Upgrading and heat sink question; also my first post

Before I knew this forum existed, I purchased a cree led C8 knockoff. I say knockoff because I've never heard of the name. "pocketman" It boasted 3000 lumens, which I doubted but it only cost $6. With that being said, could I replace the LED, switch, and other parts as sort of a project? I see plenty of C8 parts (closely resembles this), but not sure how much this thing could handle (lumens, heat, etc). It doesn't appear to have a heat sink.


This particular piece above is silver in my flashlight. Is this considered the heat sink? I'm not entirely sure I could fit a heat sink into this light. This light uses an 18650 battery. The tail cap clicky has high, med, low, and strobe settings. There is no memory, so when I turn it on, it automatically chooses the next setting. Ive always been interested in putting together my own led flashlight, and thought this would be a cheap way to try it out. Anything you guys can offer would be helpful.

Had I looked a little harder I would have found the answer. I apologize for this post.

Welcome! No worries, glad you found what you were looking for. There are a bunch of great places we like to frequent for repair/ upgrade parts. Mountain Electronics; Illum; International Outdoor; Nightmods; Customlites - and those are just the ones I've visited over the last couple weeks

Plenty of modders here, so don't be afraid to ask. More information than your wallet can handle!

If you want, this c8 can be over 2000-2500lumen with right driver and xhp70
Kaidomain has many part, you can find something on it
But normal mod would be replace the led( xhp hi) driver(blf a6, 8*7135), change the glass to coated one
It will be a little thrower