Thanks, Tonio. Means a lot
I did drill out the headlights. I carefully ran a pilot hole through the center of the molded-in HID, then two bits progressively bigger until it was all gone. I took clear rod that fit down the middle of some aluminum tube, cut the rod to length, sanded the end round and polished. I glued the tube into the headlight, painted it all black, then used my knife to scratch the paint away to make the "chrome" bezel, and finally slid the rod in. With a little refining, I think it will be very convincing.