Guys, I recently upgraded my EZ AA I got from Boaz with an xp-g R4 3D tint emitter. Wow! This is now officially my favorite key chain light (Sorry fenix!). If you have one already, I can't recommend this mod enough.... Beam is perfect, tint is perfect, and output is almost too good to be true. I'll try and get a post up shorty....
I just made a drop in with a XP-G R43D and that is my favorite tint also. The question is what size star fits in the EZ AA because I can't wait to dot his mod? Thanks
Match, how did you get the pill removed from the head? Did you just heat it up with a propane torch like the Tank007 E07? I tried using the "extreme force" method and just ended up with threading gouges in my index finger..
Well, I'm on vacation too...but figured I'd respond quick to this since I haven't posted the teardown pics yet.
Yes, I used a propane torch to heat up the head. No reverse threading or any of that nonsense... it unscrews normally. But it does take a bit of heat to loosen up the glue. It may be unsettling to take a torch to a not-so-budget light, but that's what needs to happen. Once heated up enough, the head should come apart easily enough without any galling.
Once apart, the led can be unsoldered and replaced without further teardown.
For bonus points, compress the battery spring on the base of the pcb slightly and solder in place. This will reduce the amount of twisting from low to high from 1.5 turns to just a half a turn. This is what I did on mine.
Trust me I know, I have a coupe 501As with the XPG R4 3D tint and a R5A3 with a neutral XML. My EZ has a very neutral tint lottery winner tint on it compared to others I have seen. It will get done eventually when i grow some nuts and finish the dozen or so projects i am buried under now.
:)..I like that patient sitting in a corner .. the nurse comes into the psychiatrist and says " doctor there's a patient in the waiting room who thinks he's invisible" ...
the doctor says to her .." tell him I can't see him "
tx101 //sending you paypal info ..if you mod these use the torch you'll never get them apart with sheer force and just end up tearing up the knurling.... ;(