NH Pajero Instruments

Look at other models of the same vintage as sometimes different trim levels have different instruments.
Alternatively find an instrument repair place that can redo the faces in your choice of colour.
Have you tried brighter globes or differnt colour globes?

Have you got them at the maximum brightness there is a control on the left of the dash obscured by the steering wheel to adjust this, Rhys.

Hey dogoffthechain,

Know the problem.

You can't change from driving glasses to reading glasses every time you want to see what speed you are doing :O

Trying to remember what the NL guages look like, but I think they have an electronic speedo, while the NH has a cable speedo ?

As Rhys suggested, you could repaint the needles.
Or highlight the important speeds like 60,80,100.

Or get a new pair of glasses? Had your eyes checked lately to see if the glasses match, or get some that are not quite as long distance? Just had a brilliant idea - bifocals?
Didn't Benjamin Franklin invent those about 300 years ago for the same problem, trying to look in the distance and read without changing glasses.

funny BMW have always used orange through thick an thin and still do today, I thought they must have found it the best colour for all conditions.

Have a look on eBay. I don't know what years an NH Pajero covers but there is a guy always selling glowing instrument panels for , I think 1991 to 1996 Pajeros.

Of course, they might be worse than the orange!

Had a similar problem last year and my optometrist said that I had cateracts. It can come on quite rapidly and you dont notice the changes. Got the op after some soul searching and all is great now - the operation is done under local anisthetic and takes 10 minutes - longer getting a cup of tea and sandwich after while you are recovering. Everything looks so bright now. Ask your optician to check.

Thank you all for the info. Yes rheostat is turned up all the way and I am short sighted so need glasses to drive but not read (yet). I think the problem is when you go from bright sun outside then try to re-focus on instrument deep in the binnacle in deep shade, but I do like the idea of getting an instrument repairer to have a look. Good idea many thanks to all.