Adding bold speedometer markings??

[grilled cheeseus]

The speedometer on my '07 hatchback is hard to read at a quick glance, especially when you're approximately halfway between the major ticks at 10 MPH intervals. Am I going 53 or 57? Iono, let me squint at it for longer than I should while driving. The minor ticks (1 MPH intervals) blur together and are basically useless.



So, usually I just look at the digital speedometer on my Scangauge, but after disconnecting it to help a friend diagnose his CEL, I drove home with only the stock gauge and was reminded how crappy it is.

What if we add bold ticks at 5 MPH intervals? It's trivially easy to remove the gauge cluster and its clear plastic lens. I've done it in literally 2 minutes with a philips screwdriver. Then you can do whatever you want on the panel itself.



Maybe with little white stickers or a "correction pen", or maybe etch away the plastic so they glow at night?