The guys at my local hobby shop showed me these mods. The 5/8 brass tubing fixed my stripped out shock caps. I love my local HS!
They used a hot glue gun to lock the diff, figuring if they change their minds they can heat it up and let it melt out , lol.
(well, that's the idea anyway)

argh the photos are blurry! the new speed control is a tazer 12t and the motor is an Orion Formula Probearing 19x2.

the little collars are the same as the flyfar wieght collars off my blade cp pro, so I dont know what to call those things I used 2 on the front and 3 on the back.
I used Traxxas#5139 116mm turnbuckles for the rear toe control links and 106 mm for the front. I also used Traxxas DRive lines but I lost the
pkg with the part number, DOH! I hate it when i do that!

here's some close ups of the collars and brass caps on the shocks