AKAKillroy

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I am sure it is possibly, but based on what I know about the HUD it is a florescent display and the filter inside is green, there is know way I know of that it can change color unless it was say OLED, but back in 2005 when the C6 was introduced OLED was not available commercially yet. It could have a filter over it, but florescent displays are a light blue natively, and the green it obtained by a filter, you could maybe replace the filter with a red one, but it would be a real pain to do because you would have to disassemble the unit down to the bare glass display. Maybe someone here has some pictures of the HUD disassembled and maybe we can take a look for sure. Sure would be neat for it to change colors though.

Maxx Schlick

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jgaches

PatriotZ

Way too funny....great sense of humor Maxx

mrwrenchphd

Sign me up. It might help me fast forward through this crappy economy.

z06tx

I hate when that happens............. //art

crease-guard

Yellow Jacket is spot on, there are vacuum florescent displays or VFDs. They emit light in the blue green spectrum so red would not be an option without a special filter. THe VFDs light emssions is what drives the display, LCD and OLEDs are not bright enough to act in HUD displays unless you are projecting a strong backlight through the display.

Jay

Katech_Zach

My girlfriend's M6 has a multi-colored HUD. Pretty cool.

383vett

Most BMWs have red dash lights at night. So do jet fighters. Some study showed that red instrumentation was the best color for preventing fatigue and for best contrast.

tdp1

Not that there's anything wrong with that!:o

Ravine Speed

I have a '06 Z06 and a '06 BMW M6.

The M6 does have color HUD, which is pretty cool looking, but it is not as flexible as the Z's. You can't pick and choose different modes or different info to have "beamed" to you. It's only the tach, gear and MPH, if I'm not mistaken.

Although only monochromatic, I like all the info on the Z's HUD and the flexibility much better.

40YRW8

Maddyk,
Welcome to the forum. Open is open. is . This forum has been around long enough to vet (pun) out most of the misinformation. Most of the guys on here are VERY knowledgeable and straight forward. Use them wisely but still use them.
Gary

RED2008Z06

If I remeber correctly my Pontiac Bonneville had red dash light but green HUD lights.... not that that helps

ronsc1985

Most humans have the greatest sensitivity to green light therefore you don't have to put out as much light intensity for them to see it clearly. I don't know if partially color blind people can see green better than other colors.

Red is used in situations where night vision is required such as on submarines. The transition from looking at a red light illuminated object to seeing in darkness is easier then with other colors. For a car this means you can look at red back lit instruments and then peer down the road with not so much loss of vision. It's not a night and day difference with respect to other colors, just a little better for most humans.