Robo, do you or does anyone watching here know if the blue bezel on an Olight S1A unscrews or is it a press fit?
I got a beautiful little solid copper S1A with Rose Gold PVD coating and they put a cool white XM-L2 in it, coming through the TIR itās got a slight green tint. Iād like to put an XP-L V6 3D in it. Donāt want to mess up the gorgeous finish though, so I thought Iād ask firstā¦
It is probably same fitment as the S1 Baton and S-Mini, on those lights the bezel is press fit.
I thought it might the case, thanks Bobby. Not really what I wanted to hear but I guess thatās better than threaded and glued tight as a tick on a hound dog.
Now I have to decide if the color is off enough to make me attack this gorgeous lightā¦
It is doable without damaging anything, at least i successfully opened my S1 Baton and S-mini, the S-mini was rose gold version and it did not have single scratch after my work to it.
There is video from a BLF member Thomas X3 on youtube on how to remove the bezel without doing damage to the light.
Here is the video
Nice mod on a few chunks of wood robo. :+1:
Definitely, and thanks for linking my personal YouTube channel 
Success!
I used a tough little knife, Buck Strider Mini, and worked around til the bezel was loose enough to remove. Filed down a 16mm Noctigon til it fit in place of the stock aluminum mcpcb, then used a 365nm UV light to locate a preferred XM-L2 tint in my binsā¦ as it so turned out I removed one of the 4 XM-L2 U2ās that came in my Nitecore TM16 (it has XHP-35ās now)
Thinned the Noctigon a bit to match the stock thickness, leaving it a hair tallā¦. bezel and TIR went back in nicely and it now has a near perfect neutral tint, probably a 1D to make a guess at it (Nitecore doesnāt specify tint bin)
My momās pearl white Buick LaCrosse looks splendid in the light from this S1A now so Iām happy with it.
No scratches, no gap, looks stock but has the nicer tint. A win for sure. Thanks for clearing up the style of bezel for me, appreciate it. 
Beam before modificationā¦ the plant light is a Cree COB rated at 93CRI for comparison sakesā¦
The solid copper S1A in Rose Gold PVAā¦after the modā¦
And the beam after the mod, much nicer color! The picture on the wall is a 16x20 canvas of my son when he was little.
The ceiling tiles, for white balance perception, are white styrofoam. 
I have an Astrolux SC that really like but was not using it because is to heavy for my taste, so modded with a xhp-70.2 NW from KD, a MTN Fet driver and two windyfire 14500 IMR.
Cut the threads from the tailcap and soldered two pieces of copper plumbing tube. Inner/outer diamenter and lenth are perfect fit, just plug and solder.
8.7A startup and 3.4A at 30sec nearly burning hot.
Soldering: phone camera show pink but it was really red.
Final result: love the burned look.
That is one extreme mod A380. I also like the real rustic look of it. Nice work. 
Looks like a really nice piece of junk.
Nobody will ever think to steal it.
Cool job! :+1:
Nice job A380.
And once you start using it parts will become shiny again from wear, adding to the character!
Thanks!
Djozz, itās more heavy tāhan before, so donāt think Iām going to use much more.
Dale, can you please tell the diameter of the LED plate? Or, if you canāt say that, can you tell me what diameter the flashlight take (14mm or 16 mm)?
Thank you in advance
I think it was a 14mm MCPCB, Iāll measure it here directly and let you know. Took a good bit of filing on a 16mm Noctigon. Had to thin the Noctigon down some too.
Measured, yes itās 14mm.
Thank you Dale I thought it would be 14mm too, but couldnāt be sure! These are only measurements for a future mod
Thanks :+1:
EDIT: Thanks for the confirmation Dale
Manker U11 18650
NarsilM V1.0 3C1S
L6 Switch PCB
Blue LED
Moon
10K Very nice
Nice work Steel! Sweet pics too, thanks for sharing!
At least it has a chunk of heat sink thatās one piece, so maybe it did need a little tightening up, fairly easily corrected it looks like and now itās a very sweet light, good job all around!
What firmware did you make this change in?
Steel that is beautiful. And I sold my U11 just 3 hours agoā¦
Calling all cars! Or tinkerers. I have a gutted novatac Wichita that I want to become a Flashlight again. It needs the driver, led, reflector and lens. Wondering who has the time they can undertake this project for me in the USA. My screen name at aol is my address if you want pics of the light from me.
The tail switch is intact and I donāt expect you to work for free. I prefer to put a nw led. I would love to have a photo red in it. If you can put a triple in there with a secondary red led running a ramping driver, Iād be ecstatic!!! You can skip the alligator grips, Swarovski button, and tri-color gold lanyard. Pm me for suggestions
Forgive me pilotdog if I hijacked your thread