Here's my two cents. 

Keep blue painters tape with you at all times. Whenever you need to replace a headlight bulb, or have some reason to remove the front lights, first, before you do anything besides remove the front grill, cover the horizontal area with two or three layers of this blue tape. The metal frame for the headlights, has this dreadfully harsh metal edge which can damage the paint in this area. 

Same applies for when installing the front side glass... 

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