I recently modded a Intl-Outdoor C8 V2 to take a MT-G2. the V2 version has a nice flat area around the XM-L led that is perfect for drilling. the light itself handles the 18w of heat pretty well as well. so for those that have a V2 C8 and already bought the excellent V4 of this light…. get modding.
I used the Q Lite driver from Mtn Electronics and the zener mod and the resistor mod to do up the driver. Also used the MT-G2 from them on the noctigon board.
I had some AW IMR 18350’s from some previous gun lights so i snagged those batteries to get the higher voltage needed.
Had to drill out the reflector on my drill press to get it all to fit……this is my first go at something this custom… few scratches on the reflector from the bits of aluminum flying around. It irks the perfectionist in me but it really doesnt affect the beam.
i also cut some kaidomain XM-L isolation XM-L stickers to fit this light to prevent the contacts from shorting the reflector.
it pretty much equals my skyray king and supfire m6. just doesnt last as long.
overall…. i love it. its somewhat impractical but its great for illuminating a mechanical room to the nth degree at work lol.
You beat me to it! Lol, I built one about a month ago with a XinTD V4, same setup, I just didn't get around to taking any pictures before I tore it all apart again. I tried dedoming the MT-G2 but in this reflector I didn't like to beam pattern as much.
^^when you did the V4 version, did you drill the reflector to fit the LED dome or the Dome and the board beneath it? I like to overtighten everything so i drilled the reflector to clear the dome and the board beneath it.
I forgot, i used some arctic silver heatsink paste beneath the noctigon board. the light gets the heat to the host pretty fast. alot faster than my v4 XM-L2 version.
runtime shumntime lol.
when i plug in my cell phone, i pop the batteries from this in the charger. its a charge every day light.
I like it. Its good to here how it compares to your other lights. You just need some Ultrafire 5000mAh 18350’s now for some decent run times. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I used a reamer to open up the hole. The way that the reflector screws into the pill makes centering the reflector a bit easier than it was with my C12 MT-G2 build. I drilled it to just fit the dome then used an insulator to push on the flat square part of the emitter.
i think the beam profile is more like my M6 than my King. still insane flood but a little tighter than the King. my King is rewired with silver coated teflon wire and T6 3c emitters so its a little cooler than the MT-G2 C8 but not as cool as the M6 as it is cool white T6 emitters…. soon to be XM-L2 3C emitters on noctigons.
next MT-G2 build will be more amps in a Mag 2D with king Kong 26650’s for runtime.
nasty iphone pics… for now….
XinTD C8 V4
MT-G2
you get the point though. slightly dimmer hotspot than the C8 V4 but tons more flood and overall light in the area.
next time i do something like this, ill use a reamer in the drill press.
the isolation discs i had to cut by hand with a pair of scissors… turned out awesome given the tools. one was stuck to the underside of the reflector like the original, the other was stuck to the noctigon board so there was slick, hard plastic faces touching each other while i was tightening it together.
i almost forgot… i took some vacuum tubing from a 89 chrysler lebaron turbo GTC and stretched it out a little more so it was thinner and slid it over the LED wires, through the MCPCB wire/screw holes and into the pill holes before soldering so that I didnt chop off the wires while tightening the reflector over the board. worked great. ive done that on a few lights now.
I was too chicken to mess up the nice XinTD reflector using power tools... I used a T-Handle reamer. It really only took me about five minutes with the reamer and a hand file to get it to where I wanted it to be.
Thanks for sharing.
