I see what you're talking about and the bright blue screen would definitely be an annoyance for me.
The answer to your question is that i do get some sort of reflection but it's hardly noticable. I didn't notice it until you mentioned it. It's not as bad as yours. Not even close.
The night shot that i took is pretty much exactly what I see.
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Originally Posted by rwalker
Thanks for the very illuminating pictures. The color match is indeed very good.
When I asked about an eye-level shot at night, though, I was thinking about the view through the windshield. Can you see a reflection of the gauge in the windshield at night?
To illustrate this in a photo, take a driver's eye-level shot at night, out the windshield, with the boost gauge and instrument cluster at bottom of frame.
I don't have a boost gauge, but I do have a spare digital camera. What I did was place my spare camera in the same location at you've placed your gauge. Then, I took a picture of it at night in the manner described above. As you can see in the attached photo, a reflection of the camera's rear LCD can be seen on the windshield.
This seemingly minor issue can be a rear annoyance on a dark, unfamiliar road, as I discovered in my old B5 S4.
I messed around with tilting the camera to eliminate the reflection, but I had to nearly lay it flat on the dash (not a realistic choice for a gauge). I'm starting to think that any lighted gauge close to the windshield will need a cowl, but maybe the smoked lens on your gauge is another option...
The $64k question: does your gauge have this problem?
Thanks again for all your diligence on this topic.
-Rob
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