How to remove the INOVA X1/X5t bezel.

Step1
- Unscrew the tailcap and remove batteries.
- Dunk the body into water oo:
- When the body is filled with water, close the tailcap.

*note*
You may push a positive battery contact using a stick so that the head
part will quickly be filled with water.


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Step2
- Put it into a freezer bag and FREEZE it.
- Wait until the water inside the body turns to ice.


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Step3
- When it's freezed, water expands and pushes out the bezel! You can
see a gap between the bezel and body in the picture.


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Step4
- To widen the gap, melt the ice and repeat the steps. You may need
to repeat two or three times to remove the bezel easily.


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Step5
- The bezel should have no scratch and be flawless with this method.
You can disassemble other parts after you remove the bezel. Now you
can mod it as you like :thumbsup:



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Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

very interesting. never thought about that. thanks for posting. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

Amazing /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

Very clever! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

that's the best technique i've seen! simple and clean.
very nice.

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

Is this the weakest point in the light? As I think about this, I wonder if this could split the body or pop the tail cap off if the head were REALLY stuck in there good...

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

that end is not threaded, the tail is. as far as splitting the body, not likely.

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

Have you ever tried to do this with an X5t? I would love to have one of those with a nice 3Watt star. I fell in love with the body-design but I already have several multiple-5mm-led lights I never use, so finding a way to disasemble the x5t or one of the clones without damaging it would be great.

Chrisse

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

And how exactly might one mod the X1 to be brighter but still preserve the highly focused beam pattern??

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

i've seen a post or two about a luxeon with the stock board, or maybe it was changed to a MadMax, i'm not sure but
it was put back together with the stock lens.

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

I think I might have a go at that. One option to drive the luxeon would be to use a converter for any of the 2aa lights and power it with 1/2 of a duracell CR-V3. A little pricey though. Does any body have any other ideas. Cheaper would be good. Those CR-V3 batteries retail for about $15 each here in Canada.

cheers,

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

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sotto said:
And how exactly might one mod the X1 to be brighter but still preserve the highly focused beam pattern??

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Buy a T1 when it comes out. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

T1 is longer, right? and it uses 2 123 batteries. IIRC

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

Uses one 123 battery. 4.59" long. Specs and pic here . The T3 uses 2 batteries.

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

If the T1 turns out to have an "unfavorable" beam as well and the bezel is fitted the same way then this technique might prove usefull for the T1 as well. And even better, No need to mod to luxeon or even mess with the converter just swap optics and reflectors to your liking. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif

Re: How to remove the INOVA X1 bezel.

Very creative and simple way of doing that!
Great work, I have been wanting to mod my X1 for a while anyway, stock, its just not very useful.

Thanks for posting this.

Wildcat,
I processed two X1 by this method, but there was not the problem at all.

chrisse242,
I challenged separation of X5t, and succeeded. Of course it is a method same as X1. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Very clever.
Great!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

My mod is atarting right now~~

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Very nice, now I'll go finding a clone and see if it works the same way.

Chrisse

What does this do to the circuitry? Would it be an idea to use distilled water to forestall any unfortunate corrosion issues?

By the way, brilliant trick. Nicely done.