is it TRUE?
 

is it true that you could change the color of the gauges at the flick of a switch on the rx-8's in the US? what colors? anyone have pictures?

well when the headlights are off the gauges are white/red when u turn on the headlights its blue/red and u can make it stay at white/red but turning the dimmer all the way off.
im assuiming this is what ur talking about?

where are you from? is this a foreign concept to u?

im from texas, i was just wondering cuase thats waht it says in the brochure...thanks

anyone have picutes to show the differences?

Site.....
 

Here is a link to the animation of the gauges, from the japanese site (here goes, hope it works....)

JDM Flash Site

Re: Site.....
 

That is a cool demo. Thanks for sharing.

Dunno if this is what he was referring to, but i personally would think it awesome if i could change the dash light up to blue instead of red... would just flow better with having a blue/black car IMHO. less of a patriotic feel with the red white n blue (n black lol)

i dont think thats what im talking about. thats just on and off. im saying when on, there are two different colors. taken from the catalog " The electroluminescent gauge cluster changes colors at the flip of a switch"

That "flip of a switch" would either be the headlights switch to turn the color from black and white to blue and red (if dimmer is engaged) or the ignition that changes the gages from glowing blue to black and white or even the dimmer switch iteself...





(From 5-34 of the owners manual)

When the headlight switch is in the on
position, the illumination of the
instrument cluster and the information
display dims (the instrument cluster
illumination color turns to red).
When driving on snowy or foggy roads, or
in other situations when the instrument
cluster or information display’s visibility
is reduced due to glare from surrounding
brightness, cancel the illumination
dimmer and increase the illumination
intensity.


To cancel the illumination dimmer, rotate
the thumb wheel upward fully. You may
hear a click sound and the illumination
dimmer will be canceled (instrument
cluster illumination color turns to white).

Also, as soon as you unlock or open the door, the gages glow blue.

It is all very cool - but there is no one switch to change the gage colors - rather is is the actions (opening door, turning on the headlight and setting the dimmer control that determines the gage colors.

OH yea that... haha yep its tru...