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      01-21-2011, 09:49 PM   #12
Krod301
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Originally Posted by bdardashti View Post
I actually don't like the new white gauges. The BMW orange was designed in that specific colour for a reason. It's the only colour in the world, that regardless of brightness, will not adjust your eyes to itself in an otherwise dark scene, which obviously minimizes eyestrain. With the new white gauges, your eyes will adjust to the light from the cluster, which makes you see less of the darkness. This only matters if you are in a pitch black area without street lights, though.

But I've heard that the gauges turn orange in darkness. Is that true?
Yeah I think the gauges are white/blueish when the lights are off (daylight) and then they turn red/orange when the lights are on (nighttime). I think it's because it's using the black panel display that it's being lit blue in the daylight.
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