Ok, Well I took drastic action, pulled the instrument panel out, removed the clear face plate off the panel and painted the red gauge indicators white. The result? A WHOLE lot better day time gauge readability. Plus still easy to read at night.
Well worth the effort.

If you should decide to do this, here is how I did it. The hardest part was taking the face plate off without breaking little the plastic tabs. It can be done but just take your time.
Next I used white water based Acrylic paint from a hobby shop or WM and a very small brush. Put a lot of paint on your brush and carefully just dab the paint on as the indicators are thin plastic.
Take your time here as so not to create a mess. Also don't use any other paint that is not water based as you could melt the plastic indicator causing a panel replacement. I mean how much could they co$$$$t any way?

Worked for me. Why Ford could not do this, I will never know.