Here are a couple of ideas for you concerning exterior mods. The cheapest thing to do is to take off the door ding strips. Most people on CEG thinks that it really cleans up the look of the car. I've done it myself and think it looks much better.
The next cheapest thing to do is the sail panels. Its the fake carbon fiber piece on your rear doors that say Contour on them. Some people have put on the sail panels from pre '98 Contours. They are black and don't say Contour on them. Another thing is you could have some real carbon fiber sail panels put in. Some guy from CEG makes them for maybe $100. Or you could have them powder coated by yet again, another person from CEG.
The man to talk with about the real carbon fiber sail panels is Chris Flango. His CEG screen name is StreetConcepts. Check out this
thread for more regarding it. For the powder coating, you need to talk with Brad Noon, screen name bnoon. His website is
this .
If you want a body kit for your car. Right now the only option is getting the SVT kit. However it looks like there will actually be another body kit availible in the coming future. The man responsible for getting this started is...you guessed it a CEG member. Check out this
link for more info on it.
Oh, two other things. Chris Hightower(his screen name is the same) does a mod for your headlights. He'll paint the back of them or something, I can't really remember. Do a search for painted headlights. Then Stazi (screen name L8 Apexing Aussie) has done grille inserts for people, myself included. I'm not sure if he still has any more of the material though. Try and get ahold of him for more info.
Other than that.....I'm 21