That's a major bummer. I'm pretty sure this was version 1 of RT-MOD but I'm not real confident that a new set of ears would be much better than the old set, and the old set, at any angle, came down less than halfway past the bump. In fact the bump that runs all the way around the helmet at the bottom was so mismatched I used a heat gun, a spoon and some canola oil (so the spoon wouldn't stick) to sort of blend them together better. I put together my helmet and another for a friend and had to do the same thing with the ears both times.
I don't mean to be bashing the set, the rest of it I've been totally happy with, it's all good stout abs, and great for the big/tall/large head crowd. I'm not tall. Plus I keep reading about other people having to wait two years to get their armor, I think ours came in six weeks.
At any rate, I'm going to continue on to try to make it as MEPD accurate as possible, even if ultimately the gap disqualifies it. Got the gap closed between the top/bottom and the mic tips are black and drying as we speak.
Oh, couple more questions, please:
The countersink screw - that's standard or phillips?
Also, I did a lot of searching but it was some time ago...does anyone know a good place to source the toilet syphon thing for the backpack currently?
Thanks for the help!