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You don't need to strip the paint if you want to make it darker. Just add about 3-4 layers of clear on top of the flat black and it will look like matte or low-gloss black easily.
looks nice. that's the way mine are too. I wish i painted mine gloss black though too. My rims are a gloss black like yours and i think a black gloss on the headlights would match better with my rims.