All I can say is that i got them on without messing anything up, and without taking anything off. But I'm definitely going to take them off eventually. I want to go back to the warm, orange glow. I did the white face cuz i was in a stupid phase, and it was my new car.

 

i got mine on no problem. i sorta did it like fuelish said and put the needles at the same angle and slide it on carefully. also i took my stock black gauge and cut out a cover for the white gauges out of it. here is how it came out

 

my prelude is 97. the needle is different than yours. I slide the gauge in, but there's an extra inch on the opposite side of the needle which make it impossible to put in.

 

can you show picture of how you did it? close ups?

 

My 00si has the orange glow too