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^The display on the 03/04's may look like a LED segmented display, but it's actually a VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display)
The reason it's amber is because of a very dark filter. Once that filter is removed, the display emits a strong bluish white light, that looks much like this:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Vacuum_fluorescent_1.jpg/800px-Vacuum_fluorescent_1.jpg)
The trick is to then make a new filter for it using a piece of plexi/lexan/acrylic/etc... and then smoke it and color it.
For mine, I used VHT NiteShades, a headlight restore kit (vht tends to have a satin finish, which I did not want) and some translucent red vinyl film from eBay (I think it was marketed for 'taillight repair'
)
I plan on redoing mine though. It looks fantastic at night, but I went a little heavy on the VHT, so it's hard to see on a bright sunny day.
I'll probably use window tint instead of VHT this time. Gives a more even finish, and I can pick the opacity I want.
Honest opinion? No
The reason it's amber is because of a very dark filter. Once that filter is removed, the display emits a strong bluish white light, that looks much like this:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Vacuum_fluorescent_1.jpg/800px-Vacuum_fluorescent_1.jpg)
The trick is to then make a new filter for it using a piece of plexi/lexan/acrylic/etc... and then smoke it and color it.
For mine, I used VHT NiteShades, a headlight restore kit (vht tends to have a satin finish, which I did not want) and some translucent red vinyl film from eBay (I think it was marketed for 'taillight repair'
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://g35driver.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
I plan on redoing mine though. It looks fantastic at night, but I went a little heavy on the VHT, so it's hard to see on a bright sunny day.
I'll probably use window tint instead of VHT this time. Gives a more even finish, and I can pick the opacity I want.
![Embarrassment](https://g35driver.com/forums/images/smilies/redface.gif)