I wouldnt do that. Everytime you would slide the door the grounding spring would rub against the door....more wear and tear. Also you would have to push the spring in everytime you closed the door.
Kicked Reo Grand & 18490?
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To be honest, a length of insulated stranded speaker wire has worked better for me than removing the anodizing. And I can easily swap my Kicks to 18650 Woodvils. You just skin both ends of the wire and twist-tie one end to the Kick's ground spring and then bend the other end at a right angle and stick it between the coils of the Reo's ground spring. The 18490 battery holds it in place.
Kicked my 18490 today nice little Power house REO 
I still like my VVW better though. Nice for packing in the pocket for meetings and such. Not my every day REO but will do the job when needed. This is set up with a cisco 1.5 306 not sure where the Kick is set at but it sure cranking on that little atty. Looking forward to the VV-Grand next.
I still like my VVW better though. Nice for packing in the pocket for meetings and such. Not my every day REO but will do the job when needed. This is set up with a cisco 1.5 306 not sure where the Kick is set at but it sure cranking on that little atty. Looking forward to the VV-Grand next.
ok, so I used the scratch & dent on my grand...(broke my heart)..my grand has always been my baby...so I took some nice hits and...........omg! head rush, dizzy...my kicked grand kicked my .... a little...might...go ...a little ....light on...the nic...
Kicked my 18490 today nice little Power house REO
hey Wayne where can i get the little spacer your using to keep the kick straight ?
Kicked my 18490 today nice little Power house REO
Very nice!
I've noticed lately with my kicked grand that if I leave the battery in and let it sit for several hours, I'll come back and the battery is dead. Has anyone else had this happen? I'm wondering ofaybe it's time to replace my kick.
I don't let my Kicked Grand sit for too long. 
It likes to spend a lot of time in my hand. I have noticed something similar to what you are asking. Often in the morning after it sat all night the battery seems to die down a little. I change mine oout in the morning anyway when I get up. I am starting to believe, but not sure, that the Kick uses a little power even when idling. With that being said though the most I ever change batteries, after installing the first morning battery, is twice a day if I am vaping heavily.
It likes to spend a lot of time in my hand. I have noticed something similar to what you are asking. Often in the morning after it sat all night the battery seems to die down a little. I change mine oout in the morning anyway when I get up. I am starting to believe, but not sure, that the Kick uses a little power even when idling. With that being said though the most I ever change batteries, after installing the first morning battery, is twice a day if I am vaping heavily.
I got my kick yesterday and was experimenting with it- thought LR attys would fire up really hot in it and I pushed it close to 9watts- I wasn't impressed. Then today, I put on a 2.3ohm Joye atty (like I enjoy on my VVWoodvil at 4.5V) on my 18490 Reo using an 18350 battery and actually had to lower the watts to about 8.5. When I did this, I got plumes of vapor!! I then measured my output under load and it's at 4.5Volts! So, essentially, with the higher ohm atty I'm getting pretty much the same vaping as I get on my VVWoodvil.
Rhaps- thanks for adding 18490 to the name of this thread! Now I can relax and vape knowing it's not just about the Grand!!
I like your kick holder I have some of those.
Forgot to post a picture of my 18490 Reo being kicked:
Yeah, you really don't need anything fancy in there- whatever holds it secure!!
do you have it grounded on the back of your mod rather than the side ?
Hey Scott- yes, that's the way I grounded mine...otherwise it is difficult to put in that carto cap as a holder. It works very well this way. If you look at the kick, there is a brass circular piece that sticks up at the very top. The carto cap (or plug) fits snugly wedged in between the body of the kick and that center brass piece but still gives it support between the body of the Reo and the kick...I only scratched off about a 1/4 inch square section in the back...if your room is quiet, you can "hear" when the wire on the kick makes contact with that section as you turn the kick into that spot with a "scratching" sound. I hope this helps!
I've noticed that on my kicked grand I was getting really bad battery life, would need to change out batt every few hours. Also had noticeably reduced power when battery got around 3.8v. So I took out the kick and checked out the spring, tried pulling it out a little and the end of it snapped off. It is a preeetty thin conductor anyhow, so I stripped off an inch long piece of solid 18awg wire and carefully fed it in under the spring sitting on top of the pcb and brought it out the side so it would be used to ground the kick to my grand. Had to wedge it in my grand a bit but ever since I've been getting superb battery life, even better than when I first started using the kick! Change out the aw imr 18490 maybe once a day, am very pleased! The spring IS very thin for the amount of amperage this thing is producing, also the fact that there must be some resistance between it and the body of your mod. It is understandable though why they had to make it so thin, so it wouldn't get stuck in certain tube mods - but for those who are electronically capable I would definitely suggest this little modification. Just make sure not to short the thing out against the positive connection! 
Great idea!! I've had intermittent connection problems with my Kick now that I've been using it for awhile- cleaned that little spring and even used Naolox on it to no avail. Pictures of what you describe would be great!! I haven't done it yet, but I've even been considering running a wire to the bottom spring on my Reo.I've noticed that on my kicked grand I was getting really bad battery life, would need to change out batt every few hours. Also had noticeably reduced power when battery got around 3.8v. So I took out the kick and checked out the spring, tried pulling it out a little and the end of it snapped off. It is a preeetty thin conductor anyhow, so I stripped off an inch long piece of solid 18awg wire and carefully fed it in under the spring sitting on top of the pcb and brought it out the side so it would be used to ground the kick to my grand. Had to wedge it in my grand a bit but ever since I've been getting superb battery life, even better than when I first started using the kick! Change out the aw imr 18490 maybe once a day, am very pleased! The spring IS very thin for the amount of amperage this thing is producing, also the fact that there must be some resistance between it and the body of your mod. It is understandable though why they had to make it so thin, so it wouldn't get stuck in certain tube mods - but for those who are electronically capable I would definitely suggest this little modification. Just make sure not to short the thing out against the positive connection!
more than likely a warranty voider, but the end of my spring broke off anyway and its the only kick i have (dont have any good 18650's atm either). wedged in there pretty good too, had to use a small flathead screwdriver to push the copper wire into the spot where i wirebrushed the anondizing off.
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And do you have the kick running with a flat top? Does it have to be a flat top? I've got a couple high drains that are not flat tops I was hoping to use with them in the phidias. Just curious.
Mine are not flat-tops...I don't have any flat-tops except Panasonic 18650's and they wouldn't work w/ a Kick anyway.
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