The first and cheapest modification was lighting it up to make it easier to see and work with, I purchased some LED flexible strips, I bought the double density 600 LEDs per meter, unfortunately I can't run them at full 100% brightness because as the bed heater that draws 15 amps kicks on and off very rapidly to make the bed stay at temp it drops the 12v ATX power supply down from 12 volts to 11.5ish which causes the lights to strobe extremely annoyingly so I went to radio shack and bought a variable voltage regulator for a buck and a half and adjusted it to just below the lowest voltage drop and now they are on solid, it didn't dim them too much just a bit.
(For those in the know, no a capacitor wouldn't work, maybe a cap and a diode but the cap would have to be very large.)
Here is the light strip that I bought, you can cut them to length anywhere there are copper pads.
XKTTSUEERCRR 3014 SMD 16.4Ft 5Meter 600LEDs 120Leds/M Cool White
I put them along the front sides and top of the build area, this is what it looks like now.
I can't put the front on until I make a new ribbon cable for the display, that is as far as it reaches right now, it came with a very short cable.
Here is what the entire thing looks like so far.
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