My daily driver (well, when it's not in the body shop) is a Porsche
944...  which has really crappy dash lighting.  Since it's in the body
shop right now being worked on, I have been ordering a few parts for it
so I can fix a few outstanding issues with it once it gets back so I
can have a legitimately nice car for once.  One of the things that's
always bothered me about it is the poor dash lighting.  It uses
194-format bulbs for the dash lights; I found a source for some
replacements for 194s that use five LEDs instead of an incandescent
filament.  They also come in red :)  This might be useful to owners of
R-series cars that actually like to drive their cars at night as they
also have the same bulbs available with a BA9s base (would replace a 55
or 57 bulb) so I'll let you know how it works out.  They also have UV
LEDs which might be cool for people with old black-light dashes.

The issue with simply using higher wattage bulbs in a Porsche dash is
it's all plastic; say a 5W bulb would work well for a while but would
start melting stuff... :/

nate