Chris Wilson Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Am I right in saying you cannot have variable brightness illumination on these? Orange and red wires are for switched and permanent 12 volt positive, and they also illuminate the gauges at full brightness? It appears if you wire them into the rheostat instrument lighting circuit it also affects their readings... ? Thanks. Wires are orange, red, black, so black earth, red permanent 12 volt feed, orange ignition switched 12 volt feed? And no link into the instrument wiring loom possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb9780 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Hi Chris, the backlight isn't variable no, and it's on all the time. I might be wrong but I seem to remember the wires being the wrong way around to what you'd expect. I think the red was the switched live and the orange the permanent live (I thought they would be the other way around). I wired mine to the cigarette lighter so don't know about the dimmer problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb9780 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Yep as I said before, see the second post in this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=110938&highlight=blitz+mirror+drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Thanks, sorted now, would be nice if a gauge of this price, stuck right in your eyeline in a screen pod, had adjustable intensity.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb9780 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Thanks, sorted now, would be nice if a gauge of this price, stuck right in your eyeline in a screen pod, had adjustable intensity.... I don't mind the brightness at night personally, but the mirror bit can be a bit irritating in bright sunlight, you struggle to see the dial as you just get a reflection on the mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 The mirror effect can get to be a pain when the light hits it at certain points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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