Lights have never worked in this car.

do you know what type of lights the 2012 package 2 got?

 

One thought: in the early eighties, here in BC (Canada), you needed to run your car through a road-worthiness inspection, yearly. If it didn't pass, you were sidelined till all was remedied. They dropped that, converted it to emissions-checking. AFAIK that's gone now as well. How we progress.

Ever any front end collisions? Are the %@&*! plastic frosted-up from UV exposure? Rodents?

 

Does the plastic lens need to be polished? Most tire & wheel centers will do it for $35.
Check the bulbs are locked into the socket correctly. Push in + a quarter turn to lock-in
Switch to 6000K LED bulbs with the big heat sinks. The ones without heat-sinks are worse than incandescent lamps.

 

Also forgot to mention that a bad/dirty ground connection to the car frame can cause that too....
You can use a DVM to determine if that's the problem.
1. turn on your headlamps
2. unplug your dim lamp.
3. measure voltage from frame ground to power wire
4. measure voltage from power wire to ground wire within the connectors. Readings should be the same as #3 - otherwise bad ground.

hope this helps...