Well, first off, welcome to the addiction. To bad you can't do a question mark on license plates. your user name would be a good one.

Headlights: I had some real bad crazing and the shipper damaged them so I did like VXKat and sanded. I wrote a thread called zen and the art of headlight polishing or something like that here. It's under the how to column. Talk to a few shops in your town that do tinting and see if you can get them to cover your headlights with Lexan after you get them right. I did that to mine 3 odd years ago and no crazing plus they are bullet proof now.

Cladding: many products out there which I have tried most. In the end, I just use one grand ERV. I get it here, buy the one gallon size. http://store.carcareonline.com/onegr...pumpspray.aspx Takes me about 5 minutes to go around the VX after a wash and dry and it looks pretty sharp when done.

Hood insert: Many options again. One I tried before I scored a carbon fiber insert was turtle wax color wax in black. Couple of coats and it looks pretty fine. 7 odd bucks from amazon if you can't find it local.

Get friendly with the search engine here, you will find many answers to questions your going to have.