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Old 01-14-2012, 06:58 AM
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I always use orange on my Camden. I love uniformity.
 
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Old 01-14-2012, 02:51 PM
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I always use orange on my Camden. I love uniformity.
+1agreed I tried to change it but IMO it looks weird having the dash lights different from the ambient lights.
 
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Old 01-16-2012, 03:49 AM
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+2 except for Christmas or other occasions - then the colour is changes to suit...
 
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This thread needs more photos!
 
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Old 03-01-2012, 06:59 AM
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Just drove 2975 miles and at least 30% was at night. My tinting of the speedo and tach worked great for the night driving but was not so good for daylight when glare hit the gauge faces.

There has to be a way to turn down the dash lighting to almost zero.

The mood lighting for me is set to match the speedo/tach colors for the uniformity factor.

http://www.mini4fun.info/Panel_Lamp_...o_Tinting.html

It looks very cool when the lights(and car) are off and the dash is a total blackout.
 
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Old 03-01-2012, 09:10 AM
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100% BLUE.... Contrasts with the orange glow of the gauge faces NICELY!
 
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Old 03-05-2012, 08:14 PM
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Blue here as well! I've scrolled through all shades and thought the blue was a nice contrast to the orange on the dials.

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Old 03-05-2012, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy Brooks
I had it set to orange to match the rest of the vehicle. My wife keeps changing it to cycling. So I gave up, and now it is cycling. I suspect that eventually she will set it to purple.
My wife keeps changing it to cycling too.
 
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:39 PM
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Blue for me. I have a 2010 MCS and live in a big city so the ambient light isn't too noticeable due to all of the street lights :( i wish i could make it brighter. The new minis get more colors and different levels of brightness I'm jealous.
 
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:43 PM
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green or orange
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 03:49 AM
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Wish mine had more colors besides the orange and blue.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 04:27 AM
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I usually set it to blue and my wife changes it to purple. So "we" decided on purple.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 09:41 AM
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Mine is on pink right now.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 01:48 PM
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You can hold the toggle and it'll fade between all the colors, at which point when you let go, it'll stop. So you can have a blue/purple mix, more neon looking, or a purple pink look, etc.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 05:11 PM
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I have it set on purple. I also have it on blue sometimes. But I like the purple at night. You really can't see red at night.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 05:40 PM
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I kind of settled on blue. Like the contrast with the reddish / orange dash lights.
 
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Old 04-09-2012, 07:37 PM
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I still switch mine every day.. for fun
 
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Old 04-11-2012, 01:27 PM
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I usually rock the blue!!!! But on "date night" with my wife I may switch it up to red or the purpleiey colors to set the mood! I switch it up about once a week on my ride into working during the early hours
 
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Old 04-11-2012, 02:50 PM
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Oh wow, quite a few blues huh?

Add another to the list... it catches my eye more. I also like a few of the other colors, but mostly blue.
 
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Old 04-13-2012, 09:57 AM
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Devil Red !!!!! It's playoff time!!!!!!
 
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Disco mode.
 
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Old 04-13-2012, 10:57 AM
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Mine is in purple mode for the moment.
 
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Old 04-13-2012, 11:32 AM
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I need to read my manual again because I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to enable the auto-switching mode.
 
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Old 04-13-2012, 01:18 PM
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only 2011+ will do it AFAIK
 
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Old 04-14-2012, 09:23 AM
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@ RoadRage1....

FLYERS orange of course....
Usually it is in the switching mode....sometimes it is distracting, but it looks cool from outside with the switching color.
 


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