The spot light pattern will light up your hood. Even cubes on the A-pillar will reflect quite a bit. I found it to be pretty off-putting at first but got used to it. My hood was white though, so pretty much as bad as it gets.
Seeing a Renegade on 4 drag slicks is definitely going to be unique and turn some heads. Lol!! I've joked with my wife about dropping a V8 in our Renegade forever but a turbo k-swap sounds a lot more doable. I assume you're familiar with the Boosted Boys kswap MR2?
That sounds fun. Keeping the AWD? What kind of ET are you shooting for? High 7 should be possible with that big ass turbo? Anything is better than another civic on the track. :)