Ok.. I have decided to mod my Arc LS. I was able to safely remove the retaining ring by using a dremel on it. I have the light apart. I have a couple of questions in regard to what I'd like to do to the light from here on out.
1) Replace the LED - I want to replace the stock LED with a LuxIII. I know that I need to de-solder it from the board. Once I de-solder it, how do I physically remove it from the board? I'm going to leave the boards output in it's stock configuration.
Once I have removed the old LED how do I go about attaching the new LuxIII on the board? How do I center it?
2) Reflector - I know there is a reflector for the LS available from Flashlightlens.com but I'm not sure which one it is. Does this reflector need to be modified or can I just drop it in & have it work?
3) White optic retainer ring - I assume that I no longer need this but I just want to be sure.
Please let me know if there are any parts or steps that I have missed. I'm going to order up all the items tonight.
Thanks for all your help & this modding stuff is addictive. I'm not even done with this 1st one and I'm ready to do another!
1) Replace the LED - I want to replace the stock LED with a LuxIII. I know that I need to de-solder it from the board. Once I de-solder it, how do I physically remove it from the board? I'm going to leave the boards output in it's stock configuration.
Once I have removed the old LED how do I go about attaching the new LuxIII on the board? How do I center it?
2) Reflector - I know there is a reflector for the LS available from Flashlightlens.com but I'm not sure which one it is. Does this reflector need to be modified or can I just drop it in & have it work?
3) White optic retainer ring - I assume that I no longer need this but I just want to be sure.
Please let me know if there are any parts or steps that I have missed. I'm going to order up all the items tonight.
Thanks for all your help & this modding stuff is addictive. I'm not even done with this 1st one and I'm ready to do another!