Awesome! Thanks for the info, I loosened the professor strap and took out the bootstrap and seemed to help a bit. I probably would have been better off in a 32, but think I can get away with the 33's. I believe these are based more off the ve8, which would make these fit a bit smaller? I am really happy with them in general, definitely scary moving ahead 20 years in pads on one go.
I put my equipment on and definitely land on the stack, just seems to be towards the bottom normally. Did your v9's settle at all or is that an older pad thing?
Thanks again for your help!