3C, not 2C MT-G2 Maglite Mod - BEAM shots are up in Post #1 and it's done!!!

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MT-G2 mods are not easy. Incredible!

The C body is wide enough to take 26650s provided that it is an older light (no C in the serial number). Newer lights need to be bored. On the other hand, getting 2x26650 in a 2C light is going to be difficult due to length issues. I actually grabbed a couple of 18650s and stuck them in my old 2C Mag. And they protrude about .75 inch out the end. The tailcap won’t go on all the way with these cells. But you could certainly make it work (I’m guessing this light here probably has some switch mods to make the batteries fit, especially since his 18650s are probably longer than my unprotected LiFePO4 18650s). But with 26650s, the cells can’t fit in the recess on the tailcap. So you couldn’t get the tailcap on AT ALL. On the other hand, a 3C Mag will fit 2x26650 without modification (provided it is an older light). The same goes for a 4C with 3x26650.

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Nice job Justin!

Very very nice!!

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The 2c is a great package.

Nice work!

How did you make 3,7V driver to power over 6V emitter?

Nice work. What do you use around the switch wires? The white stuff?

A pair of unprotected 18650 cells that don’t have tall positive buttons will fit fine in a newer 2C Mag if you remove the anodizing on the inside of the tailcap and slide a low profile spring into the rear of the cap. Hundreds of incan ROPs were made this way. A pair of unprotected ICR 25500 cells is also an option but you still need to ditch the stock tail spring for one that rests in the same tailcap groove but is low profile as well.

Sorry everyone. I ordered a 2C Maglite and I did not bother to check the length of it. I just started the modding and I didn't actually put batteires in it until after most everything was done and the thread was started.

It is a 3C and it could be bored for 26650, but with the newer 10 amp 18650s, I just don't see the need for 26650 batteries.

@RacR86: The white stuff is Arctic Alumina Adhesive.

Glamour shots in Post #1.

Flood to Throw Beam shots tonight.Wink

Nice job OL. Awesome beamshots. Looking forward to more.
I wonder what the rebel reflector would look like with the MT-G2? If it be any tighter or about the same.

Possibly tighter, but also more/wider spill, since it’s a lot deeper reflector.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/19371?page=1#comment-411039

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/20469

Beam shots of Flood to Throw are up in Post #1.

It's done, have fun!

But I don’t remember for the life of me…what do you use to strip the anodize? I tried a Sulfuric Acid solution today and it just didn’t get the job done. Eats everything else, just not the black anodizing on a Defiant 3C.

Really nice looking light, that one is, great that it still adjusts for the spot. Like that.

Greased Lightning found in Lowe's or Home Depot, in the household chemical sections. Yellow Gallon Bottle, red label "Greased Lightning Super Strength".

It takes about an hour to two hours for type II and it takes longer for type III ano. I use a plastic container, sit the part in it and fill so the level is a couple inches above the part. If I were to strip a 2D Maglite, it would take a full gallon in a good sized container. I sit the parts on end, never lying flat, (like a body tube) and I turn them end to end about every half hour. When I see the color coat is gone, I take them out, rinse them in another container of water and steel wool them to remove the residue and then put them back in. Sometimes it's hard to judge if the actual base ano layer is gone, as it looks like aluminum, but steel wool will usually tell, as the ano will not shine up, but the bare aluminum usually will, (unless it's a cheap Chinese aluminum and then it won't shine up too well).