interior quality in general.
5-6 speed auto, i think at the time, GM didnt even have anything other than the 4 speed available.

 

better headlights as well. my grand am lowbeams are seriously brighter than my TAs high beams. a tighter build so we wouldn't have all these squeaks and rattles.

 

All great mods - only one I don't have to do is t-tops. Whoever ordered my car new was smart enough to get them.

Only mod I've done that should have come from the factory was '01-02 WS6 wheels. I think the Formula should have come with these stock, they really complement the look of the car IMO. Leave the earlier, thin spoke style for the WS6, and the later ones for the Formulas.

NO V8 car should have come with 16" wheels, IMO.

 

This is a good thread, it's my method of modding.

I added the 2002 SLP blackwing airbox lid. (wasn't available in 1998)
LS6 intake (Wasn't available in 1998)
Chrome WS6 wheels (better than polished aluminum)
1LE LCA bushings
Reprogrammed fan temps for lower than 228 degrees
Sunfire ashtray
SLP smooth bellows
!EGR

 

X 1 billion.

Good shocks are the fix for this, get some quality ones and kiss the interior noises from bumps goodbye and welcome dramatically better ride, handling and control.

 

+ 1 for Koni's

 

Def the thin POS Y-pipe. Along with the rest of the highly restrictive exhaust.

 

When I think of things that should have been done from the factory a 12 bolt and more horse power is not one of them, I think little things, otherwise us F-body guys should buy vettes. I wish there was a 12v source in the counsel for charging stuff. My phone charger is too close to the shifter on the front lighter. I also wish the counsel locked on T-top cars. My seat belts suck ***; they don't retract at all and get tangled easy. Ditch the uni-body so I can make my first mod something fun instead of SFC. Take the torque arm off the trans tail shaft. Not rivet the front plate mount to the bumper insert. Make the T-top holder on the back horizonal instead of vertical with the little door covering it, so I can still go to the store, or gym with a passenger. A little room to change the spark plugs would not kill me either.

 

I wouldnt really worry about the exhaust cause i would just take it off anyway but true duels would be awsome and defintly a 12 bolt would have been great and how about a 4l80e for the auto 2 things you would never have to worry about they could have atleast had them as an option just like early muscle cars you could order a bullet proof drivetrain from the factory!!

 

DEF a 12 bolt...a headlight option instead of the pop ups...although i like them..the motors are complete crap..a full frame car would have been nice..17' STOCK wheels and something other than that factory crap *** crushed exhaust...maby re design the floor boards or soemthing...

 

no.. here's a 99 v8 with a cat under the passenger side hump.

 

Got any pics of it in the car? sounds like a good idea for the useless cupholder. What year Sunfire?

Let me add disabled DRL's to the list, hate those things.

 

ls3 should be from the factory on fbody...

 

True Duals. WTF is with the truck exhaust?

 

I put in an SLP Bowtie grill, looks 100x better than stock.

 

I have a 99 formula. I want NON cracking door panels, an exhaust that is bigger then the stock on one my ******* civic, no air intake baffles/silencer(clear lid fixed that i suppose), 5 spd auto, a pinion seal that doenst keep going out, and like some1 else said, 'trunk' space with the t tops off.

 

I stand corrected

now with headers and ORY tho, that space is utterly useless... might get the ***** to one day cut that section out and weld in some flat sheet metal in its place...... Oh hell, I never sit there, why do I care LOL

 

Window motor fix
Vinyl wrapped interior
No ugly-*** painted, twisty 16" wheels

and pretty much everything that's already been said

 

Better lid.

 

+ Strano springs' sways + PHB. A car this fast really needs to handle better than stock for safety reasons. My first mod.......I love it....