I am sick of using trouble lights for every little thing. Since apparently I get to do another HG job on my car in the near future, I decided to finally get this done. Total cost about $80 for fixtures w/ ballasts, bulbs, and wiring. Took about 2 hours, easy peasy.
I positioned the lights so they'd be right over the open hood of a car as its parked in the garage. Even leaning way over and reaching down into the engine bay (blocking light with my body) I could still clearly see 10x better than before. I sat down on the futon to admire my work and noticed that there's so much light now that the shiny stuff under my hood illuminates the underside of the hood!