As I have already shown, I needed a consistant platform to work with to get these lights right, and the center section of the grill support as it comes stock is not a level and easy surface to work with, so out it came and in went my version.
I was attempting to be clever about cutting the sheet metal, and keeping it all as one piece as possible, but as I learned later the backward sweep of the doors would require the headlights themselves to ride much further forward than I had anticipated.
Here you can see the Cougar doors, now shortened by 5" resting in place as I am getting my mind wrapped around this.
And the p-side door section of the grill also resting in place.
This was a very slow and careful process for me on this aspect of the project as it turned out to not be easy for me to accomplish.
By the time of this photo I was already one month into this particular modification......