Wow! Nice comparison! I've been impressed with my stock one.
apt323, I had to do a double-take when I saw your avatar and make sure it was you. You been lurking behind the scenes or just coming and going? Anyway, glad to see you're still around!
That tint shift is a very good thing in my opinion ,the standard light is a bit cold and the full zoom looks much better also, this with just a de-dome has to be one of the best bang for buck flashlights out there
If I wasn’t being lazy I’d de-solder the star and only soak that. But I was feeling ultra lazy and the Zeusray was such a bargain price I honestly didn’t want to faff about with the soldering iron so just chucked the entire pill in.
Look in the very first pic. There is a brown plastic cover that hides the star and led leads. This is to make the projection on full zoom cleaner. The petrol seems to have eaten this plastic partly. But it hasn’t caused any harm overall and I can’t see any real issues with the beam.
If you have the time, de-solder the star and just soak the led. But I don’t think it’s caused any real harm chucking the whole pill in. Just make sure it still seats well on the pill.
You can take out the brown reflector before you dedome the led if you want, it is a little bit tricky but with some pliers its possible to remove intact and reassemble afterwards.
EDIT
Here is a picture from Tom E that helped me take it out safely.