Would you pay $4.50 for a stainless steel C8 bezel by Convoy?

Received my order today and couldn’t be happier for the price. The stainless bezel is roughly 2mm shorter than the standard bezel and the crenellations are much more stylish.

Yes, threads are the same but the Convoy bezel doesn’t seat all the way down on the Xin, and the Xin bezel is too long on the Convoy (lens rattle).

But yeah, that grey with the Stainless is sweet looking

:slight_smile: Considering you mentioned the three goals I had in mind when this topic was first brought up (1. shorter 2. budget friendly 3. better styling) this report makes me happy. Glad you like. I’ll be sure to tell Simon. Thanks! :beer:

Only the clear C8 has the new firmware, right? Any ETA on when the black and gray will get it?

I’m not certain at this time but you can always order a black or gray C8 and send him a message (before you checkout) telling him you’d like the new driver with the Biscotti firmware. Simon is very accommodating.

Fresh from Convoy in China :



Glass bead blasted :


Together :



Very nice upgrade to any C8, thanks for making these available :beer:

You’re welcome! Nice work on the bead blasted finish. Another unique look. Dig it! :+1:

Boy, I once paid $25 for a C8 with an SS bezel just to salvage off the bezel and install it on my top end modded C8. Must have had $100+ in that "UltraFire" C8 with a couple generations of modding. Finally, the Convoy C8 has caught up to what I'd consider my ideal C8!

I think I like the bead blasted best, but for now I will leave one in the brushed finish. I anybody is wondering the bezel is also a perfect fit for the Thorfire C8s.

That looks excellent. What did you use for the bead blasting? I was thinking a combination of glass bead and aluminum oxide.

Got mine today. To be honest, I’m not happy with the finish. Love the design though. A friend of mine is going to bead blast it for me.

Only glass beads 100-200 Ό

Polish brand-new stainless steel C8 bezel by convoy.
Left is thorfire c8s, right convoy c8.

I was going to bead blast mine, but after seeing yours I decided to polish it on my buffer with polishing compound. It came out great!

“Yeah” I really like the polish look! :smiley:

Swap Thorfire’s improved C8S tail cap onto the Convoy and you’d have my ideal C8. Fantastic work as always, Tim. :+1:

One of these days I might just buy a Thorfire for the tail cap, as silly as that may be.

What type/brand of polish compound do you use?
I built a simple contraption to fit the bezel on a power-drill, but using Brasso hardly made any difference with the original.

I don’t think brasso is abrasive enough. Polishing compound on a cloth wheel using compounds like this

Thank you!

Thank Litefighter! But the thorfire c8s tail cap will not fit convoy c8, it will not screw all the way down. Convoy c8 tail cap fit thorfire c8s.