Hi
I got four of these cheap AAA flashlights to put in emitters in various colours. They’re not the best quality, but still a nice aluminium tube and these are for occasional tinkering.
Any thoughts on how to safely remove the plastic lens at the front. It appears to be friction fit and quite out of ideas 
B
the lens will probably come out the bottom:
different light, maybe similar?:
more pics of the process of changing the LED in this Album
good photo
that driver sits on a shelf in the pill
looks like the silver threaded part is the pill and would need to unscrew: (it might be glued in)
I have one of those, or very similar. I agree it looks like the mcpcb and reflector were put in from the front (I believe I can see the entire width of the reflector under the lens).
I’ll tinker around with it later. I don’t mind destroying mine.
Edit, looks like I was wrong. See below.
Check this on AliExpress (not affiliated).
You will find, in buyers pictures, that there is a pill, corresponding to the part below the knurling in the head. It can be dissassembled. It is not in the place indicated by @jon_slider , but a little bit above.
Here are 2 screenshots from that product (in case you can’t open the link):
It appears you may need to pound out the entire head assembly from the lens side. I’ve done this with other cheapo flashlights.
And in order to preserve the plastic lens, you can use a wooden dowel about the same size as the lens and gently hammer the entire assembly thru the head.
Mission accomplished. Thanks everyone. I have very bad near visions but thank goodness for high magnification.
