So i own a '01 prelude...and yes the gauges won't go on cause of the needle...and do not pull the needles out...cause more than likely you will probably destroy your gauges like I did to mine...

you can learn from peoples misfortune...so i wasn't sure if you could just cut a little notch into the indiglo gauges...and that they will still work...

but i rather spend 50$ and screw up the indiglo gauges...instead of spending a few hundred replacing the gauges you messed up.