Originally Posted by solitarycheese

It's still there when driving but I never really notice it - the backlight sort of blends with the illumination from the tac/speedo. If it really bothers you, I guess you could remove the dash illumination bulbs but then you wouldn't be able to see the numbers/writing at night. There may also be LED bulbs to replace the incandescent bulbs but I haven't looked in to it.