This truck requires very little, metal drive shafts and new tires/battery are the only mandatory upgrades in my opinion. Anything beyond is your own style.
I mean it's a 50 dollar truck that out of the box appears to be of less quality than a wpl which is sub hobby grade to begin with...soo were you expecting?
The tolerances are better on the stock plastic parts is where I'm getting at, the metal "upgrade" have so much play, I had to add shims, replace the bushings and whatnot lol
The red links to the body? For the metal links, it's M2x5mm, with a 6mm OD flanged button head, but I don't like how the head of the screw acts like the bushing/sleeve, I got some longer 12mm screws and standsoff/bushings to see if I can be improved, 2x4x5mm aluminum standsoff for the screw and a shorter nylon 4x6x4mm to fit inside the hole of the body, once I get them I will post another video