How are things now? Any better? From reading your description of your problems and blowing fuses... and the fact that they had removed the cladding and all... sounds to me like they had pinched a wire somewhere causing a short... basically taking 12V to ground... will instantly pop fuses. I would look for any harnesses that could be pinched between the cladding and body panels... did they remove anything else other than cladding? And let us know if there is any definite change since you messed with the lights.

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