Yuppers I agree, if you wanna close to home daily driver from a money standpoint, fix what is broken and drive it the way it is....
Not sure what you are looking at in the end.....but these things can suck major holes in your wallet in a real hurry...the less you change the less money you will spend on it...
I think it looks cool just the way they it is...
my 2 cents
MikeC