hmmm, ok…. well i bought enough to do a few mods so maybe i’ll exp with a couple. maybe a whitegas dedome.
tnx again
Anybody measured cd with xpl HI and spring bypass??
What is the recommended method for Q8 spring bypass when the light is used reasonably often? I just added some solder blobs at the top and bottom and ran short 22AWG leads between them.
That’s all you really need. Some wire bypassing the spring nothing special.
My Samsungs came in so here’s the pix….
Fence is 100 FT away. Camera settings are locked all around.
GT stock
Q8 Stock
Q8 Samsungs
Here you go:
GT stock
Q8 Stock
Q8 Samsung LH351D 4000K 90CRI
tnx jason!
Samsung LH351D looks very nice!
They really are! in person, even better, might be the best LEDs i’ve seen thus far.
And I bought only 8 of the Samsungs
Thats exactly what i said after i installed these on my Q8! “Damnit, i on;ly bought 8???”
Did you bridge the feathers on your Q8 with Samsung Led?
beg pardon?
I think ‘deus1ex’ is asking if you’ve “bypassed the springs” on your Q8 with the Samsung emitters. 
Ah! TYVM!
& yes, both lights are bypassed.
Yes that’s what I meant. Thank you
Speaking of Samsungs, since I happen to have both stock and LH351D (4000K high CRI) right now, here’s a side-by-side shot with daylight white balance.
Just re-tested my q8 after recalibrating my sphere with the maukka lights.
I replaced the tail pcb with a copper disc and bypassed the springs with 20ga Teflon wire, passed through the copper and soldered. I also replaced the fet with a SIRA20DP. LEDs are stock. I also added the kaidomain AR glass. Brass screws on the driver and the tail plate.
I got 5,966 lumens at start and 5,586 at 30 seconds. I’m pretty happy with the results.
I like that, I have done a few like that, called it the inner bling, makes it a true keeper, well done my man! :+1:
Yours looks a lot cleaner though. Very nice. Makes me want to take it apart to polish it now. I did the super stiff springs that mtn offers. They’re a little skinnier diameter but heavier gauge and they got rid of the butt-bump blink.