I know some mods have been done with these lights but I have not read every post to see which mods or what was used.
I had one of the 2 D80’s I ordered that had a weak driver in it (2.7 amps at tail at best) so I decided to see what a 17mm Standard FET with Memory driver and a XP-L HI V2 3D LED on Noctigon 20mm would do in it.
The light I modded has a spring bypass on the driver end only at the moment and it is now doing 5.2 - 5.3 amps at tailcap with a much tighter hotspot and throwing like a champ. The stock D80 with the original driver in it (the good one of the two) is doing 4.1 amps at tailcap with the tail spring bypassed.
Here are some comparison beamshots of the original and the modded one…………
Original Gate 100yds
Modded Gate 100yds
Original 175yds
Modded 175yds
Modded at 400yds (original wont make it that far)
Modded 400yds Enlarged
Original Left / Modded Right
