KeeperSD
Enlightened
Question was raised, when Lumens Factory announced that they were to release a new LED drop in, but it would not fit into the Wolf Eyes D26 lights, should Wolf eyes look to modify their lights slightly to accept the large amounts of LED drop ins that are already available. Rather than hijack the Lumens Factory thread, i thought (as did the mods) I would start a new thread where it can be discussed. Along with the possibility of stirring some interest at the WE factory if enough people express some interest in the thread.
The quotes below are where the conversation began in the LF thread, hopefully it can continue on from here. While the original question was targetted towards LED drop ins, as can be seen by Cernobila's post, there are incan drop ins too that WE won't accept.
If the depth is the problem, could it be solved with a slightly different bezel, or would the whole body need to be modified? It would be nice if could be fixed with a change in bezel, that way it would be cost effective to modify any WE already owned.
I would also be interested to hear from non WE owners, if they could accept all drop ins, would you be more likely to purchase a WE light?
Maybe the dealers could also chime in on this thread with their thoughts/opinions.
The quotes below are where the conversation began in the LF thread, hopefully it can continue on from here. While the original question was targetted towards LED drop ins, as can be seen by Cernobila's post, there are incan drop ins too that WE won't accept.
I had thought of that too but then dismissed it thinking that the company would not be interested since they already offer drop ins that fit.
Is it the width or the depth of the other drop ins that cause problems for the WE?
Maybe Glen could shed some light on WE stance on this type of modification, although this is a little of topic - if the mods would prefer i will start a new topic for this discussion.
WE is a progressive company and does listen to its customer base so don't give up on them. I contacted Glen myself to see if this would be a possibility. The more people that will contact Glen on this issue the more feedback he can give the WE factory.......It is the depth that is the only issue, the width is fine, it needs to be about 7mm deeper/longer to fit the Dereelight 5AQ2 and the FM-D26. I believe that most of the other longer drop-ins are of similar size.
If the depth is the problem, could it be solved with a slightly different bezel, or would the whole body need to be modified? It would be nice if could be fixed with a change in bezel, that way it would be cost effective to modify any WE already owned.
I would also be interested to hear from non WE owners, if they could accept all drop ins, would you be more likely to purchase a WE light?
Maybe the dealers could also chime in on this thread with their thoughts/opinions.
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