Don't be too careful with the coatings. I have the red display now, and while it is nicely bright it also shows the components very clearly.

Yeah! What he said!

It was a real shock going from the original dark blue to the red. I think the red is necessarily lighter because there's so little red light emitted by the VFD. A question for empeg et al.: Are the "final" displays in the other colors better at hiding the front panel componentry? I might either make a mask for the main part of the display (the bits visible through the right side window above the knob don't bother me nearly as much) or put up with a color mismatch. (Green is always cool. ;)

It's too bad, because the red is a perfect match with the BMW instruments.

I'd go blue, but the sunglasses I wear to drive have amber lenses...the original display was effectively off with those shades on.

-Zandr
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