Like the subject says, my tach is insanely bright at night. It is a Phantom series with a shift light. I have to have my dimmer set almost to the bottom. Is there an easy way to attach another dimmer to just the tach to adjust it's brightness independantly? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

maybe you can get some sort of voltage reducer to put inline between the power wire?

 

I know what you mean about being to bright. Your dash lights should be red, which the tach is not. What I did is get red nail polish put 2 coats on the light blub. Let them dry between coats and this will almost make it look like the factory dash lights.

Vinny

 

nail polish on bulbs????ill have to try that

doesnt it burn or something

 

Yeah, seriously. It's like a damn desk lamp sitting on my dash. My other gauges came with those little red condoms, this one didn't. I haven't had the bulb off, it twists but doesn't seem to want to pull out. Is it the same size bulb as all their other gauges cause I know you can order more of those covers. The covers look great on my other gauges. That nail polish idea is great though, thanks!

 

No it doesn't. I would of thought the same. I did it on my TA, and it's been on the bulb for a year now with no problem as in blowing the bulb out. It doesn't produce a lot of heat. I use a basic red color, not those fancy deep red colors.

As for removing it, twist the black holder. It will feel hard at first then wiggle it out, and that should do it. I would show some pixs of the lights on, but i'm on vacation away from the TA.

Vinny

 

Go to radio shack and tell them you need a potentiometer to use as a light dimmer. Thats all you need. A potentiometer is a variable resistor. (example: volume ***, lights dimmer switch, ect.) Thats all you need to do.