We tried darker red and amber tones, but then the display got too dim

OK. If you tried this before, there's little point in doing this again.
Also it is very close to BMW red - looks real nice.

We can't mask the heater wires to the side of the VFD VFD as they're actually inside the display
How hot does the display get? Could I stick some tape over the left edge, or paint it black ? In the BMW that I drive, the empeg is pretty high up in the dash and these heater-wire connectors reflect any daylight.

Can live with it, tough. Just curious if there's anything simple to make things better


Henno
mk2 nr 6