Originally posted by OSX2000
Ya, at the least, they could've put another light in for an open hood, just for the sake of completeness.
What would've also been cool would be little glowing head/tail lights. 
I remember someone did it on AutomotiveTech.org, but it seems like a lot of work...
Yeah, I've thought about making my own lights for a long time now... but for the amount of work involved, and owing to the fact that 1) only other Sol owners would care, besides myself 2) my electrical know-how is somehow limited 3) I just don't have the time to tear apart the dash... I haven't done it.
I think making a VTEC light would be pretty simple. Once you remove the mini-sol/clock cluster, you could just cut out a slot where you want the light and then use the normal VTEC-light-installation instructions. But I'm not at all sure about headlights, etc. That's about where my daring ends...
But then again, I'm one of those people who yearn for the old days of 100,000,000 dials, gauges and instrument readouts ...everything from oil pressure to oil temp to water temp to ...you name it. I get seriously antsy when I'm driving a car without a tach.
But maybe I will tackle it one day. It sounds like something which other Sol owners might be interested in. I'll check out AutomotiveTech.org, too, and see what they have.