Best trying to remove tints on a hot day then stand a better chance of not leaving any residue behind, must have been tints in back of car I have now and it's been a bloody pain trying to get what ever it is that it leaves behind off !
Don't know about the vd struts, but on the standard ones the strut only turned so far hence being handed. With the strut bolt a 2ft breaker bar and as much weight as you can put on it is close (so ft tight!)
Is that all you got out ! You ain't trying very hard I usually finish up with twice that amount out lol. When you resemble try the CV joint in several different places in the hub , I found when changing both fronts last year that they went in further to the hub in one place than another in fact...
I bought the headlight bulbs you listed and they don't fit mine (2008 my l322) if yours is later they should fit, I couldn't be arsed to send them back know doubt they will get used somewhere someplace.
You need to take the caliper off and disc undo the back blate and move it round a bit to give better access then give head of that set screw a bloody good headache before you try again its a word of pain if you shear it off, give it some heat if you can aswell did that on my first L322 and this...