My fix for the unreadable clock in my 2014 GT w/Tech

[minnesotaart]

The clock in my 2014 GT w/Tech is unreadable by me for 2 reasons: (1) it sits too low and, (2) it's got red numerals and I am red/green colorblind (which means that the clock looks blank in the daytime and VERY hard to see at night). So I wanted a better solution since it's the only clock in the vehicle (why isn't there one on the Nav screen?!?). I looked at some cheap stick on clocks and decided that they were pretty ugly and would probably just fall off. Then I found a really nice LED clock by Intellitronix http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-LED-Clock-Gauge-Blue-Chrome-Bezel-Intellitronix-MS8009-B-Made-in-USA-/290977157837?vxp=mtr but how to mount it? Doing a search on the Mazda247 Forum I found that "block8head" makes a custom "pod" for the defroster vent that would work perfectly http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123753844-Custom-Defrost-Vent-Gauge-Pods-for-your-MS3-MS6-CX-7-RX-8. Well I am happy to report that a beautiful marriage was made (see pictures below) and I can now say that I am completely satisfied with my CX-5! I had a local car stereo shop do the install for me because, like I said, I'm colorblind and probably would have shorted out the whole vehicle!

Oh and I also swapped out the license plate bulbs with some 5000k ones that I bought from Vleds so the rear end looks great at night!

 

[Sargecx5]

Looks great.

 

[erhayes]

Excellent workaround-clever

 

[swooshusn]

Oh and I also swapped out the license plate bulbs with some 5000k ones that I bought from Vleds so the rear end looks great at night!

Did you use these?

http://www.vleds.com/bulb-type/mini...2-watt-hp-flank-bulbs-194-168-158-1-pair.html

 

[speedbegone]

red green color blind.... man traffic lights must be a big problem lol

 

[minnesotaart]

Sorry, was out of town for a bit and just getting back to the forum.

Yes, swooshusn those are the ones I used. They were backordered for a bit, but eventually showed up.

And speedbegone, yes it can be an issue. Very hard to pick out a green light at night when there are surrounding streetlights (especially if the road curves after the signal light). And a red signal light generally looks blanks (like it's broken) if the sun is behind me. I can spot a yellow light though a mile away!

 

[Steel Magnolia]

Well aren't you a smartie??

Looks great!

 

[nXt]

Having a clock is really important to you huh?

 

[minnesotaart]

Having a clock is really important to you huh?

Thank you for the nice compliment! And I see that posting every single fuel-up is quite important to you. How nice.

 

[nXt]

Thank you for the nice compliment! And I see that posting every single fuel-up is quite important to you. How nice.

Uh it's a widget and it's in the signature, it's automatically there.
Anyways. The other day I was looking at pictures on the GT model and I did find it odd the clock is to the left of the area and not centered/etc.
/shrug. A lot of people these days think it's weird/odd that I WEAR a watch.