 2W OEM bulbs  5W 'OSRAM' bulb p/n is 2825 W2 1x9,5d  (made in Germany)  VOW, BMW, Porsche  
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>> 5W vice 3W Dash Bulbs: XENON-A7742 or E89Z-13B765-A from Ford
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> >>>And what Bill forgot to mention is that these bulbs are readily available at any auto parts store.
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> Oddly, what is next to impossible to find is the stock-style 2w bulbs.
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> I went through my car and upgraded all the bulbs to the 5w style (the small gauges use the same bulbs as the larger ones).  I then found that one of the small gauges (ammeter I think) was much brighter than the others, so I opened it up and retrofitted the original 2w bulb there.  Now they are all the same, and just as bright as they need to be, no brighter.
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> Cars have dimmer switches on the instrument lights because bright interior lights is NOT what you want on a dark road.  Driving in the city, with bright lights all around, yes.  But when you are in the middle of nowhere, you need to dim your interior lights so that you aren't blinding  yourself and compromising your night vision and your ability to see properly outside.
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