Texas_Ace MT09R Modding thread, 20k+ lumens, 80CRI, can start fires? Yes please.

If you got a moment can you do some night shot with modded MT03 turbo out? I want to see that flooding my back yard lol

Hmm, not sure if I have one on hand right now but I should have one for myself by the time I take the XHP70.2 GT out for some beamshots, I will try to remember to take it along for comparison, also the mt09R.

I forgot i am getting my mt07s 10k lumen light today. It is going to be a great night because the most i ever lift from the single xhp70.2 is 6700 lumen. 3000 lumen step up from the single emitter…

Hope you like it! It is very impressive for a single emitter.

10K from a single XHP70.2? I thought they peaked at about 9K?

In the “hot test” yes a bit over 9k but from a cold start they can peak over 10k for a few seconds and then it drops as the light heats up until it stabilizes in the low to mid 9k range.

I may send you one to install one of those for myself.

Ok, it looks like I got packages from BimmerNut318, Saypat and 808HI today.

I will open them up and see if any of them don’t need xhp70 drivers later, I am pretty sure Saypat does not. Any that don’t I will try to get finished on Monday.

The rest will have to wait until I get the next driver PCB’s, and build the drivers. It should be end of next week when I can start working on the rest of those lights.

Impressive for a single LED. Gotta get me some of ’em some day.

Indeed, I was seriously impressed the first time I saw those numbers. You just keep pumping in more power and it keeps giving more lumens lol.

Just letting everyone know that I still have about 14 of the MT09R 70.2 NW in the green and blue colors left.

The price on them is very low, also I can ship them straight to TA for you to have the new driver installed as well as emitter upgrades for any that may want emitter upgrades. They are all NW tint and even with stock emitters once the new TA driver goes in it becomes a 20k plus lumen light.

Any that do not sell by the time I get them back to my warehouse in S.C. which is still about 9 more days. I will be purchasing the drivers from TA myself and installing them. After that the price will go back to the regular retail price.

The price I have them at right now even if you have TA install the new driver for you, you will still be saving about $35.00 each for them Also all of TA's work is warranted by the factory. (only standard parts and labor. If you purchase $40.00 LED's and the develop some sort of problem I can only replace them with stock emitters, the drivers will be the same.

The best time to get them is not while I can ship much larger orders to TA instead of one here and there costing a lot extra in shipping.

Thanks guys. Just trying to keep everyone updated.

Buy the way TA I’ll be sending you that MT09R that is having driver problems, or has a dead driver or possibly the switch, who knows on Monday or Tues. and by the time it gets there my other light the Blue XHP70.2’s should be about arriving at the same time, just guessing because it should have been shipped last Tues or Wed and I could never get a straight answer.
This light needing repaired was not one of your installs so I just need to find out what’s messed up and get it fixed and attach the bill to the other light build, Thanks…

Ok, I will be watching for it and let you know what I find out.

Thanks TA mucho appreciated…

I got my mt07s today. Very happy with it… i got 5017 lumen before mod using ceiling bounce test… after mod, i got 9000 lumen otf, then stay about 8242 lumen… ( using samsung 30q)… very big improvement… i will get higher lumen if i test with sony vtc5a.

its totally worth the money.
Upgrade driver. Cool ramping mode.
High bin led.
Bypass spring.
Modded carrier.
Increased around 5000 lumen. ( from the small reflector)
My modded astrolux mf02 with the big reflector only do 6700 lumen.
Turbo mode is wow.

Thanks TA.

Glad you like the results,

Interesting that your readings on this light at so much lower then mine, I tested it several times and it always hit ~10k lumens on fresh cells and then would settle out at ~9700-9800 lumens at the 5-10 second mark.

Hope I didn’t make a mistake with the readings somehow. Always worried that I could overrate a light.

That’s right, there will be none of that Chinese lumens stuff coming out of Texas, period… :laughing:

Nope, I try to round down whenever possible.

Yes. My ceiling bounce is not perfect… lux numbers are jumping up and down just by moving around… i really trust mt07s is 10k lumen. Your measurement are 99% accurate.

So if the MT03 can have the exact same mod as the MT09R, would the MT03 also be getting 22k lumen and start fire too?
I mean they both ended up with the same led upgrade and TA driver/ spring bypass etc…
And which one deal with the heat better? I would assume the MT09R? due to its big head and more fins than the MT03.
I’m just a few beam shot away from packing the light and send it over to TX… lol