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Very true, too. But they'd perhaps have a better shot at pleasing a greater number of the people if they took a more conventional approach to instrumentation. I don't think a case can be made that putting bright blue lights in the gauges makes them any better. Anyhow, I'm not trying to quantify market acceptance or affinity for bright blue gauges - just wondering if anyone had taken steps to fix them. Sounds like the answer is "no." Thanks!

Exactly - it's like looking into a flashlight. Or maybe three bright blue flashlights. There's a reason they put red lamps in submarines.

My problem is they're bright, and rather distracting. Also not very easy to read. Last night, another thing I noticed was that the high-beam indicator gets lost in that sea of bright gas-flame blue - I know I'm going to end up blinding some oncoming drivers from time-to-time. Put another way, when my 15-year-old son saw them yesterday, he said "wow! Cool gauges!" I will admit then when I first saw them, I though they looked pretty groovy. But after about 10 minutes, I realised they were going to be a bit much. I really wish they were just plain and black - the dimmer switch works, of course, but takes the rest of the controls in the car down along with the instrument lamps - and the blue gauges are always there. Sort of like looking at the hind end of an Imperial Star Destroyer in full eclipse. Not good. Anyhow, I was just wondering if anyone had tried to fix this. Maybe I'll be the first! If so, I'll share whatever I come up with.

First post. Don't jump all over me - I've owned the car for a day and I like it very much, but I can't stand the blue gauges on the regular non-hybrid fusion. It's OK during the day, but way over the top at night. A quick search of Google reveals no "gauge faces" for the 2010 yet. Something tells me it may not be a practical solution on these cars, given the way the hashmarks seem to be "molded-in" etc. And of course, if "gauge faces" were available on the aftermarket, they'd likely be even more outrageous. Anyhow, anyone come up with a solution yet? Or am I the only one with a problem? I'm starting to think about researching an appropriate paint to use to simply cover the entirety of the blue regions. Should have test driven one, I guess, though I probably would have bought the car anyway (and I do like it) but was basing my purchase decision in part on my experience with my mother's '06 with blessedly plain, black gauges. Thanks!