Hey Flash, no problem with the lower buds at all since I gave her a big hair cut a week or so ago. I pulled her branches more open for much better penetration and they are looking better since I did that. I will continue to slowly pluck leaves here and there to improve it. This light does great at making lower buds worth leaving on.
In fact from the pictures even the down sites look as developped as the rest! It s amazing you definitely did a great job!