dgelias Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Hi all, Looking for a suit I can get 501st approved. Like a lot of folks I guess, I saved up in order to finally purchase a suit (went with RT) but they are no longer making new suits. I'm 5'11", 270... it's like putting Jerome Bettis in trooper armor. Anyways, with RT out of the fight for a while, can anyone recommend the best looking suit for that height/weight? I realize I'll probably have some serious shimming to do. Thanks for any and all replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justjoseph63[Staff] Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Have you looked into AM 2.0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kredal[TK] Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I second the call for AM2! Great armor for bigger folks like us at a great price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellwolfB6[501st] Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 3rd for AM 2.0. I'm about 6'1" and 250, and I got to see a couple of sets of AM armor over the weekend. First off, it looks good. If you wanna go EIB or Centurion, there are some not so expensive tweaks you can do. If you're just interested in approval for right now, you're good to go out of the box. Second, it's huge. I'd heard it was great for us larger guys, but until I saw someone actually working with a set yesterday piecing it together, I was surprised. He was larger than me, kept trying it on and saying "Nope. Still needs to be cut down." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriumphTrooper8[501st] Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Definitely the way to go is AM. Lots of extra material and its .090" so good and thick! The other plus is the helmet is also proportion on the bigger side so you not trying to put on a disproportionate helmet compared to the rest of the kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgelias Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I love a consensus. Thanks for all the replies, folks. I'll check out AM immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'm same size, 5'11 275 but I bought am the anovos kit back during first tier. I'm hoping I'll be able to make it work. Only time will tell, hopefully it'll work. If not I'll be selling it and trying to save for AM. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skypig[TK] Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 AM 2.0. I'm 6'2", 225 and I had to trim the hell out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionjackson Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Am2.0 all the way Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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