Agreed, risky business retrofitting the lights but ~$1000 is out of my budget for this project.The salvage yards here in the SF Bay Area were well aware of the "value" if the Bi-Xenons they had...
I've been finding a lot of great advice and videos at this site:
www.HIDplanet.com.
I've rebuilt a 2002 from the ground up so with a bit of patience and luck I think I can pull it off. Theretrofitsource.com had a good price on the kit and a Xmas discount brought the price below $250 all in.