Looks great! Red needles would be a nice contrast during the daytime and would look great with blue backlights contrasting at night. I have a 6LE/McNord overlay set from a year ago and I thought the dimmers was addressed.

 

It (the transparency of the warning lights symbols/words) was a compromise we had to make. If we made them light easier you'd see them during the day (when not lit up). This way you don't see them and just swapping to the better bulbs takes care of seeing them when you're actually supposed to see them...

 

The bulbs are LEDs for the warning lights. They are NOT plug and play. I soldered in cool white LEDs and it made the warning lights a very very dim purple. I didn't like that at all.