Dash Light Control

[MasterJdoggy]

Hey everyone

Could some one tell me dose a S2 have a dash light control to adjust dim setting on the dash display as I have looked and played with every button I can find but cant seem to find anything

As well I cant see my gear selection lights around gear leaver I guest it dose come with lights or ?

Thanks

[pipster11]

mine is either dim or off

would love to know if there is any way to brighten it up also, its a great brightness for country roads at nite but useless in the city or any road with street lights

[horrace]

Same goes for my s1

[BASHO]

Same goes for my R34GTT, instruments to bright at night, centre consol lights, especialy climate control, way too dim by day, if these are normal, in anotherwise terrific car, WTF were Nissan thinking when they did/didn't do this.

Edited May 8, 2010 by BASHO

[pipster11]

Same goes for my R34GTT, instruments to bright at night, centre consol lights, especialy climate control, way too dim by day, if these are normal, in anotherwise terrific car, WTF were Nissan thinking when they did/didn't do this.

pretty sure my 32 had a dimmer too, or maybe it was my s13 (but may have been aftermarket)

i know that if you put led's in you cant dim them

[66yostagea]

I am at a loss to understand why Nissan did not fit a dimmer switch.

My R30 has one, and, you can put the electric windows up after the ignition is turned off.

Both those features are well appreciated and must have cost a pittance at manufacture.

[pipster11]

pretty sure my 32 had a dimmer too, or maybe it was my s13 (but may have been aftermarket)

i know that if you put led's in you cant dim them

actually its my 31 that has it, dam useful it is too

[Son Gokou]

My V35 doesnt have the dimmer switch too!

Dont know why they didnt put one there, as everyone have a different preference for the dash brightness.

[66yostagea]

Has anyone fitted one??? If so how???

[BASHO]

Has anyone fitted one??? If so how???

I recently read a post on SAU where someone had the steering column covers orf and they found the switch taped up underneath, I immediatly checked mine==nothing however there are a number of vacant sockets under there any of which could be the one, WTF would know --?

[66yostagea]

Not me.

[Stagea_Neo]

My S2 doesn't. But interested in doing it.

Fyi check out the maxima/micra/exa/bluebird(aka sentra) etc in the 94 - 2000 range at the wreckers

dimmer switches are a dime a dozen and all the same, also fits the stag dash socket perfect.

Found my self a fog light switch last week and lotsa blanks to have for spare.

[BoostedBarge]

I'm pretty sure many import Nissans don't have it. I think it used to be part of compliance to fit a little pot that would dim the dash. My GTI-R had one that was definately fitted by compliance, but it was imported before all the compliance rules changed. Pretty sure my 260RS doesn't have any dimmer and it was imported after the rules changed.

[rb26stagea]

FYI: I had LEDs installed in my cluster for a short while, and they are far too bright: very distracting when driving, and bright enough to give me headaches when driving more than half an hour at night. I find the centre console birghtness adequate, but believe it could be a little brighter. My Dolphin instrument cluster is the perfect brightness, but unfortunately is backlit in orange, so at night, my dash looks like the Las Vegas strip: orange instruments, blue defis, green console lights, different blue and green on the cd player, and different blue ana orange on the AVC-R.

In contrast, my V35 looks great with its massive stack of orange lights on the centre console, which actually matches (hooray!) the lights in the instrument cluster...

[66yostagea]

I have not done it yet but it is on the list. My gauges have different colour globes. You can get coloured sleeves to slip over the light. Red, blue and green. So you can have all one colour iin the console instrument cluster.