Well just finished the project and it seems to work so far. Not sure how long its gonna last. Drilled two small holes, one in each bulb socket and hard-wired the bulb holders using soldering. Could not take the handle grip out of the finisher trim, but it seems that wouldn't have made much difference anyway. I used thin speaker wires - I am not sure if they are rated appropriately for the current. I guess I'll find out. But chose to use them since they are so thin and had some lying around.