Malkoff 3 D cell drop in

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I recieved my Malkoff 3d drop in and yikes its bright :thumbsup:, I think I burned out my retinas :D, is there anyway to clean up the beam I dont think I cut off the cone the right way . by the way the post office must have flown it here on a F22 raptor something it was fast .
 
I recieved my Malkoff 3d drop in and yikes its bright :thumbsup:, I think I burned out my retinas :D, is there anyway to clean up the beam I dont think I cut off the cone the right way . by the way the post office must have flown it here on a F22 raptor something it was fast .

You might wanna try the light orange peel reflector from Malkoff to clean up the beam. Yes, Gene ships his products fast.
 
I have 2 more drop-ins coming (should arrive today). If you have a spare reflector, go to K-Mart and get a can of KRYLON CLEAR ACRYLIC SPRAY. Hold the can about 18" above the reflector and give it a few even sprays. Let it dry and put it back in the light to see how the beam is. Perform it again until your satisfied. Mine turned out very nice.
 
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I have one of Gene's stippled reflectors. I also have smooth reflectors. The stippled reflector will smooth out the beam, but cut the throw. My experience was to first use the stippled reflector and I really liked the beam. Then I tried one of my cut down ones and discovered that you don't really see the beam irregularities when outside. You see them on an inside wall.

I suggest using a tight beam setting outside at night and see how that works out before spraying your reflector. You might like what you see with a tight focus. I get great throw and fine spill.

The reflector needs to be cut off about 1/8" from the cone. I evened my cut out with a belt sander.
 
Sweet I will have to tinker with it tonight , I was doing my pretrip on my semi this mornig at about 3 Am and its a scorcher .
 
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