I'm putting together an AP kit and trimmed it down to the minimum cut lines. I have a large gap all around my torso causing it to fit funny. I'm 5'6" and 130 lbs. I think I need to trim off more along the edges connecting the ab and kidney plates and maybe give the whole torso a hot water bath to make it curve into a smaller circle around me. This is pretty drastic so I want to poll the community for other suggestions first. Am I missing something obvious? Did I screw up something?
Back: In the gap between the back and kidney plate you can see the space between me and the armor. The red lines are roughly the outline of my torso. I've got a 32" inch waist and the belt is 38". The belt barely fits around the armor with only hair's width of overlap on the velcro.
Right side closeup:
Left side closeup:
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Front: Here you can see the kidney plate is wider than the ab plate. I may have to give the kidney plate a hot water bath to make it curve more and then trim off a bit.
