I'm tired of not being able to read the stock red display.

Can anyone tell me how well the Iron Cross display conversion works?
I'm looking at having mine changed to white.

How much improvement will there be?

 

That might not be a good idea if you ride at night...

 

looking for responses from people with actual experience.

 

I also had difficulty reading the red radio display at night.
My HK radio broke and I dropped it off at Iron Cross for repairs. While my radio was there I had them perform their back-light conversion. With the white backlight, the radio is much easier to read at night. I'm satisified with the work that was done and would recommend it.

 

Any chance of a good picture of it at night?

 

Try Marty at gaugeledmods.com his work is great and his turn around time is 1-2 days max.

 

Just took these pictures in my garage. Lights were off and the flash is turned off on the camera. Bike is a 2011 Ultra. White LED back-light conversion on the HK radio from Iron Cross.

 

is it actually that clear when your riding?
Iron Cross Audio mentioned that their conversion also lights the number buttons better. Looks like that is true.

 

Yes, it's very clear. I had a difficult time seeing the characters/numbers with the stock/OEM red back-light color at night. I couldn't even see the clock on the radio. Of all the back-light colors that Iron Cross offers, the white is the best color for ease of reading the display in the evening.

 

I hate to spend $150 to make something right that should have been done at the factory.

Yeah, I guess I could say the same about a lot of things that are much more expensive.