I picked up this Wolf Eyes Boxer host for cheap. Its an obsolete HID model that came with no emitter or battery carrier.
I unscrewed the retaining ring and exposed this inner cap that is where the HID bulb fits in. This "cap" is made of plastic and does not seem to be threaded in. I don't know what's anchoring it, but I cant get it out.
Okay. Let's look at it from the other end. Looking in from the tailcap, you can see where the battery carrier goes in.
I already have it unthreaded, but you can see where the specialized battery carrier has four contact points. I looked it up, and the carrier itself is expensive. I do have several series carriers that I can fit.
Here's the interesting part. Beneath the carrier contact, it appears that all the HID electronics are still in the light and sealed with what looks like some kind of liquid bakelite that was poured in and hardened. The wires from the contact ring are going through it.
These electronics take up about two inches in the end of the tube.
So what do you think? Should I say "electronics be damned" and just chip everything out of there with an ice pick and hope god will guide my hand with the aftermath. Just smash it out and hope I can come up with a plan for its soul?
Other decisions that need to be made are how I'm going to install the emitter, and what kind.
I was hoping an MTG would fit, but you can see the reflector sits right on top of the wire pads.
Here's a 10mm sinkpad. It's doable.
I could probably grind down a 16mm sinkpad so it would fit right inside the reflector.
Anyway folks, I need some guidance. Should I just hack out those "electronics" so there's no turning back, and what emitter and how to mount it.