Mr. T, I think one of the first things a lot
of people do is to either black out the rear
sail panels or swap them for the pre-98 style
without the "Contour" badging.
After this, installation of side markers, the
removal of the door ding strips, custom mesh
grilles, and de-badging are pretty popular on
the "lower-cost aesthetic mods" front.
Past that point, other things would include a
set of headlight covers (not my style but the
cars that have them usually look good), body-
color "chrome" trim back and front, removal
of the orange reflectors inside the headlamp
assemblies, sill protectors... for a start!
T.