Here’s a youtube video of a guy who took a $100 “INDIO” electric guitar and added $100 worth of spare parts to turn it into the “ultimate budget guitar.” (~20min)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oE71INVjGng
In an earlier video where he does an unboxing of the same guitar, he says, “I bought a $100 guitar bag and it came with a free guitar!”
I've had to take most of mine apart and swap stuff out (better pickups, wiring mods, add shielding, etc) so much so that I'm determined to build the next one from scratch.
I don't have any with stainless steel frets yet but am thinking of going with those on the build.