Would be cool I think. I'm working on a version for my c900 at the moment. I'm trying to figure out the best way to do the speedometer change at high mph, or possibly just keep the entire speedometer lit all the time.

 

Why bother? Your c900's instrument lights will die soon enough on their own and then randomly come back to life. At least that's how Little Red rolls.

I thought about doing this to my 9k also. The only way I saw it to be feasible would be to hook up a kill switch to all the wires for the gauges lights, power to properly operate them. The only problem with this is if theres an issue like over heating or a check engine light you wot know until you flip the switch back on.

Yeah, that is the beauty of the OG9-3night panel (and I'm guessing the black panel, but I haven't played around with it in a NG900 to tell you for sure): When the crap hits the fan - low gas, other warnings - things start lighting up again. Oh, and it blacks out the speedo above like 85 mph until, of course, you exceed that speed.

 

I thought about doing this to my 9k also. The only way I saw it to be feasible would be to hook up a kill switch to all the wires for the gauges lights, power to properly operate them. The only problem with this is if theres an issue like over heating or a check engine light you wot know until you flip the switch back on.

 

That's the brute-force way to do it. I'm making up a circuit and individual outputs for the lights, and integrating it with the dimmer. Shouldn't be too bad. I might be able to fashion it so it could be used on different vehicles by splicing in to the harnesses.

 

It's kinda neat in my ng900, but not neat enough that I would go through all the extra work of trying to make it work on a car without it. As mentioned above, also, you wouldn't be able to see various warnings like a car with it does, if you rigged it up to just shut off the lights.

 

It's kinda cool but it's one of those things that I never use.

 

my eyes are screwed up, and have a tough time with headlights/gauges at night, so i use it all the time...its nice. now if only someone would find a way to dim the stupid prosport gauges that are blinding.

 

You should be able to put in a dimmer potentiometer to limit current to the bulbs....they are LED's I'm guessing? You could adjust it to your liking.

 

I like my lights all to be lit properly at night. In fact, I currently have a seat heater light that is burnt out and it is pissing me off to no end.

 

I couldnt agree more. The light in my auto is not working and it is pissing me off !

 

My aero has a little switch where I can turn my dash lights off and/or dim them.

 

Same here, anyway... i kinda like being able seeing the boots gauge, rpms and other stuff while driving.

 

I wish it would turn off the backlight in my aftermarket head unit damn it.
Oh right aftermarket manufacturers don't care about this.

 

One thing that I hate about 'black panel' is that the cruise control, check engine, high beam, etc lights are still mega bright when the gauges are not illuminated anymore.

 

x2...especially the annoying 'shift up' light.

 

I usually just dim all the lights.

Another hint to those that feel blind at night. Turn your fog lights off when not needed (which is about 99% of the time). Throwing the light right infont of the car dazzles yourself.