DeadEyeIce
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I have read CPF for a long time but never joined or posted until today. So HI YALL!!
My stepdad asked me to try to find and purchase more of the surefire light he currently has, he didn't know the model number and is out of town. I believe I have tracked it down to being a G2ZX. In the process of researching I discovered the P2x Fury series. I fell in love with features of several different models but, could not get what I wanted ready to go out of the box.
The idea hit me why not Frankenstein or Lego together what I wanted from the available models, sure I would wind up with one ideal model and 1 or 2 that though not ideal would be good to leave in the jeep for emergency, or the bedside table. Forgive me if I use wrong terminology in some parts but in fairly new to moding. I wouldn't consider myself a flashlight snob or flashaholic, well yet at least. I do appreciate quality lights and bright lights as well.
So Here is where I am at. I like the body (Host?) of the P2ZX/G2ZX models, but want at least a dual mode light. I like the intellibeam idea, but I would prefer it had 3 modes (intellibeam,high,low) and I understand that it has gotten several bad reviews and is not well liked by the members that have tried one. I think it will work for my purpose. So I got the thought Frankenstein/Lego together the light you want for EDC and use the leftovers to make a backup.
So here come the plans and questions I understand that the newer surefire lights the head is threaded on the the host, but is locked on by some sort of glue or thread locker. I assume this can be defeated by a bit of heat and elbow grease, is that correct? Is so I would like to put the intellibeam head on either a G2ZX or P2ZX host. Will the P2x head work well on the nitrilon host of the G2ZX or does it need the aluminum host as a heatsink? I assume all of the circuitry of the intellibeam function is housed in the haed and on the driver board. So what I would end up with on this light is a P2ZX/G2ZX host sandwitched between a P2X intellibeam haed and tailcap switch.
On the spare parts light I would switch out the twist switch for a tail cap with a click style switch, either a surefire or maybe a Mcclicky? the left over host from the P2X IB and the single mode head from the G2ZX/P2ZX. Which starts round 2 of the questions. I read a post explaining how to cut a trace on the driver board to disable the low function on a dual mode model. Is this the same way surefire disables the low on the Tactical/Defender/Combat models, by breaking a trace, or is the circuitry completely left out of the driver board? If it is just a broken trace I would like to bridge the break with solder and reenable (sp?) the dual mode function of the spare parts light.
Thanks in advance for all of the info and advice.
Ice
My stepdad asked me to try to find and purchase more of the surefire light he currently has, he didn't know the model number and is out of town. I believe I have tracked it down to being a G2ZX. In the process of researching I discovered the P2x Fury series. I fell in love with features of several different models but, could not get what I wanted ready to go out of the box.
The idea hit me why not Frankenstein or Lego together what I wanted from the available models, sure I would wind up with one ideal model and 1 or 2 that though not ideal would be good to leave in the jeep for emergency, or the bedside table. Forgive me if I use wrong terminology in some parts but in fairly new to moding. I wouldn't consider myself a flashlight snob or flashaholic, well yet at least. I do appreciate quality lights and bright lights as well.
So Here is where I am at. I like the body (Host?) of the P2ZX/G2ZX models, but want at least a dual mode light. I like the intellibeam idea, but I would prefer it had 3 modes (intellibeam,high,low) and I understand that it has gotten several bad reviews and is not well liked by the members that have tried one. I think it will work for my purpose. So I got the thought Frankenstein/Lego together the light you want for EDC and use the leftovers to make a backup.
So here come the plans and questions I understand that the newer surefire lights the head is threaded on the the host, but is locked on by some sort of glue or thread locker. I assume this can be defeated by a bit of heat and elbow grease, is that correct? Is so I would like to put the intellibeam head on either a G2ZX or P2ZX host. Will the P2x head work well on the nitrilon host of the G2ZX or does it need the aluminum host as a heatsink? I assume all of the circuitry of the intellibeam function is housed in the haed and on the driver board. So what I would end up with on this light is a P2ZX/G2ZX host sandwitched between a P2X intellibeam haed and tailcap switch.
On the spare parts light I would switch out the twist switch for a tail cap with a click style switch, either a surefire or maybe a Mcclicky? the left over host from the P2X IB and the single mode head from the G2ZX/P2ZX. Which starts round 2 of the questions. I read a post explaining how to cut a trace on the driver board to disable the low function on a dual mode model. Is this the same way surefire disables the low on the Tactical/Defender/Combat models, by breaking a trace, or is the circuitry completely left out of the driver board? If it is just a broken trace I would like to bridge the break with solder and reenable (sp?) the dual mode function of the spare parts light.
Thanks in advance for all of the info and advice.
Ice
