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@reeen
good tinkering scott. glad it worx for you.
the nonremovable clamp is defo a nogo for me. i hate clutter.
i found that if your hope slides, it's not been pre-tightened enough. it has to be rather tight and hard to hook in, but once the lever clicks in and is flipped down, it is rather solid.
in case of the colour changelings, prepolish prep would ideally include ovencleaner session against the anodize layer. better and faster, but be careful not to have it on for too long (check and scrape wit hyour fingernail till the colour comes off easy).
same for rapainting it. pait wouldn't stick to it. also use proper primer as a basecoat with bite - acid bite. halfords do the ACID #8 primer, that hooks into the alloy and readies the thing for a respray.
i'd go for enamel paint then.
just be hyper accurate to cover the lens with tape, electro or allweather tape is great. as the o-ring in the battery cap end. take it off and cut slices off electro tape then screw it tight. ;)
not that i haven't thought of a hope mod ever since i filed that disturbing nipple down :P