What sort of light cast do they have? Are they harse and bright ? I like the warm glow from the normal ones? But as you say even after cleaning the glass behind the dials and the dial face they are still a little not the brightest.
I still have the green filters in so I don't see any difference with the light, it's just brighter. They're dimmable anyway, so if I found them too bright, I could turn them down a bit with the headlight switch (which is a novelty for me because until recently I didn't have a dimmer for the dash lights )
After a lot of searching I found these. http://m.alibaba.com/product/485471721/T5_car_dash_board_lighting_car.html They look exactly the same.