ok - so I have searched the forums and found a few older posts on converting the dash lights to led's (for 993's on back) - but nothing on the DYI of a 996. I figure since I will have the cluster out anyway - I have a burned out bulb on the odo side (far left) - that I could take this time to really re-think the colors of the dash. I started thinking blue - my old Trans Am - my first car at 16 - had red dash lights - and I know that my friend the pilot says they are easier on the eyes. So ... ok red. Now, the how - have you done this mod? I figure it would be a fairly easy - a lotta bang for a little buck mod. What do you think?

 

Very simple mod. You can either buy the LEDs pre-assembled or solder them yourself if you want to make the effort. Here is a link to the simple and lazy version

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-996-...-/280909338398

 

The blue looks nice but is terrible on the eyes. My VW has blue gauges and I have trouble reading them at a glance.

 

I was thinking the white LED look(997 and Panamera has it in white), but the white one still has blue light in the back that selling on ebay is not what I want.
I want something like this below..

 

I actually want red - but haven't found it