you're welcome! and to be honest 90% of the redcat haters seem mostly to be people new to the hobby, they wanna get something cheap to start, and so they get a redcat, and when they run into problems with it and take it to their LHS, they always tell them redcat is crap and try to sell them a traxxas, hpi, ofna etc, and so its suddenly cemented in their heads that redcat = crap but they actually make really good stuff, yes they have downsides as they try to cut some corners to keep it cheap, but lately their stuff has been really good, i picked up a blackout XTE Pro and the damn thing has been indestructible, It got to the point where I got annoyed and started seriously trying to break it lol.

It really does seem like they're going to be discontinuing both the hurricane and the monsoon, they're not even listed on their site under 1/8th brushless vehicles, hopefully im thinking they're taking them back to the drawing board and making them even better.

and haha i know the feeling of wanting to drive but its just so damn cold!!

as for the rims, any 1/8th scale buggy wheels will fit, just go on down to your lhs and ask where their selection of 1/8th buggy wheels are, anything there will fit as redcat fitted the hurricane with the 1/8th buggy standard hexes, 17mm if i recall correctly.
i currently have the HPI Vorza V7 wheels on https://www.hpiracing.com/en/part/103677 i liked the design which is the main reason for my choice no need to import if you have a decent LHS near you with a good selection, they should have what you need, otherwise id resort to ebay/amazon, and yeah those hsp wheels are the same as the stock ones.

to be honest i was quite surprised when i looked at the shock more closely, as it was only the lower shock cap that had busted, like a 2$ piece of plastic, the shock itself is fine and yes ive bent the front shock tower once or twice, but a hammer will straigten that, or do what i did and go for the CNC'd shock towers redcat sells, way stronger, i havent had a problem since i put those on http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1917/.f & http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1916/.f oddly enough they're only 20$ which is the same cost as the stock tower so i didnt see the point in going stock lol

If you dont wanna redrill holes for the wing, then i suggest you go for the proline wings, you drill the holes yourself, which works fine, i wouldnt suggest the jconcepts wing i have for the simple reason that it was difficult to mount, the mounting area is too small for the wing mount on the hurricane and it takes some effort to get it to fit. the prolin wings work as I had it on the nitro version of the hurricane before i sold it.

people arent wrong about the lexan body breaking, mine broke but again im attributing it more to the cold lol, but i do feel like the bodys arent of the best quality, which is probably another area redcat skimps on to save money, which i dont mind so much.
and currently im using the stock transmitter and reciever and they work fine, i have no complaints, except for the 8 AA's lol im actually looking at the same Tx and Rx you posted, might get it when summer rolls around!

You're welcome! when i was new to the hobby i started with nitro and had a hell of a time as nitro has a steep learning curve, had it not been for the awesome people in this forum i would have quit the hobby and never looked back, the least i can do is help another!