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Green glare stripe reflected on windshield at night.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Ianmeister, Jun 2, 2019.

  1. Ianmeister

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    Hey all, so my combo meter reflects a green stripe on the windshield at night. It's right smack in the middle of my vision. I can't be the only one who's annoyed by this. Any ideas?
     
    #1 Ianmeister, Jun 2, 2019
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    Maybe it would help to clean the inside of the windshield and the dashboard surface where the combination meter display is projected.
     
    #2 Patrick Wong, Jun 3, 2019
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    Hmm there's an idea
     
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    Turn down the brightness on the screen, there's a wheel to the left of the steering wheel. You can dim it
     
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    Ahhh. Another idea!
     
    #5 Ianmeister, Jun 3, 2019
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    No but I learned to live with it lol.

    Dimming is an option. I guess if you were OCD enough, you could cut a piece of black tape and line it up exactly at the edge of the cut out on the dashboard to remove that sliver of light.
     
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    I was picturing something similar. And I am indeed ocd enough. Stay tuned.
     
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    Well how about that. I turned the night time combo meter illumination down one click and it's perfect now. Thanks everyone
     
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    Well how about that. I turned the night time combo meter illumination down one click and it's perfect now. Thanks everyone
     
    #9 Ianmeister, Jun 6, 2019
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    Completely irrelevant, but isn't this a perfect caption to go with the avatar? :)

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