Dash board lights and radio lights.

Joe 2012 Golf said:

Didn't know where else to put this.
Yesterday, I drove for almost four hours at night. My eyes got very irritated by the brightness of the gauges and especially the radio. Finally, I used a napkin, partially inserted into the a/c to cover the radio. That helped, but I'd still like to dim the gauges more.
Has any one ever replaced the light bulbs for the gauges with colored ones?
When I had a Camaro, had some club friends that removed their white bulbs and installed red bulbs. Much easier on the eyes for long drives on dark roads. Really helps preserve your night vision.

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DEAD-BROKE said:

just dim them till you can just make them out as a retired OTR i never had any lights on in the cab at night. light inside the cabin is your worst enemy for night driving.

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PlaneCrazy said:

Is there a configuration in the radio's set-up to dim it? I do remember, from my Mk VI, there were various configurations possible in the "set-up" menu of the radio. One of the things I did, for example, was remove the digital clock from the radio's face, so that when it was off, the screen was off and blank. There may be a brightness function in there somewhere depending on which radio you have.

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