Colton1793

Thanks! Lots of sanding.... Looks ok from about 5 feet away, hopefully it holds up and the decals don't chip off. I did a few coats of clear coat on top.

Think it turned out pretty good for a diy job. Anyone else have experience doing this or tips for next time? Used rattle cans, decals and vinyl sheets from Michaels. Tried to get it to match my new pads but definitely picked up the wrong shade of blue, think it looks pretty cool still Happy new year everyone

Yeah I agree, will probably just take a month or so to actually feel comfortable because they are so different. I would definitely not consider the pads too small for me (this is what vaughn and goaliemonkey suggested for my size) moreso I went from a pad where I consistently landed near the top of the knee block to a pad where I land right below the center and it is throwing me off a bit. Good info on the elastic bootstrap. I have never tried those and always been in leather. Will see if I can pick some up somewhere. Thanks and happy new year!

Cool, thanks for the feedback!

Thanks again for all the feedback Update: Took them to a stick and puck today and was able to actually skate in them, they felt awesome once I got them on the ice. Everyone's suggestions helped a bunch and I think they fit pretty well. My only question is how low should the pad be hanging over my skates? Kind of hard to explain but the attack angle, I felt like I couldn't get as low in my stance as with my previous pads. This might seem counter productive since I am trying to bring the pads lower, more just a question regarding modern pads since this is my first set in 15 years. I added a picture of where they are sitting when I stand upright. Thanks again!

Alright everyone, think I finally figured out a system and am landing in the middle and occasionally near the top. I really appreciate everyone's help so far. Here is what I have: I had vaughn add lace tabs at the top in case I ever wanted to add my old wrap around thigh guards. I threw them on for the heck of it and it seems to help bring my pad further down my leg which is what I wanted. I also gave more slack on my toe ties, tightened the bootstrap a bunch and loosened everything else except the top knee elastic (It feels much more comfortable on the bottom velcro) and the thigh guard. Any more thoughts? Tried to get some pictures of it. Thanks again!

Ah ok. I will try everything else loose then. I gave about an inch of slack on my toe ties, the one aspect thàt did seem to help a lot was tightening the boot strap. They aren't way too big on me but I definitely am landing fairly low on the knee stack. Thanks for your suggestions! Trying to get on the ice this week with them and will let everyone know

Thanks! I threw in another set of bootstraps I had that have more holes than the stock vaughn ones did and it seems to help tremendously

Crazy right! I was sick of getting chirped all the time for my "baby" pads hahaha

Usually really loose, I ended up taking it out completely to see if that would help but no luck. I just threw in an extra set of bootstraps I had that have more holes in them to get it even tighter than before and it seemed to help a lot. Loosened the toe ties as well

Wow! Interesting how different they look just between the 8-9. As someone with more experience in the newer stuff, do you have any suggestions as to how to actually get the pads to sit lower on my leg? They seem to fit, but whenever I butterfly I feel them slide sort of up my leg, causing them to feel too big. Thanks again for all your help, I really appreciate it.

Quite the difference between 32 and 33 over the course of 20 years!

Thank you! As far as not wearing knee pads, I guess I just never really got around to it haha. I wore wrap around thigh guards that tied in to the tabs at the top of my TPS bionics so never really felt a reason to try them. These newer pads definitely seem like they were meant to have kneepads underneath them so hopefully that will help. Im a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to goalie and it always felt so alien to me when goalies started to wear "knee pads underneath their leg pads". I am slowly coming around to the idea haha. I think I can dial in this fit even though a 32 probably would have worked a little bit better. Thanks for all the advice!

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!

Here they are btw!

Hi everyone, My name is Colton, long time reader but first time poster. I have really enjoyed everyone's comments and insight into gear and wanted to get some advice. I finally ordered a custom set of pads (my first ever) and went from an int 32 TPS bionic set that I loved to a 33+0 vaughn pve2. I went to my local goaliemonkey as well as talked to the guys at vaughn before ordering and gave them my specs and sized into a 33 inch pad. (17.25 ATK, 5'10" with a size 9 skate) I just received them and they seem huge, hopefully just growing pains. My issue is going down into my butterfly, I keep landing at the bottom and sliding off the knee block. They seem like they fit when i'm down in a VH, but putting both legs down seems to be a problem. I haven't had them on the ice yet so could just be that they are in my basement. I also don't wear any knee pads or anything under my pads, would this make a difference? Does anyone have any ideas/insight? Thanks so much in advance! Colton