SoftButFirm

That's exactly my point, these two wires were long enough to reach each other. And thanks to taking advantage of pre-molded shell pegs they stay out of the way nicely.

Apparently you missed the "they normally didn't reach each other" part that I mentioned. Judging by your pictures, your wires were a lot longer than mine, so they probably vary from blaster to blaster I guess, because I cut my wires right at the button. I don't know. What I do know is that mine didn't reach each other. I said you had to connect the blue to the red. Do it how you want. I had to add wire. You might not. I guess it depends.

And "weird circuitry and adding wiring" makes it sound like I just threw random shit in there that had no purpose and just got in the way. I added a wire to make a circuit.

Sorry if I sound like a dick, I'm just a little annoyed is all.

Not to sound harsh, but your circuitry was rather odd. You added wiring that frankly did not need to be there.

Rather odd and added wiring?

I made a simple circuit with only the motor button to activate the motors.

I added the green wire between the blue and red because the they normally didn't reach each other and have the length to go where they needed.

It's not like I just threw in random stuff. I took out what could go and added what needed to be added...

I feel bad for making this guide, softbutfirm just posted his guide to taking out the locks.

Can someone say yoink?

But seriously, good write-up. A little better than mine because of the mechanical removals. I would have done that too, but I had already done all of the lock removal and thrown them away before I made this.

But good job.

-SBF-

Wow, that really is worth while; have you tried a new main spring for the triad? Also what method did you use to remove back cover before you sawed off the barrel? I am having a tough time with my hobby knife for this part even when a hammer is applied. Any ideas on how to solve this issue?
-Crazy Modder

By far, the easiest way to get that back plate off is this: Drill about a 3/8 hole DEAD CENTER in the back plate. There is a screw under the back plate that you need to take out. I'm pretty sure prying it off is literally impossible. All you will do is ruin the plastic. Hope this helps.

And OP, this is really nice. Good work. I like my triad too much to try this though

I've been doing this same mod to the tac lights that come with the Recon. Your write up is real spot on. But at Step 6 and beyond is were we differ.

Step 6 once you clean the board from the red led, just solder the new bright white led to the board,, trim the the excess legs and assemble.

Unless by doing steps 7-12 you trying to avoid the sides of the barrel from lighting up, which in that case you would need to relocate the bulb closer to the end.

Thanks,
James

Thanks for the feedback. Always good to hear other opinions. But the reason I relocated the LED to the front was because I thought if I kept it in the back, I would just get a small white circle about the size of the original red LED circle (Which wasn't that big). So I moved the white LED to the front, allowing it to spread more around the room. But I never did try just soldering it straight to the board, so you might be right - you might just be able to put it right on the board.