The electrical forum doesnt get many visitors, this is technically an interior mod.

I am in the process of installing new Cyberdyne digital gauges. However, they are super bright. I wired them correctly tapping into the cigarette lighter. Anyway, I figured out that I can have them on the dim setting from the get go by wiring the dimmer wire to the power source rather than the dash lights (grey/red wire). They gauges are at the "night time" dimness all the time. However, they are still to bright. Could I install a resistor on the dimmer wire to dim the gauge more? The logic circuit and senders would still get power from the red power wire. It is my theory, since the gauge is sealed, that the dimmer wire over-rides the red power line for the LCDs only; the logic circuit and senders still receive full power. Any electrical engineers out there?