Awesome to hear, and yeah, I did the same thing too facing the side i was working on towards the center of the garage (2 car), so when I had my mishap with the original axle puller socket, it took a few extra days. That, and the parts store runs and such, more time than needed, I think it was about 2 weeks for me to get both sides done and complete.
I got lucky with the sensors but then again I'm at half the mileage (and half the road/winter miles for rust to accumulate), like you I spent a good amount of time with a wire wheel on that hub, cleaning rust off EVERYTHING, and anti-seize on as much as I could.
How did you do with the bearing retaining clips? I'm sure with a decent circlip plier set you'd be fine but I'm swearing to myself thinking about that crappy harbor freight set, I must have messed with the one side clip for an hour trying to get it back in its slot in the hub bore!
Trust me, once the one side is done, the other side is easy, comparatively, at least you know what you're in for now
Don't underestimate those front bearings, definitely the toughest job I did on a vehicle, with all hand tools (no compressor/impact tools in my garage) no less, and combined with the cv boots, oh the memories.
Awesome on the CDV delete, you'll love it!