Aside from all the ridiculous "this is junk, that's junk" comments about various things, I will attempt to actually answer the question.
The ONE thing that does the most for any vehicle is the right wheel tire combo. A nice 20" wheel with the right tire, gives the illusion the vehicle is lowered, whether it is or not. Fill the wheelwell with tire and it looks better. The right grille, bumper, paint treatment etc, goes a long way
You didn't say 2 or 4 wheel drive, so that will make a difference on the look.............or not. Just depends on what you want
People look ridiculous, when they throw out silly blanket statements like "Dodge trannys are junk, Explorers are junk" or "use it for a deer blind". Any given vehicle can be the best one your ever had or the worst one you ever had, but a lot of it has to do with the operator. You have 5 trans put in a vehicle, it's a solid bet that either the guy fixing them doesn't know what he is doing, or YOU are doing something to smoke them. Have to use a little common sense. Every, insert what you are hating on here, on the road is NOT junk, or there wouldn't be lots of them on the road
We see daily threads of guys having problems, sometimes multiple times, with our beloved Rugers. Do we cast the "they are junk" blanket statement there