Anyone else not satisfied with red interior lights...

[TuxedoCartman]

Originally Posted by deedzman

agreed! must do a diy please

Agreed! I've just recently learned to solder, and have done some decently small electrical projects, so I'd love to see if this is something within my capability of doing.

And screw the whole "red is best for night vision" argument; blue and white lights on a car interior are ALL teh sexy!!!

[bobpuffer]

Being so many people have asked how this was done or for a writeup and I can't find anything in the thread that brings that forth, I'm starting to wonder if this is a photoshop job.

[VSGTS14]

it's not photoshop, it's real and he needs to make a write up of how to and supplies and where to buy!

[Nitesh31]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

This is actually somewhat of a myth. Night vision is impacted mainly by light intensity. Since the car has a dimming feature a comfortable level can be set that will minimally affect night vision while still allowing you to see the gauges. The main reason the red myth persists is that it takes a much more intense red light to be seen as bright as a blue light, so if both are set at the same perceived intensity the blue will be worse for your night vision. While it is true that red and blue affect different parts of the eye (cones vs rods) the most up to date research suggests that a low level blue/green light will be the best color for you to preserve overall night vision.

Disclaimer: If I go night blind and crash feel free to say, "I told you so".

Not entirely true. Red and blue lights do not affect different parts of they eye. They both primarily activate cone receptors. But, the photopigment rhodopsin present in rod cells that are active during scotopic vision (in low light) are less sensitive to the longer wavelengths of red light compared to other colors. Red depletes the rhodopsin concentration reserve less and preserves the ability to see in dim light.

But really the differences aren't significant. The blue lights look cool so keep them. Just adjust them to a brightness you feel comfortable with and everything should be good.

[Luke.Cariveau]

A DIY guide would be wonderful, I'm sure many people would enjoy customizing their 86 with a myriad of colors!
(and the in-depth discussion about how the eye reacts to color is a tad bit off topic)

[SSchifko]

+1
Thanks!
Must have taken some work, but it looks great!
I think the red interior lights were my only negative thing to say about the car.

Definitely going to be one of my first projects. Didn't want to start into it and find out I couldn't do it. But you have proved that it can be done.

[Jonwi5]

Yes Please a DIY, this is one of the things that caught mine attention. Not fan of the red color.

[Longhorn248]

I didn't actually do the conversion myself. Another member who's already posting in this thread, @Acree is the guy responsible. He's done conversions on over 50 different vehicles and mine was the first BRZ that he got his hands on.

It's a pretty intensive process to tackle the whole project, but I'll let him chime in with what he plans to do with regards to a write up, as well as DIY kits, and retrofitting services.

[wallace03]

Is he located in ATX? i wouldn't mind driving up there when i get my car in if the price is reasonable.

[Furtive]

I believe theres a DIY for the clock somewhere in the forums.. I would imagine its the same process, just a lot more soldering LOL

[RedRocket]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

This is actually somewhat of a myth. Night vision is impacted mainly by light intensity. Since the car has a dimming feature a comfortable level can be set that will minimally affect night vision while still allowing you to see the gauges. The main reason the red myth persists is that it takes a much more intense red light to be seen as bright as a blue light, so if both are set at the same perceived intensity the blue will be worse for your night vision. While it is true that red and blue affect different parts of the eye (cones vs rods) the most up to date research suggests that a low level blue/green light will be the best color for you to preserve overall night vision.

Disclaimer: If I go night blind and crash feel free to say, "I told you so".

It's NOT a myth. Red light waves are the longest waves and affect the rods in your eyes less then a shorter wave lenght(Blue being the shortest). Theres a good reason why the helm of a ship has red lights, and aircraft have red lights for night. Think its a Myth? Get a Red Light and Blue Light go into a dark room, take 5 minutes in a dark room then flash yourself with blue lights and try to see after you turn the light out... then do it again with red..

Doesn't mean that the blue doesn't look SWEET!!!

My FRS is red, but I would love to get rid of the crappy ORANGE and maybe go with a DEEPER red...

[rmjjensen]

I'm curious, what the trick was to remove the gauge needles?

[koteman]

Originally Posted by rmjjensen

I'm curious, what the trick was to remove the gauge needles?

spoons if its anything like a tc. ive done multiple tc gauges anywhere from 1 color to multi colors with 3 color fades and stuff. i just want to know if he had to change any resistors or regulators out for the blue lights to have the right output because red ones use less voltage.

[StarsGarrador]

Come do mine