Every ass has an opinion, here is mine, make or buy something like a fixed tray similar to Ecklers and get over the aerodynamic problem and much less the geeky look with lids us...time to modernize the thing....
MY decision was forced on my by a friggin small Florida DEER on night in '98, about the size of a German Shepard, caught both lights, but the cost of repairs was stupid, even back then....
some 300 bux later I had headlights again....further mods followed....long time/story...
see sites for pix over times....