dash lights

[mia-t]

I have a dash light out so only half of my oil gauge and half of the speedometer is lighting up. Is this something I can possibly fix myself? So far I've only done basic maintenance (brake pads, spark plugs).

[black roadster]

Not too difficult.

Pull the gauge hood, pull the gauge cluster and the bulbs screw into sockets in the back. It's about a 20 minute job.

[trickyrix]

Don't forget the run to the dealer to buy a new gauge hood when the old brittle one breaks in the removal process...

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah, definately gotta be careful with the hood.... definately..

It sucks having the guage hood break into a dozen pieces in your hands as you try to pull it off.

[Darron65]

If it was me, I'd go ahead and replace all the bulbs at the same time.

[TurboDuane]

If it was me, I'd go ahead and replace all the bulbs with red ones, at the same time.

Fixed it for ya!

[Darron65]

I only meant since accessing the bulbs is a PITA, go ahead and spend a few more bucks and replace them all.

[moosemonkey]

go LED! Here are mine and the dimmer and stuff is still functional in any color to.

[black roadster]

go LED! Here are mine and the dimmer and stuff is still functional in any color to.

Sorry dude but it just looks like your gauges are radio-active. That would (did) give me a headache.

[moosemonkey]

that is a horrible pic on night shot with a camera if you look the numbers are blurry. I will show you my gauges tomorrow they arent that crazy.

[DrpepperTECH!]

Well you can always turn down the light... but i think green is loud i want pink maybe a strobe light purple... haha no i would probably do red!

[creek]

Aircraft instrument lights are red because the red light does not interfere with your night vision. However, you can not see red print on a map or anywhere else for that matter which is why aviation maps are such weird colors. I have done the red light swap on cars and I never got used to it.