I tried again today, but found the light bar still wouldn’t remove with minor tugging. I decided to remove the overhead console and found one of the lights had a bracket preventing me from pulling the light bar out from the front. I went ahead and replaced the 4 bulbs with LEDs from WCCC.
I also went ahead and replaced the headlights with the Octane LED set to reduce load on the switches/wiring, and brighten the road. I had to clip portions of the rear standoffs to allow the lights to seat better in buckets. I had a long curved hooked tool that simplified reattaching the spring back onto the headlight retainer. I kept the FOMoCo branded headlights for storage.
