I was looking to see if someone had done any modifications on the Rogues and found your thread.
I have a Rogue I and I was curious if it came apart as well. The pill of mine was threaded into the bezel. The same threads in the inside of the bezel also thread onto the body of the flashlight. Because this is the point where water could enter the body of the flashlight, mine came all lubed up. This allowed me to stick needle-nose pliers into the two holes of the pill inside the bezel and unscrew. The lube helped free things up very easily. I am not sure what made yours so difficult to unlock.
Unfortunately, once I unscrewed the pill out of the bezel, it didnt get me too far. The pill is jacketed by an aluminum sleeve that is press fit around the pill and doesnt allow for much tinkering. I suppose you could rip out the existing LED and resolder in a different one...? Thats as far as I got.
(sorry at work without my flashlight, so no pictures... perhaps later if I remember...
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I'd like to find a drop-in for the whole pill but I dont know if they exist. I'm more of a headlamp guy so my knowledge of drop-in's is limited to pretty much the P-60 standard.
J. Peel