Mini XL's Have Arrived! Project Begins.

[dg0223]

I recently purchased these two Mini XL's online, and they're on their way to me. My first concern is getting them without having the domes cracked or damaged. That said, I was wondering if anybody out there had these with that Opticom device in them. Can I just rip that thing out? I'm not wild about it, and it really doesn't perform any function. I have some XL diamond mirrors, and ideally, I'd like to put them in the center. Does anybody know if the mini XL frame will allow me to shoehorn some diamond mirrors in there?

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

Diamond mirrors should not present a problem. I had diamond mirrors in one of mine and replaced it with a stinger.

 

[unlisted]

I wouldn't recommend ripping the opticom out however you could easily remove it by unfastening it. It won't cause any issue removing it.

 

[dg0223]

Well, I wasn't going to rip it out forcibly, I was just wondering if it was hard to remove.

 

[dg0223]

The XL's have arrived, and the cleaning has begun.

I haven't messed with the one with the Opticom emitter in it. I started with the one with the two rotators in it. I took the 1500/2500 sandpaper to the dome and I've taken the powerball to one side of it.

After work today, I'll open up the lightbar and start cleaning up the inside. It has a cylindrical filter around one of the rotators and nothing around the other one. I'm going to remove the cylindrical filter and replace it with one of the two NOS red filters I have. Thanks to one of the members on the page, I have a couple of NOS blue filters on the way. I have found some of my diamond mirrors among my spare part box and I'll install that as well.

The goal is to make this one red/blue and the other one amber/blue. Below are some before and after pictures on the first round of lens polishing.

 

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I recently purchased these two Mini XL's online, and they're on their way to me. My first concern is getting them without having the domes cracked or damaged. That said, I was wondering if anybody out there had these with that Opticom device in them. Can I just rip that thing out? I'm not wild about it, and it really doesn't perform any function. I have some XL diamond mirrors, and ideally, I'd like to put them in the center. Does anybody know if the mini XL frame will allow me to shoehorn some diamond mirrors in there?

Thanks for your help in advance.

What are you doing with the opticom strobe head?

 

[dg0223]

I am giving it to ERIC6913.

 

[ERIC6913]

And I appreciate that very much, thank you!

 

[dg0223]

No worries. I wasn't going to use it, and there's no point to put it in a box collecting dust. If someone wanted it, and I was in the position to give it to that someone, I have no problems with that at all.

 

[dg0223]

So, here's one of the XLs cleaned up. Apparently, these are XLs on the outside and LP6000s on the inside, that's why the XL filters didn't fit. I have dug up some LP6000 filters and I have some more on the way, since I took these out of my full size LP. As I had said, this one is going to be red/blue, and the other one will be blue/amber.

I also added the V mirror to increase the flash output.

 

[CrownVic97]

Yeah, Code 3 did that with the XL series for a while there. Don't know if it was a special order option or if they had run short in production of the full-size XL rotator assemblies and had to supplement the LP rotator assemblies so they could get XL bars out the door when they needed to. Who knows?