New D36 drop inn's anybody ?

[Rat]

The D36 drop in for a M3
I hate the foam in the head of a M3.
Why can nobody come up with a reflector that is deeper and have the end of the reflector up against the lens doing away with the foam ?
I think it would make a great thrower and doing away with the foam is a bonus.
You would have to think they would make a great seller. We just need somebody to take it on and have the reflectors made
Anybody.
While I am on the topic about D36 drop inns where are all the triples & quads?

[smokelaw1]

While I am on the topic about D36 drop inns where are all the triples & quads?

I've wondered this myself. Would there be room in a D36 for reflectored quads? What about multi XM-L? I think a 3XML (might be too tight) sitting on a Fivemega D36 body running a 32650 would be a great cargo pocket mega blaster.

[maxspeeds]

Bumping this thread in the hopes that there is a better solution for those of us wanting to mod our M3 heads

[Flea Bag]

Bump! I've got two M3 heads sitting around waiting for someone to either come up with a drop-in that does away with the foam or a head/bezel that does away with the foam.

[Rat]

Bump! I've got two M3 heads sitting around waiting for someone to either come up with a drop-in that does away with the foam or a head/bezel that does away with the foam.

This would be a big seller drop-in one would think. Good to see you guys giving this post a bump maybe one of the many cool builders out there will take it on.

cheers

[Flea Bag]

Lumens Factory got close with their Seraph head but unfortunately, they made it for the C/P series heads and as such, most LED D36 drop-ins won't work in it!

[PCC]

What about Nailbender's D36 drop-ins?

[Flea Bag]

Nailbender states specifically that his drop-ins won't fit in that head. I believe it's stated somehwhere on his D36 sales page. That makes sense anyway because the C/P collar is much smaller than the M collar and so the larger diameter reflector of the D36 drop-ins may have difficulty fitting into such a head.

[Rat]

What about Nailbender's D36 drop-ins?

I have a few of Nailbenders D36 drop ins. He has made me a XML & SST90 they work great in my M3's. But I hate the foam it’s a pain and falls inside the reflector all the time when doing it up. What I was after was a drop in that you no longer used the foam and by doing so you could have a deeper reflector giving it better throw and making use of all the extra room in the bezel.

[PCC]

Ah, I see. I thought those D36 drop-ins replaced the shock absorbing system and stock reflector. My own M3 will use an optic, the Ledil Iris.

[Silgt]

I think the problem will be getting a supply of the deep reflector...

[T45]

WOW! here I thought I was the only guy that wondered about this mod for the M3!

[Flea Bag]

Good news guys! The new Lumens Factory M-Series Mini-Turbohead is just what we're looking for! No more shock-isolation foam! At this time, I'm not sure if it will fit the stock SF reflector to be used with a MD10 tower or Nailbender's drop-ins but there's a good chance that it will! The new and old generation Lumens Factory D36 drop-ins both fit in the head as they do the original M3 head so I think dimensions should be pretty similar! Heat dissipation should be better too! Discussion thread here: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...ion&highlight=

[Rat]

Good news guys! The new Lumens Factory M-Series Mini-Turbohead is just what we're looking for! No more shock-isolation foam! At this time, I'm not sure if it will fit the stock SF reflector to be used with a MD10 tower or Nailbender's drop-ins but there's a good chance that it will! The new and old generation Lumens Factory D36 drop-ins both fit in the head as they do the original M3 head so I think dimensions should be pretty similar! Heat dissipation should be better too! Discussion thread here: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...ion&highlight=

This is good news I think ?
So are you 100% sure that the new LF D36 Generation 2 Reflector Module, XM-L does away with the shock-isolation foam ? That means the reflector would be nice and deep ? It just does not look that deep in the pictures.
If this is true and it does away with the foam and the reflector is nice and deep than I am buying two straight up. I will send one away for a direct drive SST90 mod.

Let me know if you can confirm this please.

cheers

[Lobstradomus]

This is good news I think ?
So are you 100% sure that the new LF D36 Generation 2 Reflector Module, XM-L does away with the shock-isolation foam? That means the reflector would be nice and deep ? It just does not look that deep in the pictures.
If this is true and it does away with the foam and the reflector is nice and deep than I am buying two straight up. I will send one away for a direct drive SST90 mod.

Let me know if you can confirm this please.

cheers

According to Mark from Lumens Factory in the thread over in the LED Flashlights section:

The modules were not designed to fit on stock SF M3 heads. But I do remember someone modding our D36 incan and LED modules into stock SF M3 heads before long ago, but it was never designed to be used on stock M3 heads.

[Rat]

Ok after reading that other thread looks like it was to good to be true.
Still no deep D36 drop inn that takes up the whole area inside a M3 bezel the wait continues.

cheers