[oshusttoley]

Changed cluster LEDs to white and wanted to share my results. I personally didn't do it, buddy of mine did.

[markus037]

looks pretty good to me. not something id attempt however.

[SgtGoldy]

Originally Posted by markus037

looks pretty good to me. not something id attempt however.

It's actually fairly simple. I just wouldnt do it because then it doesn't match with the fan controls and what-not.

[markus037]

yes. you would have to replace a lot of bulbs in order for it to match. looks kind of like a lexus dash cluster lol.

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy

It's actually fairly simple. I just wouldnt do it because then it doesn't match with the fan controls and what-not.

M3's are like this. I plan on replacing all the dash lights that are orange to white

[trixdout]

Looks pretty dam nice. Matching it to the rest of the car would be real nice.

[Sandman614]

Is the white harder on the eyes while driving at night? I feel like the nice part about the red is that it's not blinding/makes it easier to see down the road

[markus037]

thats why bmw has kept the amber over the years. its easier on the eyes at night.

[Taran.J]

Originally Posted by markus037

thats why bmw has kept the amber over the years. its easier on the eyes at night.

All of my Mercedes have white, it's not bad and but when it's on bright it's bright! Lol

[SgtGoldy]

Reminds me of my g37 cluster:

[DF]

Originally Posted by markus037

thats why bmw has kept the amber over the years. its easier on the eyes at night.

I read that a long time ago. That they use amber because it creates the least amount of eye fatigue. But IRCC the F30 has white guages.

[essex_lad]

Originally Posted by SgtGoldy

It's actually fairly simple. I just wouldnt do it because then it doesn't match with the fan controls and what-not.

You can Just leave out the LCD display like I did so it still matchs as the dials are white when not illuminated anyway.

[FlowState]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

M3's are like this. I plan on replacing all the dash lights that are orange to white

M3's have their center LCD display with orange LEDs still, and use red needles.

I did mine last year and have loved it



Doesn't distract me at night at all. Thinking of doing red needles as well, but $40 for needles seems ridiculous to me..

[Thrakos]

Love it! Wish I knew how to do it - if I did, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

[markus037]

its better than the blue in my gti. blue on a black background is very difficult to read at night. of course they ditched this a while back.

[e92_enthusiast_1]

Wow, looks really good.

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by Sandman614

Is the white harder on the eyes while driving at night? I feel like the nice part about the red is that it's not blinding/makes it easier to see down the road

a lot easier to see at night, I love it

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by Thrakos

Love it! Wish I knew how to do it - if I did, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

not that difficult if you can solder lol. only two screws hold the cluster in place.

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by e92_enthusiast_1

Wow, looks really good.

thank you, im very happy with the results

[oshusttoley]

Originally Posted by DUI Elite

M3's have their center LCD display with orange LEDs still, and use red needles.

I did mine last year and have loved it

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Doesn't distract me at night at all. Thinking of doing red needles as well, but $40 for needles seems ridiculous to me..

yeah 40 bucks for needles... eh.... I like the blue middle instead of the orange lol.

[FlowState]

Originally Posted by oshusttoley

yeah 40 bucks for needles... eh.... I like the blue middle instead of the orange lol.

lol i literally sat with the gauge cluster ripped apart for a half hour thinking about doing the LCD panel's too, but it would've made me want to make the radio match, along with every other orange bulb in the cockpit lol. (but I think I read you said you were planning on doing that anyway so apparently we thought similarly haha)

The blue definitely looks nice man

[kdbryce]

I tried this once a few years back, but fucked it up haha.

It looks good, but I like the look of the red needles a little bit better - more like the m3 cluster. I just took the needles off and colored the top with a red sharpie. very easy if you're interested!