At night, can you see your gauge needles when you take out the two bulbs above the gauge cluster?

I have a pair of reverse indiglos but they don't work and I had a hard time getting my needles to work right after getting them on. I don't think I want to go through the problem of an exchange if I wont be able to see my needles when I take out the two bulbs above the cluster to see the reverse indiglos at night.