All those things can be very agrevating. I have used layers of masking tape to save surounding details and body lines. What I have done with things like hood pins (and even name plates & door handles) is trim it as far down with an exacto knife, sand, and then a little trick to prevent ghosting, bush a thin coat of testors or MM liquid cement over it and wait for it to dry. It will "relax" the plastic so it doesn't reappear. And I just sand it back down again when it is dry. Just a thought, I dont know how factory correct you are trying to make this, but I know 71 Challengers had a rubber (or what ever it is called) bumper option. So you could get away with painting them with the rest of the car. I am doing that on my 71.
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