I see this a lot on a certain big modding thread. It’s amazing to me at least that some here consider it a “successful” mod when they hack up a nice expensive flash as a “last resort” to change for instance an LED/driver applying of all things a big a*s VICE GRIP to the body, pill, head, etc., with enough pressure to turn things into an OVAL or plain mar up the living sh*t out of it yet go on and on about how beautiful the flash, the finish, the anodizing, etc., WAS when they first received it is almost, well, fooking Outer Limits incredulous.
Yeah if they’ve used Loctite Red level glue whattya expect? You might as well use HEAT to soften the thread locker, destroy the driver, and/or the original LED, which ya dislike so who cares, with an LED/driver, which is relatively simpler to replace with the factory same or one ya like.
When I read about someone doing this sort of hacking and are painfully proud of the result it tells me everything I need to know. And you should know. This is HACKSVILLE. Don’t do watt they do.
AKA Amateur Hour. If you really gotta go to this extent just to change the LED/driver to a more pleasant subjective outcome consider the above alternative before ya use extreme crushing or gouging pressure. Yer better off, the flash is certainly better off, and most of all ya ain’t plastering mod BS all over BLF so some noob follows in yer fooked-up “technique”. In other words the community in general benefits moreso overall.
Don’t tell me whatta great job it was, how it was worth it, and the end results was worthwhile, ok?. It wasn’t. It’s hackmanship to those that enjoy seeing ingenuity and craftsmanship to solve the problem. If ya maul things up to THAT EXTENT, that ain’t modding, that’s hamburgers on a skewer.
PS. If I take my 2021 $80k BMW to the dealer to repair the driveshaft and I look underneath and see fooking deep GROOVE GOUGES all over it whatta think I would tell the service manager? This?..…
“Ya know, I’m sure glad your best service tech did that. It’s underneath the car I know so a little scratch here and there is no BFD. Now when I try to resell it and the buyer pays for an inspection I’m pretty sure they’re gonna give me accolades for having only Senior ASE certified BMW dealer mechanics work on it. And the extra deep gouges on the driveshaft are certainly proof of that. I hope the junior techs took notes and do this kind of outstanding workmanship on others too.”
Promulgating anywhere brute hackmanship when it doesn’t require it sucks. This is like demolishing a nice house so ya can “improve” things, ya dig? Applies here too.
PSS. Now ya really know why my middle name is Frank. I tend to be.
PSSS. This Thread I expect will get locked up pretty soon. Ya know, redlined.